Karen O'Brien
c/karen-obrien
Lectures and podcast interviews with University of Oslo climate scientist Karen O'Brien, spanning human security, transformation, and quantum social change.
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3:40
…spark for me... Related to climate change, it was definitely the summer of 1988, that really hot summer, and it was when James Hansen had testified in front of a congressional committee that climate change is real. And I had started a master's program in…
Transformation in a Changing Climate1 mention
24:17
…we know, because they go, it's already too late. And, you know, I might say that if we had started in 1988, when James Hansen declared that climate change was real and a problem, we wouldn't be here. This wouldn't be a problem. now or we might say…
4:28
…with the science of it, climatology, ecology, meteorology, but also geography. And one thing led to another. And it was 1988 when James Hansen went on record to say climate change is real and we're loading the dice. And so that really, I started working…