A Fresh Look at Anthropogenic Climate Change

The lecture explains that the science behind climate change is not especially complex, despite frequent misconceptions in popular media. The speaker will provide an overview of observed climate change in the United States, outline points of scientific consensus and areas of disagreement, clarify what climate models actually project, and illustrate why they do not identify as a climate change alarmist.

David R. Legates is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, retired Professor of Climatology in the Department of Geography and a retired Adjunct Professor in the Department of Applied Economics and Statistics at the University of Delaware. He received his PhD in climatology from the University of Delaware, and he has taught at Louisiana State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Virginia. He is former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Observation and Prediction and former Executive Director of the United States Global Change Research Program; and he has been Research Scientist at the Southern Regional Climate Center, Chief Research Scientist at the Center for Computational Geosciences, and Visiting Research Scientist at the National Climate Data Center.

This lecture will not be recorded.

The University Book Store will be onsite selling the speaker's book at the event.