Prof. Orcutt's lecture on oceanography discusses what the oceans can tell us about the Earth's past and future, and how human activity has created climate change.
President Robinson gives an impassioned talk on the future of food justice and climate change. She links gender justice with those issues and challenges the US to join the rest of the world in finding solutions.; Further reading: http://opac.amphilsoc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=239670
; ; Dr. Wake talks about the state of planet from the viewpoint of Amphibians. What can they tell us about the importance of biodiversity?; Further reading: Scientific American, vol.272, no.4 (1995) pp. 52-57
In an APS staff favorite lecture, Michael Donoghue talks about the varieties of leaves on plants throughout the world and what we can infer about their evolution.
; ; In a lecture which turned into one of the episodes of the APS Podcast Great Talks, Dr Kennel talks about the so-called "hiatus" global warming. He examines the long term science and shows that there is no hiatus.; American Philosophical Society. Vol. 159, No. 4 (December 2015), pp. 367-408;Podcast: https://www.amphilsoc.org/museum/exhibitions/great-talks-american-philosophical-society/long-history-climate-science
; ; The Henry LaBarre Jayne Lecture for 2015 is presented by Dr. Patricia Wright. She discusses the challenges facing the lemurs of Madagascar and how climate change is effecting their habitat.
From the New York Municipal Gazette Extra. The first Grinnell expedition, financed by the New York merchant and philanthropist, Henry Grinnell, was commanded by Lt. Edwin J. DeHaven and included among its crew Dr. Elisha Kent Kane, who would later lead the second Grinnell expedition in search of Franklin.; Located in Box #5.
Lonnie Thompson talks about his work drilling ice cores around the world on the highest peaks. "I human beings have a future, it's in working together"; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. Vol. 161, No. 3 (September 2017) pp. 226-243.
