{"id":62858,"date":"2010-02-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-to-examine-global-environmental-change-feb-23\/"},"modified":"2010-02-10T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T00:00:00","slug":"uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-to-examine-global-environmental-change-feb-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2010\/02\/uri-vetlesen-lecture-series-to-examine-global-environmental-change-feb-23\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Vetlesen Lecture Series to examine global environmental change, Feb. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tFirst speaker to \u201cconfront the climate-energy challenge\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 February 10, 2010 \u2013 Harvard University Professor Daniel Schrag is the first speaker in the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s spring Vetlesen Lecture Series examining global environmental change. His presentation, \u201cConfronting the Climate-Energy Challenge,\u201d takes place on February 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Kingston campus. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe lecture series, presented by the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography and sponsored by the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, is a follow-up to the 2008 Honors Colloquium series that explored human-caused global change, its consequences, and potential human responses. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe learned from the Honors Colloquium series that there is still a great deal of misinformation out there about this topic, and many people are trying to gain a better understanding of the tremendous changes that humans are causing here on Earth,\u201d said Steven D\u2019Hondt, 溏心vlog免费B站 professor of oceanography and a co-organizer of the series. \u201cThe four distinguished speakers in this Vetlesen series will shed additional light on this vital topic of global importance.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tSchrag teaches earth and planetary sciences at Harvard and serves on the U.S. President\u2019s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. His recent research has focused on the feasibility of storing captured carbon dioxide as dense liquid and solid hydrate in deep-ocean sediments. He has advocated for a large-scale effort to prepare the world to capture carbon dioxide from large point sources and store it in geologic repositories. This lecture will also be webcast at 溏心vlog免费B站 Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe second lecture, on March 2, will feature author Naomi Oreskes discussing \u201cMerchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscure the Truth 溏心vlog免费B站 Climate Change.\u201d <\/p>\n


\nA professor of history and science studies at the University of California at San Diego, Oreskes is an active investigator of the interplay between science and society. She is the author of an influential essay on whether major climate review panels downplay legitimate dissenting opinions on human-caused climate change. <\/p>\n


\nThe final two speakers in the series are:<\/p>\n


\nMarch 16 \u2013 Dalhousie University Professor Boris Worm on \u201cSaving the Blue Planet: Patterns, Trends and Prospects for Marine Biodiversity;\u201d and

\nMarch 30 \u2013 Filmmaker Norbert Wu on \u201cExploring the World\u2019s Notable and Threatened Underwater Habitats.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nAll of the lectures begin at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium.<\/p>\n


\n\tFor additional information, visit www.uri.edu\/vetlesen or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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