Those interested in a deeper understanding of climate change — down to the microscopic level — should head to Eckerd College's Fox Hall this evening for a free talk by Timothy Bromage, Ph.D. Dr. Bromage discusses how the finer structure of teeth and bone can reveal signs of something more dynamic about our past.
In his talk What Cells Will Do for Global Climate Change, Dr. Bromage, a Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar, professor of biomaterials and biomimetics and director of the Hard Tissue Research Unit, New York University College of Dentistry, will give a talk on the rhythmic changes in the distance between the Earth and Sun that lead to cyclical global climate change — also called Milankovitch cycles — which has a consequential effect on the flora and fauna existing on Earth.
Dr. Bromage is a paleoanthropologist that focuses on human evolution and growth and development, with emphasis on the biology of bones and teeth as windows into life history. He is the recipient of the 2010 Max Planck Research Award in recognition of his achievements in the research on the microanatomical structure of ancestral human teeth and bones and sponsored by the Eckerd College Phi Beta Kappa chapter, Zeta of Florida. (Learn more in the video embedded below.)
So if you can tear away from your favorite reality shows, this is a worthwhile outing that we're sure will re-activate those withering brain cells.
7 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 14, Fox Hall, Eckerd College 4200 54th Ave. S., St. Petersburg. eckerd.edu.
This article appears in Oct 31 – Nov 6, 2013.