Harold W. Borns Symposium to Address Climage Change Research

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571 (joecarr@maine.edu)

The University of Maine Climate Change Institute will host the 2009 Harold W. Borns Symposium May 7 and May 8  at Arthur St. John Hill Auditorium in Barrows Hall.

This symposium brings together the UMaine community each year for a focused discussion of emerging research and topics related to global environmental change.

This year’s keynote speaker is National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration meteorologist Martin Hoerling from the organization’s Earth System Research Laboratory in Colorado. Hoerling also is lead scientist for NOAA’s Climate Change Attribution Team. His presentation is titled, “What is Causing Temperature Trends Over the Americas?”