Dr. Judith Curry

JUDITH CURRY, former chair of the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology:

PART ONE:

• What is climate change and why does it happen?
• Variabilities in 20th century global temperatures
• "Climate change" versus "global warming"
• New scientific concerns over the accuracy of climate models

PART TWO:

• Mid-20th century "global cooling" panic
• How global climate models operate
• If climate models are inherently flawed, where does that leave the science of climate change?

PART THREE:

• Is there an overwhelming scientific consensus on global warming?
• Political influences over climate change research

PART FOUR:

• What the Climategate emails revealed about the politicization of scientific research
• The backlash Curry faced for speaking out against unethical behavior
• Fights between the developed and developing world over environmental policy
• Can human beings "fix" the climate?