Climate Change Science Updates
This page last reviewed December 12, 2011
The Air Resources Board staff provides biannual updates regarding the latest research findings on the science of climate change. Presentations for past climate change updates are provided below. To receive an email notification of additions to this page please subscribe to our climate change list serve. From this link, you can also find a link to an archive of all prior broadcasts posted to this list server
For more information on the science of climate change updates, please contact Dr. Dongmin Luo, Air Quality & Climate Science Section Manager, Research Division, at 916-324-8496
Thursday, January 28, 2010 -- Sacramento Board Meeting
| California's Plan for Adapting to Climate Change More info? Get the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy |
Agenda | Guest Presentation: Anthony Brunello |
Thursday, July 23, 2009 -- San Diego Board Meeting
| Overview, 2009 Haagen-Smit Symposium, “Addressing the Missing Piece of California’s Carbon Footprint: Non-Kyoto Pollutants, International Transport, and the Carbon Embedded in Imports" | Agenda | Staff Presentation |
Thursday, November 20, 2008 -- Sacramento Board Meeting
| Impacts of Climate
Change on California: Scenarios Assessment Findings More info? Get California Climate Action Team reports |
Agenda | Staff Presentation |
Thursday, June 26, 2008 -- Sacramento Board Meeting
| Climate Change Impacts of Non-Kyoto Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols | Agenda | Guest Presentation: Prof. Michael Prather |
Thursday, December 6, 2007 -- Los Angeles Board Meeting
| Local Action: Part of
the Climate Change Solution More Info? CoolCalifornia.org is a resource for small businesses, individuals, local governments, and schools to learn about ways to lower greenhouse gas emissions. |
Agenda | Staff Presentation |
Thursday, June 21, 2007 -- Los Angeles Board Meeting
| Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 4th Assessment Reports, Summary for Policymakers | Agenda | Staff Presentation |
Citations
The IPCC has three working groups that deal with the scientific basis of global warming, its consequences, and options for slowing the warming trend. For each working group, the IPCC has released a " Summary for Policymakers".
For more background on IPCC history and process, click Global Warming -- The IPCC.
For the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) presentation, click Findings of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change Science.
Thursday, January 25, 2007 -- Sacramento Board Meeting
| Recent Scientific Finding from Climate Change Studies | Post-Board Summary | Staff presentation |
Citations
James
Hansen, Makiko Sato, Reto Ruedy, Ken Lo, David W. Lea, and Martin
Medina-Elizade
Global Temperature Change
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science, volume 103, number 39, September
2006
James Hansen, Larissa Nazarenko, Reto Ruedy, Makiko Sato, Josh Willis,
Anthony Del Genio, Dorothy Koch, Andrew
Lacis, Ken Lo, Surabi Menon, Tica Novakov, Judith Perlwitz, Gary
Russell, Gavin A. Schmidt, and Nicholas Tausnev
Earth's Energy
Imbalance: Confirmation and Implications
Science
volume 308, number 1341, June 2005
David
W. Pierce, Tim P. Barnett, Krishna M. AchutaRao, Peter J. Gleckler,
Jonathan M. Gregory, and Warren M. Washington
Anthropogenic
Warming of the Oceans: Observations and Model Results
Journal of
Climate, volume 19, May 2006
Isabella
Velicogna and John Wahr
Acceleration of
Greenland Ice Mass Loss in Spring 2004
Nature,
volume 443, September 2006
J.L. Chen, C.R. Wilson, and B.D. Tapley
Satellite Gravity
Measurements Confirm Accelerated Melting of Greenland Ice
Sheet
Science,
volume 313, September 2006
J.
Shukla, T. DelSole, M. Fennessy, J. Kinter, and D. Paolino
Climate Model Fidelity
and Projections of Climate Change
Geophysical Research
Letters, volume 33, L07702
David
D. Doniger, Antonia V. Herzog, and Daniel A. Lashof
An Ambitious,
Centrist Approach to Global Warming Legislation
Science,
volume 314, November 2006
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