Our climate is changing: it could be a rough ride.The Geology and Geography Division is pleased to announce a symposium symposium In ancient Greece, an aristocratic banquet at which men met to discuss philosophical and political issues and recite poetry. It began as a warrior feast. Rooms were designed specifically for the proceedings. on Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm on climate change The history of climate change for the past 100,000 years is well preserved in the continental ice sheets as well as in sediments. An analysis of all the data shows the characteristics or behavior of past changes. If these well documented past changes are viewed as a window through which we see our future circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or , we would do well to consider how rapid and large these changes could be. Does our future look like a gentle trail horse or a bucking bronco bronco: see mustang. ? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This will be a world class review by world renowned experts on the subject of climate change, Dr. Joan Fitzpatrick and Dr. Richard Alley Dr. Richard B. Alley (1957-present) is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 170 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change and . |
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