Dorothea Altorfer, wife of one of our faculty members, created an event at the Fete de la Nature in Arnaudville, LA
Seminar by Dr. Richard Alley on March 17th
Wed, 02/24/2021 - 8:20am
UL Lafayette’s PhD Program in Earth & Energy Sciences, in partnership with the Graduate School, presents:
“GOOD NEWS IN THE GREENHOUSE? THE BIG PICTURE ON ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT”
a webinar by DR. RICHARD ALLEY
March 17, 2021 at 3:00 pm over Zoom
We get great benefits from the energy we use, now mostly from fossil fuels, but the resulting pollution threatens to cause highly damaging climate changes. Very strong evidence shows that if we use this knowledge wisely, we can build a larger economy in a cleaner environment with more jobs, improved health, and greater national security more consistent with the Golden Rule. Today’s students belong to the first generation in human history with confidence that they can build a sustainable energy system, providing the power we enjoy to everyone everywhere.
To obtain the Zoom link register in advance at https://ullafayette.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DvoCcpaxTFijRkCogyxqBg
Dr. Richard Alley (PhD 1987, Geology, Wisconsin) is Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State. He studies the great ice sheets to help predict future changes in climate and sea level, and has made four trips to Antarctica, nine to Greenland, and more to Alaska and elsewhere. He has been honored for research (including election to the US National Academy of Sciences and Foreign Membership in the Royal Society), teaching, and service. Dr. Alley participated in the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (co-recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize) and has provided requested advice to numerous government officials in multiple administrations from both major political parties including a US Vice President, multiple Presidential Science Advisors, and committees and individual members of the US Senate and House of Representatives. He has authored or coauthored over 300 refereed scientific papers. He was presenter for the PBS TV miniseries on climate and energy Earth: The Operators’ Manual, and author of the book. His popular account of climate change and ice cores, The Two-Mile Time Machine, was Phi Beta Kappa’s science book of the year. Dr. Alley is happily married with two grown daughters, one stay-at-home cat, a bicycle, and a pair of soccer cleats.