Nicola Scafetta: John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon

Published: Nov. 18, 2013, 5 a.m.

Nicola Scafetta is a research scientist at the Active Cavity Radiometer Solar Irradiance Monitor Lab group and an adjunct assistant professor in the physics department at Duke University. His research interests are in theoretical and applied statistics and nonlinear models of complex processes. He has published peer-reviewed papers in journals covering a wide variety of disciplines, including astronomy, biology, climatology, economics, medicine, physics and sociology. In this speech, he discusses "The Sun, the Moon, and the Planets: The Astronomical Origins of Climate Change on Earth."