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SUMMARY:Building a Climate System Laboratory: Modelling the climate system
 . - Prof. Dame Julia Slingo DBE\, Chief Scientist\, UK Met Office
DTSTART:20141201T193000Z
DTEND:20141201T210000Z
UID:TALK55531@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Dr Nigel Bennee
DESCRIPTION:Climate change is arguably one of the greatest challenges that
  human civilisation will face in the 21st century. With the rise in carbon
  emissions continuing unabated and the evidence for human-induced climate 
 change stacking up\, the need to take action to mitigate and adapt to futu
 re climate change grows. We may be taking the planet into uncharted territ
 ory\, so how can climate science help us to navigate the challenges ahead?
 \n\nDame Julia's lecture will examine the key atmospheric processes which 
 control the climate system\, and how over the course of her career as a cl
 imate scientist these have been encapsulated in climate models. \nShe will
  discuss how climate models act as the laboratory for climate science\, en
 abling us to understand how the climate system works\; and explain how cli
 mate models allow us to look into the future and examine the potential imp
 acts of climate change on lives and livelihoods around the world.\n\nFinal
 ly Dame Julia will discuss how information from climate models can be used
  to help society make informed decisions and prepare for weather and clima
 te risks across timescales.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Churchill College\, Storey's Way\, Camb
 ridge
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