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Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea Director, Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy Department of Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison

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Grand Challenges to Society and to ScientistsHelp sustain Earth and its people in the face of: Population Growth Finite Resources Malnutrition Spreading Disease Deadly Violence War Climate Change Denial of Basic Human Rights, especially the right to benefit from scientific and technological progress

What differentiates our society now from all previous societies?

Science

Industrial Revolution

Electronic Revolution

Science-rich Sector

Science-poor Sector

Scientific Competence

Science LiteracyScientific Expertise

Science Literacy is for Everyone

Chemists, Artists, Humanists, All Professionals, The General Public, Youth and Adults Alike

Science is Vital to Democracy

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it nothing can succeed.

>> Abraham Lincoln

Respect Trust Confidence

CONNECTIVITY

FamilyFriendsNeighborsCommunity

Grand Challenges to Society and to ScientistsHelp sustain Earth and its people in the face of: Population Growth Finite Resources Malnutrition Spreading Disease Deadly Violence War Climate Change Denial of Basic Human Rights, especially the right to benefit from scientific and technological progress

Science and society have what is essentially a social contract that enables great intellectual achievements but comes with mutual expectations of benefiting the human condition and protecting our planet.Grand Challenges to Society and to Scientists

In a free and civil society people must be virtuous as well as technically skilled.We must assure that the next generation of scientists is both highly skilled technically and properly educated to carry on their scientific and educational work for the common good of society.

The Strongest Forces in SocietyReligion

Science

Evolution

Climate Change

Winters have gotten milder.Our planet has changed and continues to do so.

Its gotten warmer locally.Our planet has changed and continues to do so.

Ice has melted.Grinnell Glacier, Glacier Natl Park19402006Our planet has changed and continues to do so.

Human activities change the composition of the atmosphere.Our planet has changed and continues to do so.

Which gas is responsible for the largest fraction of the Earths atmospheric greenhouse warming effect?

A. methaneB. ozoneC. water vaporD. carbon dioxide

ACS Climate Science Toolkit

ACS Climate Science Toolkit www.acs.org/climatescienceTools to better understand and communicate climate science

Scientist-Citizen

Is it enough for a scientist simply to publish a paper? Isn't it the responsibility of scientists, if you believe that you have found something that can affect the environment, isn't it your responsibility to actually do something about it, enough so that action actually takes place? If not us, who? If not now, when?>> F. Sherwood Rowland

Scientist-Citizen

SCIENTIST-CITIZEN

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Although the other planets can offer clues about our climate, their atmospheric compositions are quite different from Earths. So we have to focus most of our attention on our atmosphere *