Columbia University scientist to discuss climate change at Muskingum
Columbia University scientist to discuss climate change at Muskingum
Jane Imbody | Zanesville Times Recorder
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Dr. Maureen Raymo, a marine geologist and climate scientist at Columbia University, will discuss the current state of the planet’s climate March 23 at Muskingum University, according to a community announcement.
Raymo will present “Crazy Weather, Kooky Climate, Carbon Dioxide — What Is Going On?” at 4 p.m. in The Boyd Science Center, Room 343 as part of the John Glenn Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Planetary Sciences.
Lecture will focus on climate change
The lecture will address the ongoing pollution of the atmosphere with carbon dioxide and methane, which trap heat at the Earth’s surface and cause temperatures to rise. Raymo will review evidence for climate change, discuss how climate affects extreme weather events and share thoughts on how the collective actions of individuals, families, communities and governments will shape quality of life in the 21st century.
Raymo’s research focuses on understanding the history and causes of past climate change events. She has proposed hypotheses to explain why ice ages have occurred on Earth and has developed new ways to study past sea-level change.
She has published more than 120 peer-reviewed scientific publications and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 2014, she became the first woman to be awarded the Wollaston Medal, the Geological Society of London’s most senior medal, first awarded in 1831, and also was awarded the Milutin Milankovic Medal of the European Geosciences Union that year. In 2019, she was awarded the Maurice Ewing Medal by the American Geophysical Union and the U. S. Navy.
“Dr. Raymo’s work on the history and nature of climate change is internationally recognized. Importantly, though, she is also known as a gifted communicator who is able to describe important research results in ways that are accessible for broad audiences,” said James Dooley, Bill and Martha Lovejoy professor of biology, according to the announcement.
About the lecture series
The John Glenn Distinguished Lecture Series in Earth and Planetary Sciences, founded in 2017, brings an annual speaker to campus who is chosen by faculty members from the biology, geology and physics departments. The lectureship was established by the late Bill and Martha Johnson Lovejoy to honor the legacy of one of the school’s most accomplished alumni, John Glenn.
In the past, the lectures have featured professionals such as Tim M. Berra, academy professor and professor emeritus of evolution, ecology and organismal biology at The Ohio State University, and Jan Ramer, vice president at The Wilds.
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