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Public Lecture on "Human Health, Weather Extremes and Climate Change" - Monash Council Chambers

Published: 18 March 2009

The Monash Future Council presents a public lecture by Professor Neville Nicholls (School of Geography and Environmental Science) on "Human Health, Weather Extremes and Climate Change."

The unprecedented Melbourne heat wave of late January - early February and the bushfires of Black Saturday have focused attention on the costs, human and economic, of extreme weather events. The question of whether such extremes are increasing in frequency or intensity because of anthropogenic climate change has also arisen. In this seminar an examination of the human costs of extreme weather and climate change will set the scene for a discussion of whether the climate is becoming more extreme or variable. The progress we have made in answering this question since the establishment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be described, and the scientific questions still to be answered will be outlined.

Time: 1-2 pm
Date: Wednesday 1 April, 2009
Venue: Monash Council Chambers

For further information contact:
Name: Kate Rigby
Telephone: +61 3 99052246
Email: Kate.Rigby@arts.monash.edu.au
Website: School of Arts website