Building Microbe Refineries
Building Microbe Refineries
04/02/2008 6:00 PM MuseumDavid Berry, '00, PhD '05, Principal, Flagship VenturesDescription: Within the next five years, David Berryprojects, American drivers may be filling their tanks with gas that's not been pumped out of the ground, but synthesized in a laboratory. And Berry means gas _ ...
Anthropogenic Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy
Anthropogenic Climate Change: Science, Economics and Policy
10/09/2007 1:30 PM 10"250Ronald Prinn, SCD '71, TEPCO Professor of Atmospheric Science, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary SciencesDescription: If you'd asked Ronald Prinn a decade ago whether human activity played a significant part in global warming, he ...
Climate Variability and Change and their Impact on the ...
Climate Variability and Change and their Impact on the Global Harvest
10/09/2007 11:30 AM 10"250Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA/Goddard Institute for Space StudiesDescription: For agricultural interests the world over, climate change is not a dim threat, but a reality with diverse long and short"term impacts, believes Cynthia Rosenzweig. ...
The Second Law and Energy
The Second Law and Energy
10/05/2007 1:00 PM Broad InstituteSteven Chu, Secretary of EnergyDescription: This Nobel Prize"winning scientist admits to staying up late the night before his talk to bone up on thermodynamics. He puts his research to good use, discussing the history and application of the laws of ...
Energy 2.0 Morning Keynote
Energy 2.0 Morning Keynote
03/10/2007 8:00 AM Kendall MarriottJeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO, GEDescription: Forget Energy 2.0, counsels Jeffrey Immelt-- -We never had Energy 1.0." Unlike the health care business, he says, -we still sell some products in the energy sector that sold 25 years ago." This relative ...
Changes in the Land: Environmental Stresses and the ...
Changes in the Land: Environmental Stresses and the Terrestrial ...
05/18/2006 4:00 PM 54-923 Ida Green LoungeDr Jerry M Melillo, Co-Director and Senior Scientist The Ecosystems Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods HoleDescription: Jerry Melillo bears a formidable burden of knowledge. He studies the forces behind global ...
Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future
Science and Technology for a Clean Energy Future
05/03/2006 10:00 AM KresgeYang Shao"Horn, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Electrochemical Energy Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering ; Emanuel M. Sachs, '76, SM '76, PhD '83, Fred Fort Flowers '41 and Daniel Fort Flowers '41 Professor of ...
Winning the Oil Endgame
Winning the Oil Endgame
02/27/2006 4:00 PM WongAmory Lovins, Founder and CEO, Rocky Mountain InstituteDescription: Cars, trucks and planes lie at the heart of Amory Lovins plan for kicking the oil habit. We must make all our vehicles both lighter and stronger, using composite materials; more aerodynamic; and capable ...
The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future
The Role of Biomass in America's Energy Future
02/02/2006 4:00 PM BartosLee R. Lynd, Professor of Engineering and Adjunct Professor of Biology, Thayer School of Engineering and Department of Biology, Dartmouth College; Professor Extraordinary of Microbiology at the University of Stellenbosch in South ...