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Climate Change Lecture, Nov 26th, 7:30 pm, TCD

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  • 19-11-2009 12:59am
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    The third Irish Meteorological Society public lecture will take place on Thursday November 26th in the Botany Lecture Theatre in Trinity College Dublin. Dr Frank Mulligan (NUI Maynooth) will present "The Middle Atmosphere - Earth's Ignorosphere", a discussion on what we can learn about climate change from studies of the mid and upper layers of the atmosphere.

    In direct contrast to global warming in the lower atmosphere, the atmosphere at higher altitudes is experiencing a cooling effect.The magnitude of this cooling effect could be up to ten times larger than the changes seen at the surface of the earth, because the very tenuous nature of the upper atmosphere makes it much more sensitive to change. This level of sensitivity makes the upper atmosphere a rich source for investigating the rate of change, and will be of enormous importance in the future to study of the efficacy of actions by governments designed to mitigate the impact of changes.

    For more information see www.irishmetsociety.org


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