Loyola University New Orleans welcomes Dr. Robert Jackson of Stanford University to lecture on the environmental footprint of hydraulic fracturing. Jackson will educate Loyola and guests on the effects of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” on the climate and water quality.

Dr. Jackson studies how people affect the earth and has conducted leading research on global carbon and water cycles, biosphere and atmosphere interactions, energy use, and climate change.  His team published the first studies examining fracking and drinking water quality and mapped thousands of natural gas leaks across multiple cities from Boston to Washington, D.C. Dr. Jackson also examines the effects of climate change and drought on forest mortality and ecosystems.  
The recipient of numerous awards and accolades, Dr. Jackson was honored at the White House with a Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering. Recently Dr. Jackson directed the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Institute for Climate Change Research for the southeastern United States and co-chaired the U.S. Carbon Cycle Science Plan. He currently serves as co-chair of the Global Carbon Project. A celebrated photographer and author, Dr. Jackson published the environmental trade book, The Earth Remains Forever, and two books of children’s poems, Animal Mischief and Weekend Mischief. His photographs have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, U.S. News and World Report, Nature and National Geographic. 

This lecture is co-sponsored by Loyola’s Environment Program, the Biology Department, and The Professor Walter G. Moore Endowed Fund in Ecology.

Check out “Let's STOP Talking About Climate Change” A synopsis of Dr. Robert Jackson's lecture from Worldview on Vimeo.  View video here.