New APS Topical Group

Topical Group Organizers Meet

Photo by Mary Catherine Adams

In December at APS headquarters in College Park, the organizing committee for the proposed new Topical Group on the Physics of Climate held a productive face-to-face meeting. It is expected that their proposal will be ready for consideration at the next APS Council meeting in April. Seated in the photo are (left to right): Judith Lean, Roger Cohen, Brad Marston, and Warren Warren. Standing are (left to right): Pierre Meystre, Bob Austin, and the Chair of the committee, Jerry Friedman, who expressed satisfaction with the meeting, commenting that “we have made excellent progress in establishing a new topical group.” Committee member James Brasseur was not present but participated by teleconference.