Meteorologist and climatologist Sue Archibald presented "The Climate Crisis: Challenges and Solutions in a Complex World," as a part of Undergraduate Research Week.
Archibald is a lecturer for The Climate Project, Al Gore's project for awareness about global warming, which is featured in the film "An Inconvenient Truth."
Archibald attended training for The Climate Project and became a lecturer about global warming and what we can do to change it.
"I wanted to be someone who would make a difference," Archibald said.
"I think this is an issue that very much belongs in the middle," Archibald said of global warming being debated politically.
If you've ever seen "An Inconvenient Truth," her speech was similar to Al Gore's in the film.
Her lecture began with that famous picture of the Earth from space.
Archibald presented statistics about Greenhouse Gases and the damage they are causing our environment. She showed examples of sharply rising temperatures and carbon dioxide levels, and their effects on the globe.
Increasingly intense storms, melting glaciers and record breaking temperatures are all evidence of our changing world.
"We're going to see drastic changes in our climate," Archibald said.
Archibald went on to talk about the Louisville Climate Action Network, or Louisville CAN. This local organization hopes to organize citizens of Louisville to work together to improve the environment.
Louisville CAN's mission is to inform citizens about "footprintology," which is defined as "the art and science of reducing your impact on global climate through individual, collective and political action."
Louisville CAN's website has ideas for doing simple things everyday to help reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions, and ways to organize as a community by appealing to city, state and national politicians.
Check out their website at the link above to see what you can do!
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