Aspen Ideas Festival

Climate Clarity and Complexity

While the basics of greenhouse-driven global warming are clear, translating these into specific local and regional impacts remains challenging. NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan blends a global view gained through three missions as a Space Shuttle astronaut with expertise in oceanography and geology to explain how computer models and Earth-observing systems will provide vital foresight.

Climate Clarity and Complexity

59m 56s

While the basics of greenhouse-driven global warming are clear, translating these into specific local and regional impacts remains challenging. NOAA administrator Kathryn Sullivan blends a global view gained through three missions as a Space Shuttle astronaut with expertise in oceanography and geology to explain how computer models and Earth-observing systems will provide vital foresight.

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