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SUMMARY:The Science of Climate Change - Professor Joanna Haigh
DTSTART:20170124T200000Z
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CONTACT:Benjamin Beresford-Jones
DESCRIPTION:Over the past 165 years\, the surface temperature of the Earth
  has increased by about 0.8°C. Climate scientists are overwhelmingly of t
 he opinion that the majority of this warming results from the effect of ga
 ses emitted into the atmosphere by human activities.  How can we be sure t
 hat this is the case?  Does it matter?  What can we say about the future? 
 Joanna Haigh is Co-Director of the Grantham Institute of Climate Change an
 d the Environment at Imperial College London. She will be outlining the ev
 idence for climate change and demonstrating how we can construct computer 
 models of the climate to investigate how climate processes work. Later\, s
 he will explore the different approaches to tackling climate change and wh
 ere the world is heading following the United Nations climate change negot
 iations in Paris in Nov/Dec 2015.\n \nAbout the speaker: Joanna Haigh is a
  Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (IoP
 ).  She is also a former President of the Royal Meteorological Society was
  appointed CBE for her services to physics in 2013.  She has been awarded 
 the IoP Chree Medal and Prize\, and the RMetS Adrian Gill Prize\, for her 
 work on the interface between atmospheric science and solar physics.\n\nFr
 ee for members\, £3 for non-members. Membership can be purchased on the d
 oor for £12.
LOCATION:Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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