Originally presented 22 Oct 2016 (Morningside Campus)Support in part by National Science Foundation Award #1502889 Windblown dust plays important roles in influencing and recording climate change. In the atmosphere, dust contributes to the...
“Glaciers in the Andes and Changing Climates” with Carly Peltier
Carly Peltier is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. She earned her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College in 2015 where she double majored in Geology and Economics. She is interested in studying glacier and climate changes of the past in...
“Sea Surface Temperature from ships to satellites”
Alexey Kaplan Youtube video of this session Oct 16, 2021 Sea Surface temperature (SST) is a critical variable for analyses of climate variability and trends, for seasonal climate prediction, for understanding the impact of climate and environmental...
“Earth’s Oceans during the Last Ice Age” with Dr. Jerry McManus
Originally presented 15 Jan 2022 Supported by NSF Grants https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1502889&HistoricalAwards=false https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1635019&HistoricalAwards=false...
Understanding the past and future of the Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica with Frank Nitsche
Originally presented March 5, 2022 (Earth2Class #217) Frank O. Nitsche received a MS in geophysics from the University of Kiel, Germany and a Ph.D. from the University of Bremen, Germany. Between 1997 and 2001 he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Applied Geophysics...