Richard Alley on the Global Thermostat at AGU

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Richard Alley addresses the 2009 American Geophysical Union giving the Bjerkness lecture on the earth's history and mechanisms for "thermostat" climate equilibrium. This is a fascinating high-speed look at the earth's several billion year history and what we can learn from the traces left by ancient events and processes.

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Author: Richard Alley

Uploaded by: Rob Fatland

Category: Climate

Community: Climate

Tags: climate, Richard Alley, Penn State, paleoclimate, thermostat, carbon dioxide, weathering, ice cores, snowball earth

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Richard Alley and the American Geophysical Union Bjerkness Lecture

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Rob Fatland 411 days ago Thanks Jeff; I fixed it :) -Rob

Jeff Dozier 411 days ago This was the BJerknes Lecture. Richard was the Nye Lecturer back in 2004 - http://www.agu.org/focus_group/cryosphere/nye_History.html

Rob Fatland 462 days ago Richard Alley (Penn State) describes earth's climate history and the mechanisms behind the "global thermostat". I highly recommend this talk as a set of fascinating ideas on how the earth system operates.

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