September 26, 2018: Public Lecture an Award Ceremony of the 19. Excellence Professorship of the Prof. Dr. Werner Petersen Foundation to Prof. Dr. Trevor McDougall

Public lecture of Prof. Dr. Trevor McDougall & Award Ceremony 

 
"The ocean's role in climate change: what we know, and what we know we don't know"

The ocean-atmosphere interactions on all time scales is important for climate variations. We humans are currently conducting a dangerous and uncontrolled experiment by altering the composition of the atmosphere and thereby warming the planet and raising the sea level. What is the role of the ocean in regulating climate changes on time scale from decades to centuries? What do we know about about climate change and the role of the oceans? Many aspects are unknown and subject of intense ongoing research.

Wednesday, 26 September 2018 at 7 pm

Location: Lecture hall, GEOMAR east shore campus, Wischhofstr. 1-3, Building 8a, 24148 Kiel

Open, no admission.

Trevor McDougall is Professor for Oceanography at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Research focus: The role of the ocean in the climate system, in particular turbulent and thermodynamic processes in the ocean.

Contact: Christiane Loorz