Hudson Museum Climate Change Lecture April 26
On Tuesday, April 26, Hudson Museum will present Michael McCormick, the Francis Goelet Professor of Medieval History at Harvard University, whose research and teaching focuses on the archaeology and history of the fall of the Roman Empire and the origins of medieval civilization.
In “Climate Change and the Fall of the Roman Empire,” McCormick will explore what bio-molecular evidence and climate change data suggest about the impact of volcanic events on the collapse of the Roman Empire and the rise of Carolingian Europe. Climate cooling caused by eight volcanic events resulted in nine major winter anomalies that affected food production and human survival, McCormick hypothesizes.
The lecture, at 7 p.m. in Hutchins Hall, Collins Center for the Arts, is free and open to the public. Details about the Hudson Museum lectures, including sponsors, are available on the museum website.
Contact: Gretchen Faulkner, (207) 581- 1904