Previous Robock Lectures

April 9, 2024 - Chris Bretherton, Senior Director of Climate Modeling, Allen Institute for AI, and Professor Emaritus, Departments of Applied Mathematics and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
How AI is taking weather forecasting and climate modeling by storm (watch video here)

September 15, 2022 - Lance Bosart, State University of New York - Albany
The Future of Weather Forecasting is Probablistic. So, Why Isn't Everyone Cheering? (watch video here)

September 27, 2018 - Jonathan Foley, California Academy of Sciences
PlanetVision: A Global Plan to Build a Better, More Sustainable Future - (watch video here - missing the first 17 minutes)

September 7, 2017 - J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
Zombies, Sports, and Cola: What do they mean for communicating weather and climate? - (watch video here)

April 19, 2017 - Roz Naylor, Stanford University
Bridging the Divide Between Food Security and Nutrition Security: Can a world of nine billion be well fed?

March 3, 2016 - David Archer, University of Chicago
Near Miss: The importance of the natural atmospheric CO2 concentration to human historical evolution - (watch video here)

November 7, 2015 - Katharine Hayhoe, Texas Tech University
Climate Change and Religious Stewardship

March 24, 2015 - Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Problem of Hurricanes and Climate - (watch video here)

April 17, 2014 - Michael Mann, Penn State University
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches From The Front Lines - (watch video here)

November 8, 2012 - J. M. Wallace, University of Washington
Attribution of Climate Change in the Presence of Natural Variability

September 8, 2011 - Mark Serreze, University of Colorado
The Arctic's Shrinking Sea Ice Cover: Why Should I Care?

September 16, 2010 - Gerald Meehl, NCAR
Weather Extremes in a Changing Climate

September 25, 2009 - Alan Robock, Rutgers
Smoke and Mirrors: Is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?