When Serendipity Saves the World
Peter deMenocal ’78 found his future though a chance meeting. Now, he’s fighting to save all of our futures. The renowned climate scientist and previous Distinguished Brooksian award recipient focuses his research on the rapid pace of climate change in paleolithic North Africa, and the lesson, he says, is clear: Our modern climate is changing, it’s changing more quickly than we realize, and humans have contributed to that change. But, there’s still time: deMenocal recently launched an effort to increase private funding for research in the face of federal budget cuts, and he believes the tide may turn soon. BRO OKS BUL L E TI N