| KENNETH H. KELLER TO SPEAK ON CLIMATE CHANGE AT CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE
Join Humphrey Institute Professor Kenneth
H. Keller and University of Minnesota climatologist Mark
Seeley at “Climate Change and Public Policy,” a special Cafe Scientifique,
at 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 1, at the Varsity
Theater in Minneapolis. The Café is a benefit for the Mississippi
Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
Keller, director of the Center
for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Humphrey Institute, and
Seeley, frequent contributor to Minnesota Public Radio's Morning Edition, will
talk about the latest research into weather phenomena and tracking systems,
and the impact of global climate change on people, the environment, and public
policy.
Participants will have a chance to ask questions, as well as contribute to
the Nature Conservancy’s latest efforts to save the fragile wetlands of
the Gulf Coast. Coastal wetlands serve as a natural hurricane buffer, reducing
storm surge and absorbing wind and wave energy. More than one million acres
of these coastal wetlands--or 1,900 square miles--have been lost since 1930.
Café Scientifique is a monthly series produced by the University of
Minnesota’s Bell Museum of Natural History. It brings expert-led discussions
on provocative science topics out of the labs and into pubs, coffee shops, and
restaurants throughout the state. For a list of scheduled cafés, click
here. The Bell Museum is part of the University of Minnesota’s College
of Natural Resources.
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