Dr. Henry Pollack speaks in Chelsea
Dr. Henry Pollack spoke to about 35 people at the Chelsea District Library on April 6, 2010. He discussed his new book, "A World Without Ice", which talks about global warming and how it has already affected the glaciers across the globe.
Dr. Pollack worked with former vice president Al Gore on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and in 2007, the panel shared the Nobel Peace Prize.
When asked about climate change skeptics, Dr. Pollack says:
"Ice asks no questions, presents no arguments, reads no newspapers,listens to no debates. It is not burdened by ideology and carries no political baggage as it changes from solid to liquid. It just melts."
Dr. Pollack showed slide after slide comparing the ice in a particular glacier or mountain 50, or 20, or even 10 years ago with what's there today, and it's always astonishingly diminished. He talked about how rising temperatures brings about melting ice, and melting ice raises sea levels, and how that threatens entire island nations as well as coastal regions the world over.
The audience was very engaged in the question and answer period after the talk, and Dr. Pollack had very considered answers.
