We spoke with climate change scientist Professor David Karoly on Climate Change and how it will affect humans. Find out what is human induced climate change, the impacts and implications for the planet.
Climate Changed? In too deep with Professor David Karoly (Part 1)
Climate Changed? In too deep with Professor David Karoly (Part 2)
About Professor David Karoly
David Karoly is a Professor of Atmospheric Science in the School of Earth Sciences and the ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally recognised expert in climate change and climate variability, including greenhouse climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion and interannual climate variations due to El Niño-Southern Oscillation. He was heavily involved in preparation of the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released in 2007, in several different roles, and was a Review Editor of the chapter ‘Australasia’ in the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report released in 2014.
Professor Karoly is a member of the Climate Change Authority which provides advice to the Australian government on climate change policies. He is also a member of the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists. Professor Karoly joined the School of Earth Sciences in May 2007 as an ARC Federation Fellow funded by the Australian government.
More information on common questions about Climate Change
- Australian Academy of Science “The science of climate change: questions and answers”, 2015
- CSIRO Q&A on climate change
- Bureau of Meteorology Q&A on climate change
