Following his successful Relativity Tour, astrophysicist and educator Dr. Jeffrey Bennett decided to turn his attention to public understanding of global warming. Through the start of the pandemic, Dr. Bennett presented a talk entitled “Global Warming Demystified” more than 40 times in more than 30 cities (list below). Now, he has updated the talk as described below. Please contact Dr. Bennett if you are interested in hosting an event. Note: There is no speaking fee for this tour; in some cases Dr. Bennett will even pay his own travel expenses, if the host institution can draw a large enough audience and fill his local schedule sufficiently to make it worth his time and expense.

Pathway to a Post-Global Warming Future

A Brief Overview of Climate Science, Consequences, and Solutions

Talk Description: The media often portrays our climate future as a choice between bleak and bleaker, which may seem justified given the many impacts of global warming that we are already seeing. But it doesn’t have to be that way, because if we understand the science behind global warming, then we can also see a pathway to its solution. In this presentation, Dr. Bennett will give you a brief overview of the surprisingly simple basic science behind global warming and of the consequences we can expect from this warming. He will then explain how we can in principle take the steps necessary to envision a “post-global warming” future, meaning a future in which today’s children will someday be able to talk about global warming as a once-serious problem that we found a way to solve. Note: This talk builds upon Dr. Bennett’s book A Global Warming Primer.

Presented by Astrophysicist and educator Jeffrey Bennett

Locations of Past Talks

Videos of the Talk

U. Memphis: Lois Lois McGlothlin Donaldson Endowed Lecture, March 24, 2023

Video from SUNY-Stony Brook, April 18, 2019

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