Discover How We Can Move Toward A More Adaptable And Resilient Future
With The Nature Museum's Featured Speaker, Dr. Alan K. Betts

Discover How We Can Move Toward A More Adaptable And Resilient Future With The Nature Museum's Featured Speaker, Dr. Alan K. Betts

posted Friday, March 24, 2017

GRAFTON, VT - Super storms? Seasonal shifts? Today, more than ever, understanding our changing weather and the challenges it is creating is a concern to us all.

To help Vermonters learn more about the ramifications of climate change, The Nature Museum has invited Dr. Alan K. Betts, award-winning atmospheric scientist and commentator for Vermont Public Radio, to participate in its featured speaker series on Wednesday, April 12, at 7:00 p.m. at NewsBank Conference Center, 352 Main Street in Chester, Vermont. Dr. Betts will explain how global climate change is bringing more extreme weather to New England, and raising greater challenges for society. He'll address issues about energy efficiency and resiliency and discuss solutions to a more adaptable and resilient future. The audience will be invited to ask questions and join the discussion.

The Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media has praised Betts for "addressing climate science in ways accessible to audiences concerned about their own backyards [and] in ways loyal to the most vigorous scientific principles." For the past three decades, NASA, NOAA, and the National Science Foundation have funded Dr. Betts' work as an independent scientist.

In 2016, Dr. Betts received American Geophysical Union's Global Environmental Change focus group award, which recognizes an Earth scientist "for his/her ground-breaking research or/and leadership in global environmental change through cross-disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research in the past 10 years." In 2011, Betts authored an article called "Climate Change in Vermont" for the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.

This program is geared for adults and children over 10 and will be of particular interest to environmentalists, conservationists, and lay folks alike. Light refreshments from The Grafton Village Bakery will be served. Early bird tickets are $8 and are available up until two days before the event. After that, tickets are $10 at the door until sold out. To register or for more information, please go to: www.nature-museum.org or call (802) 843-2111.

The Nature Museum's 2017 public program series for adults is presented throughout the year, aimed at heightening awareness and understanding of our planet's most valuable natural resources and the threats posed to them by climate change.

The Nature Museum is a regional resource for nature, science and environmental education in southern Vermont. As a non-profit organization, The Nature Museum provides information, creates experiences that engage and enlighten audiences of all ages, and inspires stewardship of the natural world. Located at 186 Townshend Road in Grafton, Vermont, The Nature Museum offers hands-on natural history exhibits, outdoor opportunities, nature programs for adults and children, and the annual Fairy House Festival. Find information about upcoming events The Nature Museum's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/naturemuseumatgrafton) and on their website (www.nature-museum.org).

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