Dr. Nicola Scafetta, Research Scientist at Duke University physics department, addressed the John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society Luncheon on April 14, 2008. The topic of his talk was "Is the Sun Warming the Climate?" Professor Scafetta's presentation is available in its entirety here.
Dr. Nicola Scafetta is a Research Scientist in the Duke University physics department. His research interest is in theoretical and applied statistics and nonlinear models of complex processes with applications in astronomy, biology, climatology, economy, geology, medicine and social biology.
Dr. Scafetta and Bruce West, a Duke adjunct physics professor, published their findings on the contribution of solar variability to global warming in their article titled “Is Climate Sensitive to Solar Variability?” The article was published in the March 2008 edition of Physics Today.
Dr. Scafetta received his B.A. and M.A. in physics from the Universita’ di Pisa (Italy) and his Ph.D in physics from the University of North Texas in 2001.
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