David S. Chapman, Carleton College Bernstein Geologist-in-Residence, will present a lecture titled “Global Warming: Just Hot Air?” on Tuesday, May 16 at 7 p.m. in the Carleton College Olin Hall of Science, room 149. The event is free and open to the public.
His talk will focus on both scientific and practical approaches to the global warming debate. Asking such questions as “What do we know and what do we not know?” Chapman will attempt to shed some light on this controversial topic.
In addition to his research on global warming, Chapman leads a research group studying thermal aspects of geological processes including global heat flow, thermal aspects of groundwater flow, and heat flow and hydrothermal circulation in the sea floor.
Chapman is a professor of geology and geophysics at the University of Utah, where he is also dean of the graduate school and associate vice president for graduate studies. He is the author of more than 120 publications, including two Scientific American articles, four papers in Nature and one in Science. An avid environmentalist, he has commuted to work for the past 28 years on the same Peugeot 10-speed, enjoys vegetable gardening and reserves part of each summer for long-distance walking.
The Parnassus Foundation, which supports the Bernstein Geologist-in-Residence program, was established by Raphael Bernstein, a Carleton parent and past trustee, and his family to support scholarly work and a distinguished lecture series in the Carleton College geology department.
For more information and disability accommodations, call the Carleton geology department at (507) 646-4407.
