What Climate Change Means for Minnesota
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Ostrander Auditorium, Centennial Student Union
- How has climate change affected Minnesota?
- How may it affect the state in the future?
- What can be done?
Poster (PDF)
Presentation (PDF)
The Environmental Committee and Library Services at Minnesota State University, Mankato, are pleased to announce that Dr. Mark Seeley, professor emeritus of climatology and meteorology at University of Minnesota and weekly commentator on Minnesota Public Radio’s Weather Chats will speak at Minnesota State University, Mankato. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, October 16, in Ostrander Auditorium from 6:30 to 8:30 PM. His topic will be What Climate Change Means for Minnesota.
Dr. Seeley is a popular Minnesota radio personality. He has shared his considerable knowledge of the critical relationship between climate and agricultural production through thousands of public speaking engagements, meetings and media interviews. He is the author of Minnesota Weather Almanac and co-author of Voyageur Skies: Weather and the Wilderness in Minnesota’s National Park, an award-winning book about the state’s only national park.
Dr. Seeley has been honored with a variety of awards, some of which include: Minnesota Crop Production Retailers Association Outstanding Service Award, December 2017; Minnesota Agri-Growth Council Distinguished Service Award, November 2017; and the Siehl Prize in Agriculture for lifetime contributions of knowledge to the agricultural sciences, May 2014. In 2012 he received the University of Minnesota President’s Award for Outstanding Service.
The What Climate Change Means for Minnesota program is free and open to the University community and to the public. Free public parking is available in the Visitor Pay Lot located on Ellis Avenue in front of the Centennial Student Union (get Pay Lot pass at the event).
This event is made possible through the generous financial support of Barnes & Noble at Minnesota State Mankato, LJP Waste Solutions, and the Environmental Committee Fund.
