Science is not doing enough to help people envisage the future effects of climate change, according to one of the country’s top academics. Professor Richard Aspinall, Chief Executive of the Macaulay Institute, says scientists have to put more effort into “painting a picture” of how the world could be and what our lives might be like over the coming decades. [continue reading ... ]
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Science needs to paint climate change picture, says top academic
UK Government’s Climate Change Expert to Give ‘Science for Life’ Lecture
The world-renowned environmental scientist, Professor Robert Watson, will deliver the Scottish Research Institutes’ annual ‘Science for Life’ lecture at the Macaulay Institute in Aberdeen on Thursday 5 June 2008. The talk will address the ‘Science, economics, politics and ethics of climate change’. [continue reading ... ]