{"id":16959,"date":"2012-03-27T21:52:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T21:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2012\/03\/27\/clark-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-earth-transformed-april-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:13:54","slug":"clark-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-earth-transformed-april-2","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2012\/03\/27\/clark-to-celebrate-25th-anniversary-of-earth-transformed-april-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Clark to celebrate 25th anniversary of \u2018Earth Transformed,\u2019 April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A quarter century ago, Clark University<\/a> hosted a landmark international conference, “The Earth as Transformed by Human Action,” which highlighted international research tracing the effect of human activity on the global environment for the previous 300 years. Humanity continues to face fundamental questions explored at the conference about the fate of the biosphere and the capacity of both nature and society to sustain life.<\/p>\n

In recognition of the 25th<\/sup> anniversary of “Earth Transformed,” the following free,<\/strong> public events<\/strong> are being held on campus on Tuesday, April 2:<\/strong> Two panel discussions featuring Clark faculty will showcase and explore future directions for a sample of the global-change research underway at Clark. Panel discussion #1<\/em> “Global Change and Adaptation” <\/strong>Lurie Conference Room, Higgins University Center<\/strong> 12:45-2 p.m.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n