Patrick Taylor, a NASA scientist who was a lead author on the U.S. Global Change Research Program’s 2017 Climate Science Special Report, will give a talk about it Monday, April 23, at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.

Patrick Taylor will give his talk, “Taking Earth’s Pulse: A Guide to the 2017 Climate Science Special Report,” at 1:30 p.m. in the Pearl Young Theater. Prior to the lecture at 1 p.m., he’ll be available for interviews.

 Taylor will discuss the report’s key findings and share his experiences as a lead author.

Some key findings in the report, released in November 2017, include:

1. Global climate continues to change rapidly compared to the pace of the natural variations in climate that have occurred throughout Earth’s history.
2. The frequency and intensity of extreme heat and heavy precipitation events are increasing in most continental regions of the world.
3. Annual average near-surface air temperatures across Alaska and the Arctic have increased over the last 50 years at a rate more than twice as fast as the global average temperature.
4. Human-caused climate change has made a substantial contribution to global mean sea level rise since 1900, contributing to a rate of rise (7 to 8 inches) that is greater than during any preceding century in at least 2,800 years.

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