Science in the City 'special'
This month's Science in the City free lunchtime lecture series concentrates on climate change.
Brought to you by Our City O-Tautahi (the Council's public exhibition space on the banks of the Avon at Worcester Blvd) and the Canterbury Branch of the Royal Society, this month's lectures focus on international scientific predictions that the greenhouse effect will result in a warming of Earth's atmosphere by between 1.5 and 4.5 degrees by the end of this century.
Science in the City lets you use your lunchtime to learn more about scientific issues affecting your community and environment.
This month's lectures will be held on Wednesdays in Our City O-Tautahi's Debating Chamber from 1.10-1.50pm. Feel free to bring your lunch.
Climate change lecture schedule:
- 3 May A look at some of the big science ideas behind climate change
- 10 May The national picture; how will it affect New Zealand as a whole (electricity supply, carbon credits, forests, policy implications, food miles, energy usage)?
- 17 May The regional picture; local impacts (coastal erosion, land use, flooding, droughts)
- 24 May The individual picture; how can individuals make a difference (housing, public transport use)?
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