Pace To Host Climate Change, Sea Levels Forum

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – A conversation on climate change and sea levels is planned at Pace University on Friday as part of the “Conservation Cafe” program.

A conversation on climate change and sea levels is planned at Pace University on Friday as part of the Conservation Cafe program.
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by Meredith Shamburger

06/06/2013 5:00 a.m.

The panel forum, with a brief introduction by Federated Conservationsts of Westchester County's Carolyn Cunningham, will be held at the Student Center of Pace University and will focus on the impacts of extreme weather in local communities.

Panelists include Andy Revkin, senior fellow for environmental understanding in Pace's Academy for Applied Environmental Studies; Adam Whelchel, director of science at The Nature Conservancy; and Mark Lowery, an analyst in the climate change office of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

The forum will run from 8:45 to 11 a.m.

Sponsors are Westchester County Parks, Friends of Westchester County Parks, Pace University, Grassroots Environmental Education, Teatown Lake Reservation, the Greenburgh Nature Center, Federated Conservationists of Westchester County, Mianus River Gorge and Westchester Land Trust.

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