The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars

dc.contributor.authorMann, Michael E.en
dc.date.accessioned2015-03-27T13:28:41Zen
dc.date.available2015-03-27T13:28:41Zen
dc.date.issued2015-03-20en
dc.description.abstractThe Interfaces of Global Change Program at Virginia Tech is proud to host Dr. Michael Mann for a science communication workshop and public lecture on Friday, March 20, 2015. Dr. Mann is an award-winning climate scientist and central figure in the political debate over climate change. His lecture at the Lyric Theatre will be followed by a brief Q&A session and book signing. Dr. Michael E. Mann is a Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, with joint appointments in the Department of Geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center (ESSC). Dr. Mann received his undergraduate degrees in Physics and Applied Math from the University of California at Berkeley, an M.S. degree in Physics from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale University. His research involves the use of theoretical models and observational data to better understand Earth’s climate system. Dr. Mann was a Lead Author on the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001 and was organizing committee chair for the National Academy of Sciences Frontiers of Science in 2003. He has received a number of honors and awards including NOAA’s outstanding publication award in 2002 and selection by Scientific American as one of the fifty leading visionaries in science and technology in 2002. He contributed, with other IPCC authors, to the award of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded the Hans Oeschger Medal of the European Geosciences Union in 2012 and was awarded the National Conservation Achievement Award for science by the National Wildlife Federation in 2013. He made Bloomberg News’ list of fifty most influential people in 2013. In 2014, he was named Highly Cited Researcher by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) and received the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education. He is a Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. Dr. Mann is author of more than 170 peer-reviewed and edited publications, and has published two books including Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008 and The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines in 2012. He is also a co-founder and avid contributor to the award-winning science website RealClimate.org.en
dc.description.sponsorshipVirginia Tech. Interfaces of Global Change Programen
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/51650en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.relation.urihttp://globalchangephd.com/distinguished-lecture-dr-michael-mann/en
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dc.rights.holderVirginia Tech. University Librariesen
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectClimate scienceen
dc.subjectGlobal warmingen
dc.subjectClimate changeen
dc.titleThe Hockey Stick and the Climate Warsen
dc.typePresentationen
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