{"id":64095,"date":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/professors-to-discuss-astonishing-solutions-to-curb-global-warming-oct-28\/"},"modified":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-21T00:00:00","slug":"professors-to-discuss-astonishing-solutions-to-curb-global-warming-oct-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/10\/professors-to-discuss-astonishing-solutions-to-curb-global-warming-oct-28\/","title":{"rendered":"Professors to discuss ‘Astonishing Solutions’ to curb global warming, Oct. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — October 21, 2008 — 溏心vlog免费B站 professors Arthur Spivack and James Opaluch will use video clips to examine several proposed large-scale technological fixes for reducing climate change as part of 溏心vlog免费B站’s annual fall Honors Colloquium. <\/p>\n


\nFree and open to the public, the program — titled \u201cAstonishing Solutions\u201d — will be held Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on 溏心vlog免费B站’s Kingston Campus. <\/p>\n


\n\tThe 2008 Honors Colloquium, \u201cPeople and Planet: Global Environmental Change,\u201d explores human-caused global change, its consequences and potential responses through a series of lectures, films, exhibits and a cabaret. Weekly events run through Dec. 9. <\/p>\n


\n\tAmong the \u201cAstonishing Solutions\u201d that will be considered are:

\n–\tInstalling large numbers of small mirrors in space to disperse sunlight before it strikes Earth, thereby reducing the rate of global warming;

\n–\tConstruction of a large scale facility to filter carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, which could offset emissions from human activities and reduce future warming; and

\n–\tFertilizing the ocean to spur fast-growing plankton that soak up carbon dioxide.

\nAccording to Opaluch, \u201cthese kinds of actions are sometimes called geo-engineering since they represent large scale attempts to intentionally change global conditions. Note that these actions are generally meant to offset the effects of large scale human actions that have unintentionally changed global conditions,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\n\tWhile not advocating for or against any of the proposed solutions, Opaluch and Spivack, a professor of oceanography, will discuss the options from their respective perspectives of economics and science. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAll of the proposals have strengths and weaknesses, and each comes with its own set of risks,\u201d Opaluch said. \u201cOur intent is point out the strengths, weaknesses and risks as we see them.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tOpaluch studies ecosystem services, natural resource damage assessment, and survey methodologies. He is a member of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board and served on numerous committees and panels for the National Research Council and the National Science Foundation. <\/p>\n


\n\tSpivack is an oceanographer who specializes in the chemistry of the ocean and atmosphere. <\/p>\n


\nThe next Honors Colloquium event will feature Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board, discussing \u201cCalifornia Action on Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change.\u201d Her program will take place Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. <\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsors of the 2008 Honors Colloquium are the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography and the College of Arts and Sciences. Additional support came from the Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment, the Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, the deans of the remaining 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges, the offices of the 溏心vlog免费B站 vice presidents, the EPA Atlantic Ecology Division and Rhode Island Sea Grant. <\/p>\n

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\nFor further details about the colloquium, including an updated schedule and information on parking, go to www.uri.edu\/hc<\/a> or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. — October 21, 2008 — 溏心vlog免费B站 professors Arthur Spivack and James Opaluch will use video clips to examine several proposed large-scale technological fixes for reducing climate change as part of 溏心vlog免费B站’s annual fall Honors Colloquium. Free and open to the public, the program — titled \u201cAstonishing Solutions\u201d — will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}