In this video, MIT’s Professor of Atmospheric Science, Kerry Emanuel, explains the origins of climate science and shares with us the areas which interest him most. Professor Emanuel stresses the importance of climate science research and implores talented students to get involved in what he considers to be an underpopulated field.
MIT ClimateX
August 1, 2017
The Politics and Economics of Climate Science
In the second of two videos, MIT’s Professor of Atmospheric Science, Kerry Emanuel, explores the complex relationship between climate change and our economy. Professor Emanuel emphasizes the need to transform the energy market in the U.S. and move away from fossil fuels, to tackle the climate change issue, and give the U.S. a competitive edge in the market.
MIT ClimateX
August 1, 2017
How do Hurricanes Respond to Climate Change?
Atkinson Center, Cornell University
April 24, 2017
Predicting and Adapting to Increased Hurricane Risk
Radcliffe Institute
October 24, 2016
Storms, Droughts and Rising Seas: Climate Change Risks
MIT on Climate = Science + Action
January 27, 2016
Estimating Hurricane Risk and Damages in Current and Future Climates
EPIC Seminar Series
May 20, 2015
May 2015
Talks at Google: Thought Leader Series
Google in Cambridge
January 28, 2015
Earth Under Stress: Thinking differently about climate research
2014 Tech Day
June 7, 2014
Panel Discussion: The Future of Planet Earth
2014 Tech Day
June 7, 2014
The Problem of Hurricanes and Climate
6th Annual UW-AOS Robock Lecture
March 24, 2014
What We Know About Climate Change
MIT Club of Northern California
March 19, 2014
A Conversation on Climate Change
University of Alabama in Huntsville
March 3, 2014
Volpe
February 25, 2014
Yale Forum, September 2013
Faculty Forum Online: Forging a New Direction in Climate Research
February 5, 2013
Nature’s Poker Face: Predicting Hurricanes in a Warming World
Confronting increased risk of hurricanes as the planet warms. Warning about hurricane and storm surge risk in New York City, filmed 6 months before Hurricane Sandy.
Dec 1, 2012
How Climate Change Makes Intense Hurricanes
PBS NewsHour
September 12, 2012
Rethinking Climate Change: The Past 150 Years and the Next 100 Years
At a time of great political paralysis around climate change internationally—and apparent backtracking by American politicians and the public on the science of global warming itself—there are “reasons to rethink our approach.”
Apr 21, 2011
Congressional Testimony on Climate Change
Defending the science of climate change at a House Committee on Science and Technology hearing chaired by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX). Read advance written testimony.
Mar 31, 2011
The hacking of emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climate Research Unit in November rocked the world of climate change science, energized global warming skeptics, and threatened to derail policy negotiations at Copenhagen. These panelists, who differ on the scientific implications of the released emails, generally agree that the episode will have long-term consequences for the larger scientific community.
December 10, 2009
Is Global Climate Change Affecting Hurricanes?
87th AMS Annual Meeting
January 2007
The Challenge: Meeting Global Energy Demands Sustainably
Despite their calm demeanors, Kerry Emanuel and Ernie Moniz impart grave and pressing concerns about global warming to this Museum gathering. Emanuel admits that he was still a skeptic 20 years ago, but that detailed analysis of the earth’s climate record, and sophisticated modeling have convinced him and a vast majority of his colleagues that we’re witnessing a rapidly changing environment due to greenhouse gas emissions. The world is in the process of doubling its carbon dioxide emissions over the pre-industrial value of 280 parts per million. Experts project a 2-5 degree increase in the Earth’s temperature, in our children’s lifetimes.
Oct 18, 2006
What Does Current Scientific Research Have to Say About the Present and Future Risks Associated with Hurricanes?
As the costs of Hurricane Katrina continue to spiral higher — to date, $125 billion in damages and 1,200 deaths – there’s keen interest in perfecting the science of hurricane forecasting. The insurance industry in particular has a big stake in learning where and how the next big one is likely to hit. The problem is that traditional methods of statistical analysis, relying on previous landfalling storms, only go so far in generating useful risk assessments. “We have a bad time predicting in real time when and where hurricanes will develop,” says Emanuel. “It’s not even easy to state over a long period of time what the probability is.”
Oct 31, 2005