UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The scientific community largely agrees that current levels of greenhouse gas emissions will lead to warmer temperatures in the decades to come. What scientists don’t know is just how much global temperatures will rise. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh University Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, will discuss the value of uncertainty when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions and studying climate during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 14. The talk will take place via Zoom.
Alley studies the great ice sheets around the world, especially in Greenland and Antarctica, to help predict future changes in climate and sea level. He is an internationally recognized expert in glaciology and climate change, has provided requested advice to numerous government officials from both major political parties, and has authored or coauthored more than 300 publications in peer-reviewed journals.
He was part of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won half of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and has received numerous honors and recognitions for his scientific contributions, including election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and as a Foreign Member of the Royal Society, United Kingdom.
Alley’s talk is part of the spring 2022 EESI EarthTalks series, “Energy and Climate Policy, Part 2: Strategies for Getting to Net Zero.” The series is presented by Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.