Maggie Aderin is a working space scientist. Much of her work has been developing instruments that help to monitor climate change.
On Friday December 4th, Dr. Aderin will present a talk entitled ‘Climate Change: What space can teach us about Planet Earth’.
The talk will be held in the lecture hall at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and begin at 7pm.
It will give an overview of some of the evidence showing how our climate is changing and set up practical experiments to show how climate change works. What can these instruments measure from space? From the CO2 uptake of plants to the movement of the wind, Maggie will show how these instruments help us understand long-term climate change.
‘As well as monitoring the climate’ Dr. Aderin says, ‘satellites can also help us monitor some of the devastating effects of climate change. I will tell you about the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), a group of satellites built in the UK and used by people all across the world. How did this help after hurricane Katrina and what would an image taken by such a satellite look like? Meet some kids who set up a large picture on the ground to find out.’
‘But space can give us so much more. How can recent missions looking at some of the other planets in our solar system help us predict the future of planet Earth? And with some of the new enormous ground and space based telescopes showing us extra solar planets, will we also be able to use these to understand Earth?’
‘We will look at global warming from a whole new angle and see how space scientists make science count in the battle against climate change.’
Will attendees please note the following?
Because Rutherford Appleton laboratory is a secure site, you need to register with Ann Davies. If you have not registered and you turn up on the day, you will not be given access to the site.
Maggie’s talk will be suitable for an audience of 12 and over (although this is not a rigid limit).
Places will be limited by the seating capacity of the RAL Lecture Theatre so please book your place early.
