Can Climate Engineering Serve as a Complementary Step to Aggressive Mitigation?
Friday, Sept. 25, 4 p.m. Room 1, Olin Science Center With the rising risk of consequences of climate change, and with the elimination of all greenhouse gas emissions certain to take many decades or even centuries, there is growing discussion about whether intervention (often referred to as geoengineering) merits consideration. Michael C. MacCracken, chief scientist for climate change programs at The Climate Institute in Washington, D.C., will discuss how preliminary analyses appear to indicate that regionally focused geoengineering could limit some of the most severe potential impacts of global warming at a relatively low cost. Contact: Karin Weston, 859-4315, krweston@colby.edu Colby on Stage! Friday, Sept. 25 and Saturday, Sept. 26, 7:30 p.m. Strider Theater, Runnals Building Colby’s finest student performers present a special Family Homecoming Weekend event. This high-energy variety show features song, dance, and drama from Broadway Musical Revue, Colby Dancers, Dynasty Step Club, H
