Dartmouth Events

Global Warming

Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT. Osher at Dartmouth's Summer Lecture Series: Global Challenges Confronting the United States.

Thursday, August 17, 2017
9:00am – 11:30am
Spaulding Auditorium, Hopkins Center for the Arts
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Free Food, Lectures & Seminars

The talk will begin with a broad overview of climate science, including the history of the science itself and what we have learned about the Earth’s climate system. Projections of future climates will be discussed, including the greenhouse effect, with an emphasis on sources of uncertainty together with an assessment of whether and to what extent the level of uncertainty can be reduced. He will frame the problem of global warming as a problem of risk-assessment and management, including the difficulties of dealing with low probability but very high impact events. He will describe various technical and policy options for dealing with climate change, including important and exciting opportunities in carbon-free energy sources.

KERRY EMANUEL, Professor of Atmospheric Science, MIT
Dr. Kerry Emanuel is professor of atmospheric science at MIT and co-director of MIT’s Lorenz Center, a climate think tank devoted to basic climate research. His research focus is on tropical meteorology and climate. He is the author or co-author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers and three books, including What We Know About Climate Change. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and, in 2006, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He will be available to sign books after the lecture.

Free admission to Dartmouth College faculty, staff, and students. Please show your Dartmouth ID at the door.

Thursdays, July 13 - August 24
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Spaulding Auditorium, Dartmouth College

Non-member Series Ticket: $120
Osher Member Series Ticket: $95
Single Lecture: $25

http://osher.dartmouth.edu/summer_series/

For more information, contact:
Laura Belback
(603) 646-0154

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.