Hurricanes, tornadoes, droughts, floods, fires, higher temperatures — each season seems to bring at least one catastrophic weather-related event to this country. Do recent extremes make you wonder about the future of weather?

   Colloquium 2009 will spend a weekend examining the past, present and possible futures of climate change with leading researchers and industry experts from organizations including the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

   Weather is not only one of the fundamental processes that shape the Earth; it also shapes our lives and even the course of human history. We invite you to join the Mensa Foundation and members from around the world in Atlanta, North America's unofficial headquarters for weather watching, to take an in-depth look at this timely topic.