The Somerville Environmental Commission is hosting an educational event to understand the current and future state of New Jersey’s weather and climate.
Save the Date
- Date: Monday, March 31, 2025
- Time: 7 pm
- Location: Somerville Civic Center (24 Robeson St)
Registration for this event opens on March 17.
About the seminar
Since 2010, New Jersey has experienced its wettest and warmest years in over a century of observations. Extreme weather/climate events, including Ida, Sandy, and Irene, along with a number of hot summers, suggest that something is happening to NJ’s climate regime. Natural variations alone cannot account for these NJ (and global) anomalies. Human influences on climate are significant, prompting discussion as to how society might mitigate or develop greater resiliency to increasing climate change. This presentation will explore the physical dimensions of the issue, both short and long term.
About the guest speaker
Dr. Dave Robinson
Distinguished Professor of Geography at Rutgers University and New Jersey’s State Climatologist.
As state climatologist, Dr Robinson works with a wide array of user communities who require climatological information and expertise to solve problems. He also directs the Rutgers NJ Weather Network, a constellation of 69 automated weather stations, and co-leads the NJ chapter of the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network. Globally, Dave conducts research on the role of snow cover in the climate system and as an indicator of climate change. Dave has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, is past president of the American Association of State Climatologists, has received the Lifetime Achievement award of the American Association of Geographers, and is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society.
More information
This is the second installment of the Sustainable Speaker Series, hosted by the Environmental Commission and Native Plant Society of Somerset County.
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