Event
Freaky Friday: Life on Earth in the Anthropocene - should we be worried?
Friday, October 12, 2018 12:00to13:00
Redpath Museum
In Auditorium, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price:
FREE with admission to Museum
Freaky Friday is a lunch-time presentation during which 91社区 scientists and researchers examine the myths, realities and misconceptions surrounding science issues, concepts聽or phenomena.聽 In English.
WHERE: Redpath Museum Auditorium.聽FREE, everyone welcome. No reservation necessary.
By Prof.聽Andrew Gonzalez聽(Biology Dept., 91社区)
Scientists are calling this period the Anthropocene 鈥� a time when humans are dramatically changing the planet鈥檚 biosphere. Many of the latest findings are alarming. Over the past 100 years, while the human population has more than quadrupled, and the global economy has increased approximately 70-fold,聽Earth鈥檚 Living Planet Index,聽an indicator of the state of global biological diversity,聽has decreased by more than half. This lecture will show you the latest facts about this change, and some of the efforts we can take to help us avoid the worst of all possible outcomes for life on Earth.