Michael McCormick of Harvard University will give a lecture geared towards undergraduate students.
Friday, October 29, 1:00-3:00pm - SOS 250
Starts with reading of some 8th-century texts about a bad winter and asks what science can do with this. Discusses historical significance of climate change and human response, palaeoclimate studies. Presents climate impact of volcanism (first hypothesized by Franklin) then analyzes evidence of Greenland ice cores for winters of 8th and 9th C. Europe. What does it mean?
Those interested in further details should contact Professor Jason Glenn, jkglenn@usc.edu.
