The Royal Scottish Society of Arts
(Science and Technology)
Second Meeting
of the 178th Session 1998-99
Global Warming and Scotland's Weather for the Next Millennium
Prof. Robert Harwood
Professor of Atmospheric Science
University of Edinburgh
at the
Royal Medical Society's Rooms,
Student Center, 5/5 Bristo Square, Edinburgh 8
on Monday 16th November 1998 at 7pm
Abstract
Most scientists believe that the weather and climate are changing through
our actions in burning fossil fuels and releasing other pollutants, but do
we really know, and what can we say for certain about what our weather will be
like in the next century?
Prof. Harwood will discuss briefly what is involved in the simulation of
climate by computer, what our computer models currently forecast for Scotland
for the coming decades, what confidence we can have in their predictions,
and the extent to which current extreme weather patterns are the result
of pollution or simply a sign of natural variability.