Geology & Geography

 Lecture Series

 

2010-2011
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Dr. Joann Stock
Division of Geology & Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology
“The Continent-Ocean Transition in the Gulf of California Region”
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 4:00 p.m.
Clark Hall, Room 204
Williams College

“Tectonic Evolution of the Northern Gulf of California”
Wednesday, 22 September 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Clark Hall, Room 105
Williams College


Dr. Joel D. Blum
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
“Biogeochemistry of Mercury with New Insights from Mercury Stable Isotopes”
Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Paino Lecture Hall
Amherst College


Dr. Larry Mayer
Department of Geosciences, University of New Hampshire
“Mapping the Unseen: New Approaches to Ocean Exploration”
Monday, 25 October 2010, 7:30 p.m.
Integrated Sciences Building, Room 221
University of Massachusetts

Dr. Naomi Oreskes
Department of History and Program in Science Studies
University of California, San Diego
“Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”
Thursday, 17 February 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Leo Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall
Smith College

Dr. Eric Steig
Director, Quaternary Research Center, Department of Earth and Space Science University of Washington
“Just getting warmed up: Recent and future changes on the icy continent”
Thursday, 24 March 2011, 7:00 p.m., Red Barn
Hampshire College


Dr. Michael Mann
Director, Earth System Science Center, Department of Meteorology
The Pennsylvania State University
“The Hockey Stick: On the Front Lines in Climate Change Wars”
Thursday, 21 April 2011, 7:00 p.m.
Dwight Auditorium
Mt. Holyoke College

2009-10 Lecture Series