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Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Kolbert will present, “Welcome to the Anthropocene: Lecture II What Can We Do About It?” for the second in her two-part Tanner Lecture on Human Values. The first lecture will be held Thursday, April 28. This event will be livestreamed via Princeton's Media Central Live and held in-person in the Friend Center, Lecture Hall 101. Registration is REQUIRED for in-person attendance and is free and open to members of the public who are fully immunized against COVID-19. For the second lecture, Kolbert will consider the human response to human domination of the planet and the steps we can take to counteract the effects of our (in many cases inadvertent) interventions in the biological and geochemical systems that support life. Some possibilities include genetically engineering organisms to suit a rapidly changing world and re-engineering the atmosphere to offset global warming. She will ask if it is possible to, in effect, contro

New south walesIain mccalmanElizabeth kolbertRobert keohaneInternational affairsPrinceton university publicDepartment of politicsSydney environment instituteHigh meadows environmental instituteUniversity of sydneyFriend centerHumanities councilUniversity centerDepartment of geosciencesPrinceton school of publicPulitzer prize winning