Leading Global Warming Scientist Shares Recent Findings

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Published May 14, 2007 at 9:56 AM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Climate change is one of the biggest scientific and political issues today. We speak with one of the world's most qualified scientists about the research, the politics, and the skepticism behind globa

Alison St John (Guest Host): Imagine La Jolla under water. Hurricanes that dwarf Katrina. Imagine no polar bears. Almost no snow in the Sierra, and Southern California fire seasons that start in March -- or maybe never end.

After a series of international climate change reports -- and Al Gore's Academy Award winning movie -- America finally seems to "get" man-driven climate change. Is it too late?

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Dr. Oppenheimer will be speaking tomorrow night (Tuesday), May 15th, from 6:30 – 8 p.m. as part of the San Diego Natural History Museum's Climate Change Lecture Series.

Guest

Dr. Michael Oppenheimer , the Albert G. Milbank professor of Geosciences and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School and the Department of Geosciences at Princeton University.