Climate scientist from Queens College to discuss climate change in Forest Hills on Earth Day

Earth Day is a time for people across the world to not only advocate for better environmental protection, but to look at ways that humans have impacted the planet.

That is why Senator Joseph P. Addabbo, Jr. has collaborated with the Interfaith Community Action Committee of Queens/Nassau, Central Queens Y and the Cultural Arts & Jewish Heritage Programs to invite a climate scientist from Queens College to Forest Hills for an environmental discussion on Earth Day.

On Sunday, April 22, Professor Stephen Pekar, the professor of Earth and Environmental Science at Queens College, will be at the Forest Hills Jewish Center at 3 p.m. for his discussion The Last Time It Got This Hot On Earth: A Climate Scientist Looks Back and Then Forward to a Sustainable Future.

During the discussion, Dr. Pekar will talk about the what the Earth’s climate was like tens of millions of years ago, the last time the levels of greenhouse gases was as high as what is predicted for this century.

“Dr. Pekar has traveled the globe researching climate changes that took place millions of years ago and what that means for humans living on the planet today,” Addabbo said. “I am happy to help bring him to the Forest Hills Jewish Center to discuss what we all can do to create a more sustainable planted for everyone — especially on Earth Day when we all should try to make our planet a little more green.”

Forest Hills Jewish Center is located at 106-06 Queens Boulevard, and everyone is invited to attend the discussion.