[SEMCO] Woods Hole Research Center Lecture Series begins on August 22

[Allison White]

The Woods Hole Research Center (WHRC) will present a three-part lecture
series on Environmental Tipping Points from August through October.  The
first lecture will be held on Thursday, August 22, when WHRC Senior
Scientist Richard A. Houghton will speak on “Carbon Dioxide and a Runaway
Greenhouse,” which will focus on the interaction between the carbon cycle
and the warming of the Earth.

Dr. Houghton is an ecologist whose longtime research has been on the role
that terrestrial ecosystems play in climate change and the global carbon
cycle. His area of expertise is documentation of changes in land use and
determination of historic and current sources and sinks of carbon resulting
directly from human activity. Dr. Houghton has held positions at the
Ecosystems Center of the Marine Biological Laboratory and at Brookhaven
National Laboratory. He currently serves as Acting President of the Woods
Hole Research Center.

The next lecture in the series will be held on September 26 when Dr.
Richard S. Williams will present “The Earth's Disappearing Cryosphere” and
address rapid changes in glaciers, sea ice, and permafrost that document
major climatic tipping points.  In the third lecture on October 24, Dr.
Michael T. Coe will discuss deforestation in the Amazon, which can lead to
radical climate shifts affecting forests, crops, and hydropower.

All three Environmental Tipping Points lectures will take place at 5:30 pm
in WHRC’s Harbourton Auditorium, 149 Woods Hole Road, Falmouth, MA. There
is no charge for the lectures and the public is warmly invited to attend.
Parking and seating are limited and reservations are essential. To reserve,
email events at whrc.org or call 508-444-1517.

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*Contact*:
Beth Bagley
ebagley at whrc.org
508-444-1517
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