“ANDRILL: Geologic Drilling to Produce Stratigraphic Records of the Antarctic” with Trevor Williams (Sep 2006)
Originally presented 16 Sep 2006 The Earth2Class Workshops this fall will feature two special themes: “International Polar Year” and “Helping Students Interpret Data”. During the 2007 – 2008 IPY, thousands of scientists from all over the world will conduct large- and...
Antarctica’s Subglacial Lakes with Michael Studinger (Dec 2006)
Remote sensing has revealed “Lake Vostok”, a body of water as large as some of the Great Lakes entirely hidden beneath 4 km of Antarctic ice. For the past few years, Michael Studinger has joined us to discuss how scientists can study the geology, hydrology, and...
“Remote Sensing of Lake Vostok” with Michael Studinger (Feb 2006)
with Michael Studinger Originally presented 11 Feb 2006 Buried under 4 km (2 1/2 miles) of ice in the heart of the Antarctic continent lies Lake Vostok, one of the world’s biggest freshwater lakes. For up to 25 million years the Lake has been covered by an ice sheet...
“Earth’s Variable Climate Spectrum” with Joseph D. Ortiz (Apr 2000)
Originally presented 1 April 2000 The objective of this workshop will be to provide teachers with an introduction to the factors that drive climate change on a variety of time scales. Dr. Ortiz will discuss processes that drive climate on a variety of timescales from...
“Paleoclimatology” with Joseph D. Ortiz (Jan 2001)
Originally presented January 27, 2001 Introduction to this Session–Dr. Michael J. Passow Background about this Session’s Theme: (PowerPoint or HTML) Weather vs. Climate What creates Earth’s climates? “Patterns of Change” activities “Paleoclimatology” — Dr....
“Cores and Climate Change” with Gerard Bond and Rusty Lotti Bond (Feb 2003)
Introduction by Dr. Michael J. Passow PowerPoint | HTML This introductory slide show will give you information about how deep-sea cores are obtained and some of the important discoveries about climates of the past that they have revealed. Earth Science...
“Massive Glacial Lake Flooding” with Sidney Hemming (Feb 2014)
with Sidney Hemming and Joel Gombinder Originally presented 8 Feb 2014 In the 19th Century, geologists realized that much of our planet was once covered by huge ice sheets. At times while they melted back to the existing continental glaciers, the melt waters were...
“The North Atlantic Oscillation and Climate Variability” with Martin Visbeck (Feb 2000)
Originally presented Feb 5, 2000 Martin Visbeck My main research interest is to understand the ocean’s role in the climate system and its consequences for society. How is decadal climate variability orchestrated? Does the ocean influence atmospheric variability...
“Winds, Currents and Cores” with Donna Witter (Mar 2000)
Visit to the LDEO Deep-Sea Sediment Collection with Rusty Lotti Bond Originally presented 4 Mar 2000 Old Technology to New: Assembling a 100-Year Record of Ocean Winds from Ships and Satellites The recently launched NASA QuikSCAT satellite scatterometer is...
Air-Sea Interactions with Martin Visbeck (Feb 2001)
Originally presented February 10, 2001 Background information about Air-Sea Interactions Dr. Michael J. Passow will provide a brief overview (PowerPoint and HTML) at some of the key questions to be considered in today’s program. He will also lead...