May 5, 2024
MEERTALK May 2024
Learn about the complexity of tipping points, including the difference between positive and negative tipping points, whether pertaining to the Earth System or to human agency. Find out where we should be putting our focus and efforts.
Paul Beckwith is a part-time professor in climatology; working on Ph.D. in abrupt climate change. He has an engineering and physics background with a varied experience base including product management and organization, teaching, and research (academic and corporate).

Other Resources

Confronting a “silent killer"
This peer-reviewed article examines how extreme heat acts as a “silent killer” in urban West Africa and explores innovative, low-cost cooling interventions through the MEER pilot in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The study highlights lived experiences of heat vulnerability among low-income residents and evaluates how surface cooling technologies and community-oriented design can reduce heat exposure in informal settlements.
November 17, 2025
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MEERTalk November 2025
Good Vibrations from the Soil: Seismology for Ecosystem Monitoring
November 6, 2025
MEERTALK