MIRRORS FOR CLIMATE MITIGATION:
A climate solution that uses mirrors to help cool the Earth
Presented by Prof. Lisa Doner, Plymouth State Univ.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 2023 at 11:00 am
This is a hybrid event - both in person at the Rockingham VT Library
and via Zoom

This talk is geared toward a general audience. For those who missed Dr. Ye Tao's talk back in July, or who don't have a strong science background, this talk is for you!

One of the most pressing environmental problems we face today is that the earth is overheating, threatening human, plant and animal life. This presentation will discuss a strikingly innovative solution, which proposes that surface-based mirrors can be used to reflect sunlight away from the earth before it can be absorbed as heat, thereby helping to reduce rising temperatures. Such a simple, mechanical solution would grant us a vitally necessary reprieve - time to work on transitioning away from fossil fuels.

This new idea, developed by MIT and Harvard scientist Dr. Ye Tao, will be presented by Dr. Tao's colleague, Professor Lisa Doner, who is an Associate Professor in Environmental Science at Plymouth State University. Prof. Doner currently spearheads two field experiments using prototype mirrors at Plymouth State University and the Concord Technical Institute, both in New Hampshire. 

Dr. Tao founded MEER (Mirrors for Earth's Energy Rebalancing) to design, develop and deploy surface-based nontoxic reflectors. Prof. Doner will explain how and why mirrors can help to cool the earth, and also will present data that has been collected from the field experiments.

For more information on the subject of the presentation, visit MEER.org

This presentation is free and open to the public. Those who can't attend the program in person may go to this zoom link or go to rockinghamlibrary.org and click on the zoom link from there. If there is inclement weather locally or anyway along the way from Plymouth, NH (where the presenter lives) on the day of this presentation, the program will switch to zoom only. Please check the library's website for details. For more information, email programming@rockinghamlibrary.org, call (802) 463-4270 or stop by the Library at 65 Westminster St., Bellows Falls, VT.

You can also contact josharf@gmail.com

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