Speaker: Prof. Paul F. Hoffman (Harvard)
The Lorenz Center Presents The John Carlson Lecture.
Abstract: The geological record shows that Earth’s climate has changed in dramatic and surprising ways. Harvard geologist Paul Hoffman will share his fascination with the give and take between those who discovered the ancient changes and those struggling to develop theories of climate change. His story ranges from the beginnings of climate change as a science to his own involvement in the controversy over the ultimate climatic disturbance: snowball Earth.

The John Carlson Lecture seeks to communicate exciting new results in climate science to the general public. It is the first public outreach lecture of the Lorenz Center, MIT’s new climate think tank devoted to fundamental, curiosity-driven science. Kerry Emanuel, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Meteorology, and Daniel Rothman, Professor of Geophysics, are leading this effort, which is named after their late colleague Edward Lorenz, the founder of modern chaos theory and an early contributor to theoretical climate science. To learn more about the Carlson Lecture and the Lorenz Center, please visit http://web.mit.edu/lorenzcenter/.

Speaker's website: http://environment.harvard.edu/about/faculty/paul-f-hoffman

6:30 p.m. Community reception - MIT, Ray and Maria Stata Center, Kirsch Auditorium, Building 32, Room 123, 32 Vassar Street Cambridge, Massachusetts