ICEE: Inspiring Climate Education Excellence

Dr. Waleed Abdalati provides an overview of how scientists use satellites and a variety of other tools to study the Earth's climate and changes in ice in the polar regions. Dr. Abdalati is now the NASA Science Advisor and Director of the Earth Science and Observation Center at the Univesity of Colorado at Boulder.

Dr. Jim White describes the role of humans and climate change, what the past tells us, and the physics to which we are bound. Dr. Jim White is a Fellow and Director of INSTAAR and Professor of Geological Sciences and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Dr. Lisa Dilling of the University of Colorado at Boulder describes options and potential consequences to engineering our way out of the build-up of carbon in the atmosphere.

Dr. Susie Strife shares her insights into the challenges and opportunities for infusing sustainability and energy efficiency into their organizations. Dr. Susie Strife received her PhD through the Environmental Studies program at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She currently works at the Climate Smart Program, Boulder County.

Dr. Baylor Fox-Kemper discusses climate variability, regional variations and the role of the oceans in climate cycles. Dr. Fox-Kemper is an assistant professor with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also teaches in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (ATOC).

Dr. Walt Meier, a scientist at the National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, explains how models are developed and tested to help understand climate processes of the past and anticipate what is likely to occur in the future.

Dr Joe Barsugli reveals the impacts on water in a warming climate. Joe Barsugli is a Research Scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Mark McCaffrey provides an overview of the Essential Principles of Climate Literacy.

Dr. Pieter Tans is the head of the CarbonTracker program and Chief Scientist, Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). He leads the global carbon dioxide monitoring program first established in the late 1950s by Charles David Keeling. In this video Dr. Tans discusses how CO2 and other greenhouse gases are monitored, the causes of the rising concentrations of these gases, and why they impact the climate system.

Dr. Steve Nerem is Associate Director of Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research (CCAR) at the University of Colorado at Boulder. He is an expert on using satellite data to measure sea level rise.

University of Colorado at Boulder PhD candidate, Kim Trenbath presents to teachers about student’s misconception and teaching Earth’s Energy Balance.

Dr. Deane Little is the CEO, Chief Scientific Officer, and lead inventor of New Sky Energy, which has developed a carbon negative technology. He has conducted molecular biophysics research at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Dr. Amy Wagner focuses on abrupt climate change and some possible impacts. Amy Wagner is a postdoctoral research scientist at the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is working on a paleoclimate modeling project of the 8.2 thousand years ago event at the NOAA Paleoclimate Branch.

Master teacher Cheryl Manning shares some of her insights into engaging learners in the complexities of climate science.