Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 7:00 am to 8:00 am Patterson Bay, Laird Hall Tue. Nov. 10 – Climate ScienceDr. Richard Alley Abrupt climate change and sea-level rise: How what we don’t know might hurt us 12 p.m. in Brooks Auditorium Good News in the Greenhouse?. 7 p.m. in Brooks Auditorium The big picture on energy, the environment, and our future. Dr. Richard Alley has ranged from Antarctica to Greenland to help learn the history of Earth’s climate, and whether the great ice sheets will fall in the ocean and flood our coasts. With over 250 scientific publications, he has been asked to provide advice to the highest levels of government, and been recognized with numerous awards including election to the US National Academy of Sciences and the Royal Society. He hosted the recent PBS miniseries Earth: The Operators’ Manual, and has been compared to a cross between Woody Allen and Carl Sagan for his enthusiastic efforts to communicate the excitement and importance of the science to everyone. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a92YHaTVlMs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHP9Rh-ooh0 Sponsored by National Academy of Sciences ----------------------------------------------------------------- Academics Alumnae/i Campus Events Graduate Student Activities
