Lecture: A Short History of Climate Change and Its Impacts

Image: The author in his kayak, Hurricane Isabel, Cape Anne, Maryland:

This annotated lecture starts with a very short history of climate change. It relies  on Spencer Weart’s, The Discovery of Global Warming.

Then it states the outcomes of the scientific investigation of global warming.

• Sea level has risen and will rise.
• Ice sheets and glaciers have melted and will continue to melt.
• The temperature has risen and will continue to rise.
• The weather has changed and will continue to change.

Link to lecture  (13 minutes)