[Southern_AZ_MWS] UA Science Café Comes to Phoenix

[Nancy Crocker]

There are two important water speakers coming to the Valley next week!  Here
is the first one!  Please share this announcement!  This is a very special
speaker!

 

Nancy

 

Nancy R. Crocker, Ph.D.

The University of Arizona

Cooperative Extension

4341 E. Broadway Road

Phoenix, AZ 85040

602-827-8200 ext. 335

 

UA Science Café Comes to Phoenix

The University of Arizona’s College of Science hosts a number of free
science café series in Pima and Pinal counties.  Now, the College of Science
Outreach Committee and the UA’s Water Sustainability Program are bringing a
science café series focused on global change and water to Maricopa County.

Our first speaker is international climate change expert and co-winner of
the 2007 Nobel Prize, Jonathan Overpeck, who will speak on 

What: Global Climate Change and the Southwest by Dr. Jonathan Overpeck 
    View his bio here:  www.environment.arizona.edu/jonathan-overpeck

When: Tuesday, 15 February, 7:00 pm

Where: Arizona Historical Society’s Steele Auditorium, Papago Park,
    1300 N College Ave, Tempe, AZ 
    480-929-0292 
    Click here for map:  http://goo.gl/M1iPf

Cost: Free!

Come find out how researchers believe climate change will affect Arizona’s
rainfall, snow packs, stream flow, sky islands and desert vegetation, and
whether we may already be experiencing climate change impacts.  The talk
with conclude with a question-and-answer session.

This monthly science café series will run through May.  The March talk will
address Seeking Sustainability in the Southwest: the Water/Energy Challenge.

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