[Sci-tech-public] BIG Questions After Big Hurricanes will be held on Monday, October 31, 2005,

[Debbie Meinbresse]

Our next MIT-wide Symposium on BIG Questions After Big Hurricanes will be 
held on Monday, October 31, 2005, 12:00 noon, Bartos Theatre, Wiesner 
Building (E15).

The featured speaker will be Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Meteorology in 
MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.  This 
session will focus on the question:  What Does Current Scientific Research 
Have to Say About the Present and Future Risks Associated with Hurricanes?

"My results suggest that future warming may lead to an upward trend in 
[hurricanes'] destructive potential, and--taking into account an increasing 
coastal population--a substantial increase in hurricane-related losses in 
the 21st century," reports Kerry Emanuel in a paper appearing in the July 
31 online edition of the journal Nature.
We hope that you and your colleagues can attend.  For those who wish to 
attend from a distance, it will be broadcast live at 
http://web.mit.edu/katrina/symposia/.  It can also be viewed afterwards at 
the same site.

BIG Questions After Big Hurricanes
What Does Current Scientific Research Have to Say About the Present and 
Future Risks Associated with Hurricanes?
Professor Kerry Emanuel, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Monday, October 31, 2005
12:00 noon
Bartos Theatre, Wiesner Building (E15)

Please visit  http://web.mit.edu/katrina/ for a complete list of MIT 
activities, benefits and resources helping with the Hurricane Katrina 
recovery efforts.

Ted E. Johnson
Associate Director of the Information Center and
Director of Community Services
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Room E19-432
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA  02139-4307
Telephone: 617-253-4940


Debbie Meinbresse
STS Program, MIT
617-452-2390 
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