Science and bild der wissenschaft to host public lecture in Hamburg, November 16
Washington, DC (October 29, 1999) - U.S. and German experts will address the global challenges of climate change and its implications for the future at a public lecture November 16 in Hamburg, Germany. Global climate shifts and increasing concerns about the impact of humans on the environment have prompted the questions: Is climate change inevitable? Will Europe experience a warming or cooling trend? What are the consequences of climate change, and how can humans cope? In their second collaborative event this year, bild der wissenschaft and Science will bring together three prominent researchers to address these and other issues.
| EVENT: | "The Global Challenge: How To Survive Climate Change" |
| A public lecture | |
| WHEN: | Tuesday, November 16, 18.00 hr |
| WHERE: | University of Hamburg |
| Main Building, Auditorium J | |
| Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 | |
| (S-Bahn Dammtor) | |
| Hamburg, Germany |
Featured speakers:
- Antarctic-Glaciologist Dr. George H. Denton, University of Maine
- UN-Expert Prof. Hartmut Graßl, Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg (former Director, World Climate Research Programme)
- Sahara-Researcher Dr. Stefan Rahmstorf, Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Introductions by Brooks Hanson, deputy managing editor, Science
Moderators:
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Reiner Korbmann, editor-in-chief, bild der wissenschaft
Berndt Röttger, science editor, Hamburger Abendblatt
EDITOR'S NOTE: For interviews with Brooks Hanson or George Denton, contact Ursula Oaks, 202-326-7088, or uoaks@aaas.org. For interviews with Hartmut Graßl, contact the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, 49-40-41173-248; or with Stefan Rahmstorf, contact the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, 49-331-288-25-07.
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE
George Denton is the Libra Professor of Geological Sciences and Quaternary Studies at the University of Maine, where he served as Director of the Institute for Quaternary Studies from 1988-1993. Denton's primary research area is the geological history of large ice sheets and smaller mountain glaciers. He is particularly interested in how ocean-atmosphere circulation affects global climate, and the causes of the 100,000-year ice-age cycles.
Denton's research team, based at the University of Maine, spends an average of three months each year in various regions of the southern hemisphere. One of their recent projects dealt with the Quaternary and late Tertiary history of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. Another project looked at the alpine glacier history of the Chilean Andes. In his current research in New Zealand, Denton is investigating the timing and mechanisms of abrupt climate change in the region, particularly how climate change originating in the northern hemisphere might impact the southern hemisphere.
In 1990, Denton was presented with the Vega Medal (gold) by H.M. Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in Stockholm and was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1995. He also received the Bruce-Preller Prize from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1996, and is currently a member of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Climate Panel. George Denton completed his undergraduate studies at Tufts University and earned his MA and PhD degrees in Geology from Yale University. He lives in Orono, Maine.