Global Warming: Connecting the Dots from Causes to Solutions (DVD)
Dr. James Hansen

In this compelling presentation, leading climate scientist Dr. James Hansen explains how the positive feedbacks that dominate Earth’s climate have brought us to a dangerous tipping point. Avoiding climate catastrophe requires fundamental social and economic changes, especially in energy use. While such changes might seem both daunting and inconvenient, Dr. Hansen shows that they would bring many side benefits in terms of energy independence and national security.

Dr. James Hansen heads the NASA Institute for Space Studies in New York City and is an Adjunct Professor of Geology at Columbia University’s Earth Institute. He was trained in physics and astronomy in the space science program of Dr. James Van Allen at the University of Iowa, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with highest distinction in 1963, his Master of Science degree in astronomy in 1965, and his Ph.D. in physics in 1967. Except for 1969, when he was an NSF post-doctoral scientist at Leiden Observatory under Prof. H.C. van de Hulst, he has spent his post-doctoral career at NASA. His early research on the properties of clouds of Venus led to their identification as sulfuric acid. Since the late 1970s, he has worked on studies and computer simulations of the Earth's climate for the purpose of understanding the human impact on global climate. Dr. Hansen is best known for his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in the 1980s that helped raise broad awareness of the global warming issue. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1995 and, in 2001, received both the Heinz Award for the environment and the American Geophysical Union's Roger Revelle Medal. Dr. Hansen received the World Wildlife Federation’s Conservation Medal from the Duke of Edinburgh in 2006.

Approx. 90 minutes, with Q & A
Price: $15.00