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YALE UNIVERSITY
Yale Climate and Energy Institute to Host its First Annual Conference
NEW HAVEN, CONN -The Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s first annual conference, Clean Energy Innovation: Overcoming Barriers to a New Energy System, will convene leaders in science, policy, and finance to discuss these obstacles and propose innovative solutions to overcome them. The event will focus on developing multi-disciplinary thinking about global climate and energy challenges.
We invite you to join the new Director of the Yale Climate and Energy Institute, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, and other Yale faculty and alumni in the climate and energy fields, as well as distinguished experts from around the world, for two days of conference events on April 23 and 24, 2010 in New Haven, Connecticut.
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WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
An Open Letter from Scientists in the US on the IPCC and Errors Contained in the Fourth Assessment Report
NEW HAVEN, CONN -Professor Gary Yohe of Wesleyan University and Senior Lecture at Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, together with Professor Steve Schneider of Stanford University, Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, and Professor Bill Easterling of Pennsylvania State University, has written an open letter about the IPCC process, media attention, errors, and suggestions for improvement.
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS
More Tropical Cyclones in Past Could Play Role in Warmer Future
NEW HAVEN, CONN -More frequent tropical cyclones in Earth’s ancient past contributed to persistent El Niño-like conditions, according to a team of climate scientists led by Yale University. Their findings, which appear in the Feb. 25 issue of the journal Nature, could have implications for the planet’s future as global temperatures continue to rise due to climate change. The team used both cyclone and climate models to study the frequency and distribution of tropical cyclones (also known as hurricanes or typhoons)
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