Kate Marvel: Can clouds buy us more time to solve climate change?
Kejt Marvel (Kate Marvel): Mogu li oblaci da nam obezbede dodatno vreme da rešimo problem klimatskih promena?
Climate scientist Kate Marvel looks at the big picture of environmental change. Full bio
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should be optional.
trebalo da bude opciono.
wherever I go.
prate kuda god da krenem.
challenge for climate science.
istinski izazov za klimatologiju.
as the planet heats up,
kako se planeta bude zagrevala,
globalno zagrevanje
to get our act together,
da se organizujemo,
u ovom trenutku.
with a few more cloudy days
još nekoliko oblačnih dana,
efekat staklene bašte,
that we don't understand
što ne razumemo
fundamental question.
krajnje temeljnim pitanjem.
how hot it's going to get.
koliko vruće će da bude.
easy question to answer
je zaista lako odgovoriti,
to give me a time machine.
at this particular point in history.
baš po ovoj tački u istoriji.
of computer simulations --
kompjuterskih simulacija -
people on the internet
ljude na internetu
that climate models are all wrong.
da su klimatski modeli skroz pogrešni.
about climate models.
na klimatske modele.
da modeli budu savršeni.
reproduce all of reality.
reprodukuje kompletnu stvarnost.
can actually teach us a lot.
zapravo su poprilično poučni.
su velikim delom u satanju da obuhvate
are largely able to capture
don't really agree anymore.
zaista ne podudaraju.
that's just basic physics.
to je prosto osnovna fizika.
we've seen already.
od onog koje smo videli.
on how warm it's going to get?
oko toga koliko toplo će da bude?
on what clouds will do in the future.
kako će se oblaci ponašati u budućnosti.
they're simultaneously very large
jer su istovremeno veoma veliki
or ice crystals coalesce
ili kristali leda sjedine
two-thirds of the earth's surface.
dve trećine zemljine površine.
accurately model clouds,
napravili model oblaka,
of every water droplet and dust grain
svake vodene kapljice i zrna prašine
powerful enough to do that.
da to obavi.
da pravimo kompromis:
i pravilno razumemo detalje,
what's going on worldwide;
o tome šta se dešava širom sveta;
realism at small scales
realizam na manjim razmerama,
make different choices.
donose različite odluke.
of the planet.
profound climate changes.
klimatske promene.
I am not a cloud spotter.
nisam ljubiteljka oblaka.
come in all shapes and sizes.
dolaze u svim oblicima i veličinama.
are really good at blocking out the sun
zaista su dobri u blokiranju sunca
poput ovih cirusa,
is cloudy in its own way.
je oblačan na svoj način.
very hard to understand.
globalni uticaj oblaka.
from outer space,
našu planetu iz svemira,
are extremely effective sunshades.
su izuzetno efikasan suncobran.
of everything the sun sends us.
svega što nam sunce šalje.
away into space,
in the upper reaches of the atmosphere,
u gornjim dometima atmosfere,
very little heat to space themselves.
veoma malo toplote u svemiru.
the heat coming up from the planet below.
toplotu koja dolazi sa planete ispod.
powerful greenhouse effect.
efekat staklene bašte.
large and dual role
tu veoma veliku i dvostruku igru
like a sunshade,
koji se ponašaju kao suncobran,
like a greenhouse,
poput staklene bašte,
they don't cancel out.
ne poništavaju se.
bit more powerful.
of all the clouds tomorrow,
svih oblaka sutra,
I am not advocating,
are not going away.
da promeni oblake?
u oblačnom prekrivaču
globalno zagrevanje?
be space for hope.
promene u oblacima
or a more effective sunshade,
staklene bašte ili efikasniji suncobran,
the cooling power of clouds.
rashladnu moć oblaka.
to global warming,
sa globalnim zagrevanjem,
in those climate models
relativno ublaženo zagrevanje.
se muče s oblacima,
with global warming.
kod globalnog zagrevanja.
climate change is happening
shifts in rainfall patterns.
izmene u obrascu kišnih padavina.
could also see it in the clouds.
da ih vidimo u slučaju oblaka.
suggestions for you."
everywhere, for a very long time.
svuda, tokom veoma dugog perioda.
than a satellite --
više oblaka od satelita -
satellite observations of clouds
satelitska posmatranja oblaka
were designed for weather,
za vremenske prilike,
trend information,
o dugoročnom trendu,
the output of multiple satellites
rezultate velikog broja satelita
posmatranja i orbitama
različitu optičku opremu.
of a possible future.
nagoveštaje izgledne budućnosti.
upper reaches of the atmosphere,
gornjim domašajima atmosfere,
as the planet heats up,
se planeta zagreva,
the same temperature.
they're trapping more heat
global warming worse.
globalno zagrevanje postaje gore.
in other dimensions, too.
that large-scale motion
to kretanje velikih razmera
from the tropics toward the poles.
iz tropskih oblasti ka polovima.
grandparents in reverse.
is to block incoming sunlight,
da blokirate sunčevu svetlost,
more effective in the tropics
u tropskim predelima
slow down global warming.
da uspore globalno zagrevanje.
to break its own fever.
for what they'll face,
za ono sa čim će se suočiti
satellites up there
koji posmatraju zemlju
and talented people
pametne i talentovane ljude
place in the universe.
najbolje mesto u univerzumu.
will save the planet.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kate Marvel - Climate scientistClimate scientist Kate Marvel looks at the big picture of environmental change.
Why you should listen
Kate Marvel is a scientist at Columbia University and the NASA Goddard Institute of Space studies. She uses computer models and satellite observations to monitor and explain the changes happening around us. Her work has suggested that human activities are already affecting global rainfall and cloud patterns. Marvel is committed to sharing the joy and beauty of science with wider audiences.
She has advised journalists, artists and policymakers, written a popular science blog and given frequent public talks. Her writing has appeared in Nautilus Magazine.
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