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| Prof David Karoly - an enthusiast. |
David Karoly is one of life’s enthusiasts.
His work as a climate scientist at the University of
Melbourne enables him to understand the dire difficulties the world faces as
climate change begins to bite, but his smile, jovial and almost upbeat sense of
positivity seemingly defies his knowledge of what is ahead.
David was one of four who spoke last night at the launch of
the University of Melbourne’s 2013 Festival of Ideas.
The Professor of Climate Science at the university’s School
of Earth Sciences, along with a postdoctoral research from the University,
Sophie Lewis, have had the article: “Hottest 12-month period confirmed – so what role did humans play?”, published yesterday (September 2) on The Conversation.
The Karoly/Lewis article is peppered with rather alarming
figures about what will unfold in Australia with the final paragraph saying:
“The model experiments also show that these types of extreme
Australian temperatures will become more severe and more frequent in the
future, with further global warming”.
What humans have done to earth’s atmosphere is a tragedy, but
almost as tragic is the fact that last night’s (September 2) launch of the
festival; a festival that could, and should, ignite the thinking of Victorians,
attracted an only half-full Clarendon auditorium at the Melbourne Convention
and Exhibition Centre.
The realities detailed in The Conversation article are unquestionably alarming, but equally
alarming, and probably more concerning, is public disinterest, or apathy about
the undeniable and certain difficulties we all face.
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