Previous Robock Lectures

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?