Today, it's my enormous pleasure to welcome Eileen Pollack , author of the recently published book "The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club." Miss Pollack is professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan. She is a published author of novels, nonfiction, and textbooks, but she was not always as we see her now.
demons and other figures in them. of fakes of Jackson Pollack 's out there now.
And you know what word I'm talkin' about. They call each other "dago," "pollack ," "guinea," "mick," and, but you understand that you can't use that word in their group.
He had just heard about the IPCC winning the Nobel Prize on the radio, and he wanted to be the first to let me know. So there he was in his best Norwegian accent, "May I speak to Professor Pollack ," and such. So that's how I learned about the Nobel Peace Prize.
With his colleagues on the inter-governmental panel on climate change, Dr. Pollack shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former vice president Al Gore. Dr. Pollack has been a professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan for more than 40 years, and has conducted scientific research on all seven continents. He now serves as a science advisor to Al Gore's climate project.
He now serves as a science advisor to Al Gore's climate project. Dr. Pollack is here today to talk about his latest book, "A World Without Ice.” Following the talk, we'll have a Q and A session. And please remember our remote audience at that time, and use the microphone in the center aisle when you're asking a question.
And with that, please join me in welcoming Dr. Henry Pollack . Dr. Henry Pollack : Hello, everyone. Thanks very much to Google for the invitation to come and talk about my new book, "A World Without Ice.” I know there's a lot of excitement on the campus at this very moment with Secretary
Thank you very much. Dr. Henry Pollack : What's the custom here at Google? Does anyone just stand up and go to the mic, or whatever?
of, What exactly the sort of global threat that we're envisioning if we get to 450 parts per million to the general population? Because it seems kind of abstract. Dr. Henry Pollack : Well, it does. And the reason that ice may not be a perfect medium is that, the ice is a long way away from where the people are, but the sea level change affects the entire globe. And so, the task is to have people be aware that, what seems to be a remote issue, in fact, is one that has very direct consequences.
Or maybe that's only if we get to 450, then that's going to start happening. Dr. Henry Pollack : No, it's already happening. We don't want it to go beyond that threshold. Some actually think 350 is the proper threshold. We're already past that.
Q Thank you so much for coming. Dr. Henry Pollack : Thank you. Q So, if you see that a lot of these things are already happening, and you could see the change, my first question is, How do you still sleep at night if you know that this was all
I'm more concerned about ocean acidification. I wonder if you have any insider words to add about how dramatically the ecology of the oceans will shift as the pH drops? Dr. Henry Pollack : Well, there's quite a well-established, observational data about the slow decline in the pH. And the oceans are still not acidic in the technical sense, but they're approaching -- they're becoming less alkaline and approaching acidity.
It seems to me that could have a pretty disastrous impact on the behavior of the atmosphere and I was wondering. Dr. Henry Pollack : The comment that, as the regions around the Arctic are thawing out, the permafrost degrading. And that, there's a lot of methane locked in the permafrost that's making its way to the atmosphere.
Most calculations of the diffusion of heat downward to melt the permafrost and release the methane, shows that it's not a fast problem. It's one that would progress slowly and have Dr. Henry Pollack : Well, the area that's been studied -- at least that I'm familiar with is, in fact, the Siberian permafrost. That's where these early measurements that
Most calculations of the diffusion of heat downward to melt the permafrost and release the methane, shows that it's not a fast problem. It's one that would progress slowly and have Dr. Henry Pollack : Where is the Pearl Harbor? Where is the two by four that gives us the whack? I can envision two by fours.
Most calculations of the diffusion of heat downward to melt the permafrost and release the methane, shows that it's not a fast problem. It's one that would progress slowly and have Dr. Henry Pollack : Thank you.
Welcome to Talks at Google in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Today, it's my enormous pleasure to welcome Eileen Pollack , author of the recently published book "The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club." Miss Pollack is professor of creative writing at the University of Michigan.
So having that now as a vehicle to get people's awareness and their creativity thinking -- going -- I think is a good step. Q Hi. Dr. Henry Pollack : Hi. Q Thank you so much for coming.
Q So, if you see that a lot of these things are already happening, and you could see the change, my first question is, How do you still sleep at night if you know that this was all coming? Dr. Henry Pollack : Well, it's a good question, because I'm as concerned as any. And I don't lose sleep over it, but I do think about it and try and think of, "What can I do differently to reach more people to develop an awareness?”
we'd get more and more reflective, and then there'd be nothing to tip the balance back.” And so, there must be something. And so, I was wondering if you can kind of unify that model? Dr. Henry Pollack : Yeah, well, it's not my unification. It has been, of course, studied intensively. And, in fact, ice ages do end.
Yeah. A couple people. Now, you might think, oh, who is John Pollack to assert this, and I actually went and I interviewed Richard
Nothing about the journey of light down this barrel is a straight line. standing like this, holding a bowler hat and a pair of gloves, looking at this Jackson Pollack scribble.
Welcome. On behalf of Green Google and Authors at Google, it is my privilege to introduce Dr. Henry Pollack today. With his colleagues on the inter-governmental panel on climate change, Dr. Pollack shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former vice president Al Gore.
Welcome. On behalf of Green Google and Authors at Google, it is my privilege to introduce Dr. Henry Pollack today. With his colleagues on the inter-governmental panel on climate change, Dr. Pollack shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former vice president Al Gore. Dr. Pollack has been a professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan for more than 40 years, and has conducted scientific research on all seven continents.
that time, and use the microphone in the center aisle when you're asking a question. And with that, please join me in welcoming Dr. Henry Pollack . Dr. Henry Pollack : Hello, everyone. Thanks very much to Google for the invitation