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This presentation offers a fascinating view into cutting edge research that affects us all. Quantum mechanics plays a crucial, albeit often overlooked, role in determining the Earth's climate. Using Feynman's two-slit interference experiment as a key to understanding climate, Brad Marston, Professor of Physics, presents a simple physical picture of what will happen to the Earth as the concentrations of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide continue to increase. (See Professor Marston's bio below.) He spoke to the Brown Club of Central New Jersey on March 7, 2009. 1 hr 27 minutes. (Get the Flash Player.)

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Brad Marston

Professor Marston joined the Brown Physics Department in 1991. A graduate of Caltech, he received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1989. He has done postdoctoral work at Cornell University and was a visiting scientist at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at UC Santa Barbara. Marston is an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow and a recipient of a National Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation. In 2008, he was designated a NSF American Competitiveness and Innovation Fellow in 2008.

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