Physics Department to Host Virtual Workshop on Atmospheric Oxygen
The Bowdoin College Physics Department is hosting a virtual workshop on atmospheric oxygen August 19 and 27.
Originally planned as a three-day event at Bowdoin, the gathering of researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia will instead be held as two ninety-minute virtual sessions. The workshops will bring together the global community of scientists working on atmospheric oxygen so they can share and coordinate research.
An in-person workshop on the Bowdoin campus with more extensive research reports is scheduled for August 18-20 in 2021.
One reason atmospheric oxygen is worthy of study is because its variability is controlled by many of the same processes that determine the amount of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Thus, oxygen can provide unique insights into the buildup of the greenhouse gas primarily responsible for global warming.