Re: [asa] AAAS special speaker

On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Randy Isaac <randyisaac@comcast.net> wrote:

> One final note on the AAAS meeting for those who are interested. Al Gore
> gave an invited talk on Friday night that was very well received. The
> ballroom where he spoke was filled long before it was time to start and the
> overflow ballroom with video connection was standing room only. I thought he
> did a very good job. YouTube has posted what appears to be a hand-held
> camcorder video of the talk beginning with
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARjCrCje1cg and the other parts in the
> related video section.
> Note particularly Part II which covers arctic sea ice. It has an impressive
> dynamic graphic halfway through. The last two minutes of Part III are also
> interesting in terms of seeing the increase in number of weather-related
> disasters.
>
> Randy
>

Yes, that was discussed here:

*Al Gore urges scientists to be political to face a threat to 'the entirety
of human civilization'
*February 19, 4:23 PM by Tony Hake, Denver Weather Examiner
Speaking this past Friday at theAmerican Association for the Advancement of
Science (AAAS) annual meeting, former Vice President Al Gore urged
scientists to get involved politically to push the anthropogenic global
warming (AGW) theory.

I left a comment here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-219-Denver-Weather-Examiner~y2009m2d19-Al-Gore-encourages-scientists-to-be-political#comments

- Lynn

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Received on Fri Feb 20 16:35:13 2009