The Beta Beta Beta Biology Honors Society and the Politics Club at Missouri Western State University are co-sponsoring a public forum on climate change in their Science and Society series. The forum will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 16, at the East Hills Library, 502 N. Woodbine. It is free and open to the public.
The forum will consist of three 20-minute lectures by Missouri Western faculty, followed by a question-and-answer session. Presenters include:
· Dr. Csengele Barta, assistant professor of biology, will define climate change and discuss human impacts on our planet
· Dr. Lawrence Pilgram, adjunct faculty in the Department of Chemistry, will delve into the climatic history of our planet and argue against human impact
· Dr. Edwin Taylor, assistant professor of political science, will talk about what the United States and European nations are doing to combat climate change and what more needs to be done.