Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Falling Birds
Date: Jan 6 06:50:58 2011
From: Andy Stepniewski - steppie at nwinfo.net
Scott Ray wrote Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:28:35 -0800:
No doubt this phenomenon [falling birds] is linked to man-made climate
change. If the
link isn't obvious at first, surely we can find one.
Scott R
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com
I appreciate Scott's awareness of one of the momentous challenges facing
humankind and invite him to the Yakima Valley Audubon Society's January
program (January 27th, 7 pm) at the Yakima Area Arboretum. A noted polar
scientist will be speaking on climate change which Scott obviously
wholeheartedly embraces.
Scott, we'll see you January 27th, as I'm sure you would not want to miss
this program.
Here's the program: Title: Global Climate Change from the Perspective of a
Polar Scientist:
Despite polls indicating that global climate change is not a major
concern for most Americans, there is little doubt that it will become
one of the defining issues of the 21st century. For those who live or
work in polar regions the impact is already very obvious, and its
ramifications for the rest of the world very serious. In this talk, I
will describe why our research in both the Arctic and Antarctic is
relevant to understanding climate change, and some of the startling
changes we are seeing. I will also describe what we observe happening in
the larger global context, and discuss why we should all be concerned
about our collective use of fossil carbon. Interspersed with the
technical details will be scenery slides from scientific expeditions to
Greenland and Antarctica in the past year.
About Miles McPhee:
Since obtaining a PhD in the Geophysics from the University of
Washington in 1974, I have participated in over two dozen Arctic and
Antarctic field programs, several of which I led as chief scientist;
written around 50 articles for scientific journals; and authored a book
entitled "Air-Ice-Ocean Interaction." I have participated in several
advisory panels for the National Science Foundation, and served a term
on the National Academy Polar Research Board, during planning for the
2007-2008 International Polar Year. Although affiliated with the Polar
Science Center at the University of Washington, I have run an
independent research business since 1984; primarily because of our
desire to raise a family in the Yakima Valley, where as far as I know, I
am the sole polar oceanographer.
Miles G. McPhee, Ph.D.
McPhee Research Company
450 Clover Springs Road
Naches WA 98937 USA
(+1) 509 658 2575 (fax is same)
email: mmcphee at hughes.net
web: http://mcpheeresearch.com