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Science Friday > Archives > 2003 > December
> December 5, 2003:
Hour One: Global
Warming Update / Flu Outlook / World AIDS Day
In this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about the latest news
on climate change. A new report out this week in the journal Science
says that human factors appear to be to blame for climate change,
outweighing natural causes. "Modern climate change is dominated by
human influences, which are now large enough to exceed the bounds
of natural variability," wrote Kevin Trenberth and Thomas Karl in
the report. But also this week, news came that Russia may not ratify
the Kyoto Protocol agreement on dealing with climate change. We'll
find out more about both the scientific and political aspects of this
sticky subject.
Plus, a look at the current flu season -- is this year's vaccine
working? We'll also get an update on the global AIDS epidemic. New
numbers from the UNAIDS program say that some 40 million people worldwide
may be living with HIV/AIDS.We'll talk with National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci. He is finishing
a four-country tour of Africa marking World Aids Day.
Call in with your questions and comments at 1-800-989-8255 (2-3 Eastern),
and share your opinions online in our Listeners' Lounge (registration required).
Guests:
Eileen Claussen
President
Pew Center on Global Climate
Change
Arlington, Virginia
Thomas Karl
Director, National
Climatic Data Center
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Asheville, North Carolina
Kevin Trenberth
Senior Scientist and Head, Climate
Analysis Section
National Center for Atmospheric
Research
Boulder, Colorado
Richard Webby
Assistant Member, Department of Infectious Diseases
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Memphis, Tennessee
Anthony Fauci
Director, National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
Books/Articles Discussed:
Webby and Webster, "Are We Ready for Pandemic
Influenza?," Science 2003 302: 1519-1522
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- Karl and Trenberth, "Modern Global Climate Change ,"
Science 2003 302: 1719-1723.
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more SciFri books here)
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Related Links:
Climate
change laid to humans
No
doubt global warming is real: US experts
Kyoto
Protocol in Peril
THE
CONVENTION AND THE KYOTO PROTOCOL
CNN
- Text of the Kyoto Protocol - 1997
World
AIDS Day - World AIDS Day
UNAIDS
: The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
World
AIDS Day - Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, NIAID
U.S. is poorly prepared for influenza pandemic, St. Jude experts warn
CDC-
Influenza
MEDLINEplus:
Influenza
This segment produced by Karin
Vergoth and Annette Heist
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