Events at Reed

The risks to New York City's built environment of a Sandy-like event had been known for decades. But little was done to make that built environment more resilient, and it suffered great damage as a result. Adam Sobel, joint professor of earth & environmental science and applied physics & mathematics at Columbia University, will talk about Sandy’s effect on New York City’s infrastructure and what it means about our ability to deal with climate change. He studies the dynamics of climate and weather, especially extreme weather events and the risks these pose to human society in the present and future climates. He is the author of Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future. Sponsored by Reed's interdisciplinary program in environmental studies.