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Climate Change and its Implications for Oregon
1:02:52  - 3 years ago
During 2005 and the first three months of 2006, a striking sequence of new scientific findings were made about climate change. These major findings, reported in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, suggest that the physical consequences of climate change are not only quite real, but are happening faster than most scientists anticipated. Scientific information about the causes and consequences of global warming provides a useful starting point for action to fight global warming. Portland has long been a leader among U.S. cities in reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, but the Governor's Advisory Group on Global Warming identifies additional options for citizens, businesses, the city and the state to significantly reduce emissions. On April 21, OSU’s Jane Lubchenco summarized these new findings in non-technical terms, giving special attention to likely changes in the Pacific Northwest.
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