Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Climate Change at Cafe Scientifique

WHAT: Top Ten Things You Should Know About Climate Change

WHEN: Tuesday, August 4, 5:30-8:00 PM; program begins at 6:15 PM.

WHERE: The Front Page Restaurant, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA, Located near Ballston Metro on the ground floor of the NSF building. Parking is available under the NSF building or at Ballston Common Mall.

WHO: Keith Dixon, Research Meteorologist and Climate Modeler, NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Joe Witte, Meteorologist, Newschannel 8

HOW: Special 1/2 price burgers start at 5:30 PM. Please come early to order table service and socialize. Short presentation begins at 6:15 PM, followed by Q&A. No science background required—only an interest!

Cafe Scientifique is free and open to the public. Register online here.

ABOUT THE TOPIC: In the coming decades, scientists expect climate change to have an increasing impact on human and natural systems. In a warmer world, accessibility to food, water, raw materials, and energy are likely to change. Climate change will also affect our weather, human health, biodiversity, economic stability, and national security. Come learn the top ten things you should know to know about climate change.

SUPPORT THIS CAFE: The Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, a nonprofit organization, is the sponsor of Cafe Scientifique Arlington. Since April 2006, the goal of Cafe Scientifique has been to make science more accessible and accountable by featuring speakers whose expertise spans the sciences and who can talk in plain English. Cafe is held each month on first Tuesdays at the Front Page in Arlington. Please go to www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta and contribute. Help keep Cafe open and free to all!

COMING NEXT MONTH: September 1, BioDiversity: How Special We Are! Dave Harrelson and Susan Jewel, Biologists, Endangered Species Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service SPECIAL BSTA PROGRAM: August 25, 4:15 PM at Room 110 NSF, Climate Change Communication 2.0, Ed Maibach, Director of George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication. Register online here.

For more information contact Kaye Breen, ballstonscience@yahoo.com, visit www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta or join us on twitter: http://twitter.com/sciencecafeva or facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ballston-Science-and-Technology-Alliance/116954825970.

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