AM-SURE Summer Lecture Series

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Predicting global warming: from simple models to realistic global simulations

Speaker: Ryan Shìjié Dù, Courant Institute

Location: Warren Weaver Hall 1314

Date: Friday, July 7, 2023, 1 p.m.

Synopsis:

The most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report (IPCC-AR6) states that "It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land." In this talk, we will explore the science behind this statement. We will take a tour through a hierarchy of climate models ranging from simplistic conceptual models of the greenhouse effect to complex computer simulations currently used for the IPCC reports, all predicting global warming is real and quantifiable. Our tour of history will also make clear the important contribution of Suki Manabe in the prediction of global warming, which won him the Nobel prize in 2021.