Re: [asa] AAAS special speaker

Interesting quote from the talk:
"Scientists can no longer in good conscience accept this division
between the work you do and the civilization in which you live."

On Feb 20, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Randy Isaac 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 withhttp://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
>
>
>

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Received on Sat Feb 21 21:25:28 2009