TechBrick: November 6, 2008:
Our FLL Teams Visit a Johns Hopkins
Department of Each and Planetary
Sciences
On Thursday, November 6, five
TechBrick families attended a 90 minute
presentation at Johns Hopkins University
on the topic of climate. Using a power
point presentation, Dr. Albert Arking
(see his biography below) taught on many
subjects related to climate and our
environment such as:
- recorded extreme temperatures
around the world
- comparison of planetary
temperatures and environments
- atmospheric differences and the
effects on temperature
- causes and effects of green
house gases on the earth
- viewing tables that reveal
temperature changes through time.
Dr. Arking discussed the challenges
involved with increasing temperatures
and some solutions to the problem, such
as focusing on new sources of energy
like solar, while depending less on
fossil fuels. The students asked
questions about the effects of
temperature on rainfall and the
challenges the Chesapeake Bay may as a
result of climate change in the future.
This was a great opportunity for the
students to interact with a specialist
in this field of climate. TechBrick is
very grateful to Dr. Arking for the time
he invested in these young scientists
and engineers! |
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 Dr. Albert Arking is a Principal Research
Scientist at the Department of Earth and
Planetary Sciences, Johns Hopkins University,
since 1992. Previously, he was a Senior
Scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
During his tenure at Goddard, he served as Head
of the Climate and Radiation Branch in the
Laboratory for Atmospheres, 1979-91, and as
Project Scientist for the TIROS Project (which
designed, developed, and built the polar
orbiting operational meteorological satellites
for NOAA that are now in operation), 1973-82. He
was a member of the First ISCCP (International
Satellite Cloud Climatology Project) Regional
Experiment Team, 1984-91, and was a member of
the Nimbus 7 Experiment Team for the Earth
Radiation Budget experiment, 1975-85.
http://www.jhu.edu/~aarking1
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