ISC is partnering with the Adler Planetarium to present a Virtual Reality Domecast of their Spring Kavli Lecture Series, entitled “Our Planetary Experiment”

The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide due to burning coal, oil, and gas represents an unprecedented experiment on the planet Earth. We don’t know exactly how the experiment will unfold, but the history of Earth and its neighboring planets provide hints of what’s to come: Over the next few decades, Earth’s atmosphere will return to a state not seen for millions of years.

The geologic record raises many questions that climate science has yet to answer, and these surprises may expose our greatest vulnerabilities. Taken together, the evidence suggests that the coming century will test the human species like never before, challenging our ingenuity and capacity for innovation as we strive to fend off a global catastrophe.

Join Dr. Daniel P. Schrag as he discusses this planetary experiment and how the future of our planet may unfold.

Daniel Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Harvard University, and director of the Harvard University Center for the Environment.

Guests will receive Google Cardboard VR viewers, and will join with others at the Adler as we view a simulcast of the lecture, which starts promptly at 7:30pm.

We encourage guests to download the YouTube App and the Google Cardboard app on their phones prior to arriving.

Purchase tickets here

Illinois Science Council invites you to the 4th annual Chicago Science Festival — a celebration of the wow-inspiring, mind-expanding, human-benefitting awesomeness that is STEM (science, technology, engineering & math) in the Chicago area. We have a FULL WEEK of events for all science enthusiasts to participate in this year.