GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 200
Tuesday, 24 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Room 611 (Washington State Convention Center)

T75. Planetary Climate Disruption Demands Urgent Global Policy Action

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division
George T. Stone and Jennifer L. Pierce, Advocates
8:00 AM
ANTARCTICA AND FUTURE SEA LEVEL RISE
STEIG, Eric J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, steig@uw.edu
8:15 AM
COMMON ERA CONSTRAINTS ON FUTURE SEA-LEVEL RISE (Invited Presentation)
HORTON, Benjamin P., Earth Observatory of Singapore, Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 639798, Singapore, ENGELHART, Simon E., Department of Geosciences, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, LITTLE, Christopher M., Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Lexington, MA 02421, KEMP, Andrew C., Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, KOPP, Robert E., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University, 610 Taylor Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854 and MITROVICA, Jerry X., Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University, 20 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, bphorton@ntu.edu.sg
8:35 AM
ACCELERATING LOSS OF GLACIERS ON THE WORLD’S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS AND SOCIETAL CONSEQUENCES
THOMPSON, Lonnie G., Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, thompson.3@osu.edu
8:55 AM
"TAG. YOU'RE IT!" ENGAGING K-6 STUDENTS TO CLOSE THE CLIMATE SCIENCE KNOWLEDGE GAP
PIERCE, Jennifer L.1, GIBBLE, Katie2, STALLINGS, Kensie2, WILKINS, David3 and MATSON, Samuel4, (1)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, (2)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725, (3)Department of Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, (4)Geosciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1535, jenpierce@boisestate.edu
9:10 AM
SYSTEMIC METHODS FOR TEACHING AND COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS FOR SCIENTISTS AND EDUCATORS
BEAN, Jessica R., Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, OSHRY, Aleeza, BioInteractive, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789 and MARSHALL, Charles R., Department of Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley, Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-4780, jrbean@berkeley.edu
200-6
9:25 AM
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9:40 AM
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO REPORT, TO WARN AND TO RECOMMEND
STONE, George T., Department of Physical Science, Milwaukee Area Technical College (retired), Milwaukee, WI 53233, geotstone@gmail.com
9:55 AM
GSA INSIDE THE BELTWAY: AN INSIDE PERSPECTIVE ON INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN CLIMATE SCIENCE AND CLIMATE POLICY
WHITE, Kasey S., Director for Geoscience Policy, Geological Society of America, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400, Washington, CO 20005, kwhite@geosociety.org
10:10 AM
IMPORTANCE OF THE PRE-INDUSTRIAL BASELINE IN DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF EXCEEDING THE PARIS LIMITS (Invited Presentation)
MANN, Michael E.1, SCHURER, Andrew2, HAWKINS, Edward3, TETT, Simon2 and HEGERL, Gabrielle2, (1)Dept. of Meteorology and Earth and Environ. Systems Institute, Penn State University, Walker Building, University Park, PA 16827, (2)2School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Crew Building, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, United Kingdom, (3)NCAS-Climate, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom, mann@psu.edu
 
10:30 AM
Discussion
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