Special Announcements

Tuesday, October 23 and Wednesday, October 24, 2012

Edward P. Bass Distinguished Lecture Series and the Yale Institute for Biospheric Studies presented a symposium:

Spatial Biodiversity Science and Conservation at a Global Scale

A video of the presentations will be available soon at this site.

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JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE
(Click here for the list of upcoming screenings)


The film Journey of the Universe is a compelling film about our place in the universe.  Although academic scholars often frame humanity's search for meaning in abstract solitary terms, or as a conversation between an individual and God, this movie shifts the focus to the world itself.  Science has found patterns of interconnection in Nature, for instance, pivotal balances in the Big Bang that determined the existence of the universe as we know it.  Through a single day as a tourist on Pythagoreas' island in the Aegean, narrator Brian Swimme describes how biology has illuminated the shared links of all life, while chemistry and physics have illuminated the interactions and origins of all matter. Although God is mostly a shadow behind the narrative, the film clearly suggests that we should be looking outward for spiritual guidance, as well as inward.
Jeffrey J. Park

Professor, Geology & Geophysics, Yale University

Please click here, or on the picture above for information about the film, including its current and future showings.

The former YIBS Center for the Study of Global Change sponsored a number of forums at Yale.  They are listed below with links provided for more information and to view presentations:

FORUM ON AEROSOLS on Friday, March 26th and Saturday, March 27th, 2010. Click here for the list of presenters and links to their presentations.

Forum on Solar Variability and Climate Change - March 28 and March 29, 2008
For copy of program (word doc),
To view program, click here

Forum on Ocean & Climate
April 11 and April 12, 2008
To view program, click here

The Forum on Carbon Sequestration: Is It Feasible?, sponsored by YIBS' Center for the Study of Global Change, was held on Friday, April 7 and Saturday, April 8, 2006 at the Environmental Science Center
To view presentations, click here.

The Forum on Climate and Disease, sponsored by YIBS' Center for the Study of Global Change and Center for EcoEpidemiology, was held on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10, 2005 at Luce Hall Auditorium.
To view videos of talks, click here.

The Forum on Global Climate Change Components, sponsored by YIBS' Center for the Study of Global Change, was held on Friday, October 29 and Saturday, October 30, 2004 at the Environmental Science Center.
To view presentations, click here.