Program at Foxdale Village on January 14th, in the Auditorium at 7 pm.
Dr. Richard Alley will be presenting a talk on “Tipping Points and the Big Picture on Climate and Energy”.

TIPPING POINTS AND THE BIG PICTURE ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY
Presented by Dr. Richard Alley
Co-sponsored by Foxdale’s Climate Care, Program, DEI and Green Committees

January 14th at 7 pm in the Foxdale Auditorium. (This program is free and open to the public as well as Foxdale Residents)

Dr. Richard Alley is an Evan Pugh University Professor in the Department of Geosciences and is a leader of the Penn State Ice and Climate Research Center. His research has taken him to Antartica, Greenland, Alaska and just about everywhere there is ice. Dr. Alley is a frequent speaker to both scientific and general audiences and has published many scientific papers. He is a presenter of the PBS miniseries, “Earth: The Operators’ Manual”.

Dr. Alley provided the following summary of his talk: “The risks of climate change are well-documented, with the potential for underestimated dangers and tipping points - thresholds that, once crossed, can trigger rapid, irreversible changes. For example, while sea-level rise is expected as oceans warm and ice melts, surpassing certain thresholds could accelerate Antarctic ice loss, dramatically increasing sea levels. Similarly, wildfires could transform ecosystems like the Brazilian rainforest into grasslands, and disruptions in ocean circulation may occur. Given these risks, the benefits of transitioning to a sustainable energy system are likely even greater than widely recognized.