{"id":66838,"date":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-scientists-to-examine-great-global-warming-hoax-in-honors-colloquium-discussion-sept-16\/"},"modified":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"uri-scientists-to-examine-great-global-warming-hoax-in-honors-colloquium-discussion-sept-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/09\/uri-scientists-to-examine-great-global-warming-hoax-in-honors-colloquium-discussion-sept-16\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 scientists to examine \u2018Great Global Warming Hoax\u2019 in Honors Colloquium discussion Sept. 16"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 8, 2008 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 professors Rebecca Robinson and John Merrill will discuss the rhetoric surrounding the debate over global warming with the help of documentary film clips as part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2008 Honors Colloquium.<\/p>\n


\n\tFree and open to the public, the discussion \u2013 entitled \u201cThe Great Global Warming Hoax?\u201d — will be held Sept. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Chafee Social Science Center on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe 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\tIn their discussion, Robinson, a marine geochemist, and Merrill, an atmospheric chemist, both of whom teach at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography, will use clips from the film \u201cUnstoppable Solar Cycles: The Real Story of Greenland.\u201d The film was produced by the Idea Channel, an advocacy group that is leading the battle to deny global warming.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOur plan is to debunk some of the common arguments we hear from naysayers,\u201d explained Merrill. \u201cWe\u2019re going to use this beautifully produced film that shows dramatic imagery, has portentous music, and explains to us that all of the world\u2019s leading scientists are trying to convince you of something that isn\u2019t so.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tRobinson focuses her research on the cycling of biologically important elements and their relationship with climate change on various timescales. Of particular interest to her is the role of the nitrogen cycle in regulating biological productivity and atmospheric CO2 concentrations, both in the ancient and in the modern ocean.<\/p>\n


\n\tMerrill uses meteorological techniques to study the long-range transport of substances in the atmosphere and the impacts of meteorological processes on the environment. He conducts weekly observations of the distribution of ozone using equipment carried aloft by weather balloons.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe discussion will be moderated by Peter August, director of the 溏心vlog免费B站 Coastal Institute and a professor of natural resources science.<\/p>\n


\nThe next Honors Colloquium event will feature Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Penn State University, discussing the scientific evidence of global climate change. That lecture will take place Sept. 23 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. \u2013 September 8, 2008 \u2013 溏心vlog免费B站 professors Rebecca Robinson and John Merrill will discuss the rhetoric surrounding the debate over global warming with the help of documentary film clips as part of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s 2008 Honors Colloquium. Free and open to the public, the discussion \u2013 entitled \u201cThe Great Global […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":66792,"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-66838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66838","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=66838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}