[PCA] Fw: April 3: Cafe Scientifique - Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change and the Global Harvest (Arlington, VA)

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Forwarding information on April's Cafe Scientifique topic: Carbon Dioxide, 
Climate Change and the Global Harvest.  Please see below for details. 

Previous Cafe topics are summarized here:
http://www.cafescientifique.org/index.php/find-your-local-cafe/northamerica/details/1/97/north-america-arlington?filter_order=col28&start=40

-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

Promoting sustainable use and conservation of our native medicinal plants.
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WHAT: Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change and the Global Harvest

WHEN: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 5:30 ? 8:00 p.m. 
Café Scientifique events are held on the first Tuesday of each month. 

WHERE: The Front Page restaurant, near Ballston Metro.
Located at 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22203 on the ground floor of 
the National Science Foundation (NSF) building. Parking is available under 
the NSF building or at Ballston Common Mall. 

WHO: Presented by Lewis Zizka, PhD, USDA-ARS, Crop Systems and Global 
Change

HOW: Please come early to order table service and socialize. 
Special half-price burgers start at 5:30 p.m. Presentation begins at 6:15 
p.m. followed by Q&A. No science background required ? only an interest! 
Café Scientifique is free and open to the public. Registration requested. 
Register now.

ABOUT THE TOPIC: The global population at present is seven billion. At 
current rates of growth, we will reach 9 billion by 2030. We have been 
adding population in large part because of what has been deemed the green 
revolution, the ability of science to grow huge amounts of food, (mostly 
cereals such as rice, wheat and corn). But the green revolution, in turn, 
is based on cheap, plentiful supplies of water (for irrigation), energy 
(for fertilizer) and a stable climate (monoculture). Dr. Zizka will 
discuss how increasing CO2 and climate change increase the vulnerability 
of the global food supply and propose some solutions that could increase 
the resiliency of global agriculture. 

SUPPORT THIS CAFÉ: The Ballston Science and Technology Alliance, a 
nonprofit organization, is the sponsor of Café Scientifique Arlington. 
Since April 2006, the goal of Café Scientifique has been to make science 
more accessible and accountable by featuring speakers whose expertise 
spans the sciences and who can talk in plain English. Please go to 
www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta and contribute. Help keep Café 
Scientifique open and free to all!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Next event takes place on Tuesday, May 1, 2012. Topic and 
speaker to be announced. 

For more information, contact Kaye Breen at ballstonscience at yahoo.com
Visit us at http://www.arlingtonvirginiausa.com/bsta 
Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sciencecafeva 
Find us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/BallstonScience
Read our blog at http://bsta.wordpress.com








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