Laurence Smith(劳伦斯·史密斯)

地理学院教授和院长 气候变化科学家 地质学家 作家

他讲述了关于气候变化的冷硬事实。

假设现在是2050年，你想要去度假。有什么地方比北极还好吗？“一个冰冷的内华达——一望到底的景色，隐约可见的繁荣的城镇”这就是劳伦斯·史密斯对未来的构想。他是他称之为“个性化科学”的狂热支持者，他完全生活在他的研究中。为了他的书“2050年的世界：四大塑造文明的北部未来的力量”，他走遍了北边。在这本书中，他认同气候变化使地球北部四分之一的地方变得比现在更加令人愉悦，繁荣，稳定和强大的观点。史密斯在NASA，世界经济论坛和国家研究委员会的指导委员会任职。

Laurence Smith

Professor and Chair, Department of Geography

He gives the cold hard facts about climate change.

It’s 2050 and you want to go on vacation. What better place than the Arctic, “a frigid version of Nevada–an empty landscape dotted with gleaming boom towns.” That’s the future envisioned by Laurence Smith, an ardent proponent of what he calls “personalized science” who literally lives his research. Smith traveled throughout the Northern Rim for his provocative book “The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Civilization’s Northern Future,” in which he contends that climate change will make the northern quarter of the planet more pleasant, prosperous, stable and powerful than it is today. Smith serves on steering committees for NASA, the World Economic Forum and the National Research Council.