Thursday, September 15, 2022

Jerald Schnoor, PhD

Jerald Schnoor

Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering
Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Professor, Occupational & Environmental Health
Co-Director, Center for Global & Regional Environmental Research (CGRER)

4:00 pm
Thursday, September 15, 2022

Kollros Auditorium (101 BBE)

Earth from space

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called the recent UN report on climate change a “code red for humanity.”   Among its many findings, “It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land.”

Furthermore, greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are the highest concentration in the atmosphere for at least 2 million years; methane and nitrous oxide are the most in more than 800,000 years; and our average temperature on earth is the warmest in at least 2,000 years. All are increasing steadily.

This talk will project where we are going, what we should expect, and what we can do about it.


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