Sea Secrets Lecture Series James W. Hurrell, Ph.D.

This lecture will have a complimentary reception at SALT Waterfront Restaurant on the Rosenstiel Campus, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The lecture will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel auditorium. Seating is first come, first served as space is limited.

All lectures are also being offered virtually via Zoom. at 7:00 p.m. on the day of the lecture to watch.

Lecture title: Can (Should) We Cool the Planet by Changing the Atmosphere? An Introduction to Strategies, Risks, Benefits, and Future Prospects for Solar Climate Intervention

There is growing concern that current international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, combined with adaptation efforts, are insufficient to avoid intolerable climate change impacts over the coming decades. This has stimulated a rapidly growing interest among researchers, governments, and policy analysts in understanding if the deployment of some form of Solar Climate Intervention (SCI) would help to reduce future risks from adverse climate change impacts, and provide more time for humanity to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations. However, proposed SCI strategies involve significant, uncertain risks that must be understood. In this talk, Dr. Hurrell will present a brief overview of SCI and argue for the importance of research on the topic.

Dr. James W. Hurrell is the Scott Presidential Chair of Environmental Science and Engineering at Colorado State University. Previously, he served as the Director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Dr. Hurrell’s research has centered on empirical and modeling studies and diagnostic analyses to better understand climate, climate variability, climate predictability, and proposed climate intervention approaches. He has been extensively involved in the World Climate Research Programme, including leading the Scientific Steering Groups of both the U.S. and International Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) research programs. Dr. Hurrell has also served the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in many ways, and he is currently a member of the NASEM Advisory Panel for the Division of Earth and Life Sciences. He is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the U.K. Royal Meteorological Society, and the American Geophysical Union.

Host or Publisher University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science