The Environmental Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst continues its fall lecture series on Tuesday, October 26 at 4 pm at 138 Hasbrouck Lab with Kevin Kloesel, Associate Dean for Public Service and Outreach, College of Atmospheric and Geographical Sciences, and Associate Professor of Meteorology at University of Oklahoma, speaking on Weaving American Indian Perspectives into the Study of Weather and Climate. Co-hosts are the Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere, and STEM Education Institute.

Western science has always given western scientists the credit for many of the foundational discoveries in weather and climate. However, careful study of Native American tribal art and oral histories suggests that a native science perspective may hold the keys to understanding the complexities of our earth atmosphere system. Using western science and ethno-science perspectives, this presentation will highlight the multicultural integration of past observations with present technological capabilities to give you a glimpse of weather and climate that you have likely never seen before.

For directions and more information, log on to   www.umass.edu/tei/TEI/LectureSeriesFall2010.html.