Carolina Skies
2022-12-09 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-10 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-12-11 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-12-16 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-17 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-12-18 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-01-06 16:30 - 17:30, 2023-01-07 16:30 - 17:30 (America/New_York) | GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe: From the Rainforest to the UN: How Science Informs Climate Change Policy
2022-12-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Morehead Planetarium Fulldome Theater, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Professor Angel Hsu found herself in the lowland jungles of Costa Rica while studying abroad the summer after her freshman year at Wake Forest University, experiencing the beauty of glass tree frogs and sound of howler monkeys, but wondering, “What good is the science I’m discovering, if global warming and deforestation eventually lead to the demise of the rain forest?” This question motivated her to study climate change policy when she returned to the classroom. In this interactive talk, Prof. Hsu will talk about how science informs policy, drawing on her experience at the frontlines of international climate change policy.

About the speaker: Angel Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy and the Environment, Ecology and Energy Program at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She is the Founder and Principal Investigator of Data-Driven EnviroLab, an interdisciplinary group that uses emerging technologies and data-driven approaches to solve problems related to climate change policy. Angel previously held appointments at Yale-NUS college in Singapore as Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and was also the lead author of the 2018 UNEP Emissions Gap report chapter on non-state actors and an author for the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment Report. Angel holds a PhD in Forestry and Environmental Studies from Yale University, an M Phil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge, and a BS in Biology and BA in Political Science from Wake Forest University.

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2022-12-10 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-12-17 10:30 - 11:30, 2023-01-07 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Star Families: Be an Astronaut
2022-12-10 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars
2022-12-10 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-12-17 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-01-07 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

The Longest Night: A Winter’s Tale
2022-12-10 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-11 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-17 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-12-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2023-01-07 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Solar System Odyssey
2022-12-11 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-12-18 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-01-08 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Skywatching: Geminid Showers
2022-12-13 20:00 - 22:00 | Little River Regional Park, 301 Little River Park Way, Rougemont, North Carolina, 27572, United States
One of the best meteor showers of the year – the Geminid meteor shower — will next peak on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

Morehead Planetarium and Science Center and Little River Regional park will host a free skywatching event.

Learn about meteors and more! For example, did you know meteors, sometimes misleadingly called “shooting stars,” are streaks of light caused by cosmic debris interacting with Earth’s atmosphere. Typically, this debris has been left by a comet. In the case of the Geminids, the source is an asteroid, 3200 Phaethon.

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Earth, Moon and Sun
2022-12-16 13:30 - 14:30, 2023-01-06 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Take Flight
2022-12-17 12:00 - 13:00, 2023-01-07 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Starry Nights: Winter Skies
2022-12-20 19:00 - 20:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater
