Environmental Expert to Discuss 2014 National Climate Assessment

09/16/2014 3:19 PM

Dr. Donald Wuebbles, the Harry E. Preble Professor of Atmospheric Science at the University of Illinois, will give a lecture on September 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Olin Hall room 168. His topic is “Our Changing Climate: The 2014 U.S. National Climate Assessment.” The presentation is free and open to the public.

Dr. Wuebbles is an expert in numerical modeling of atmospheric physics and chemistry. He has authored more than 400 scientific articles, relating mostly to atmospheric chemistry and climate issues. He has been a lead author on a number of national and international assessments related to concerns about climate change, and on atmospheric chemistry, including the effects of human activities on stratospheric and tropospheric ozone. Dr. Wuebbles and colleagues received the 2005 Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has been honored by being selected a Fellow of three major professional science societies, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Geophysical Union, and the American Meteorological Society. He shares in the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the international Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 

The program is sponsored by the International Affairs Organization, SABRC, Honors Program, Institute of International Studies, Department of Biology, Environmental Science Program, and the Peoria Area World Affairs Council (PAWAC).