Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory's Public Lecture Series presents...
Earth’s Big Ice: Ancient, Mysterious and Changing
Monell Auditorium
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Reception 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Lecture 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Hosted by
Steven L. Goldstein
Interim Director of Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; Higgins Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Presented by
Robin E. Bell
Palisades Geophysical Institute Lamont Research Professor, Marine and Polar Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Beneath their monotonous flat white surfaces, Earth’s big ice sheets hide continental landscapes with volcanos, lakes and mountain ranges. In this dark, mysterious environment, water runs uphill, and pulses slowly through giant lakes, and drains suddenly in surprise floods. These ancient masses of ice are changing as warming oceans trigger faster flow along their edges, and as hotter air temperatures melt their surfaces, raising sea levels around the globe.
Join us on February 12th for a lecture on the secret world of the Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheets. Professor Robin Bell will introduce the beauty, structure and inner workings of the planet’s big ice sheets, and the landscapes and water networks beneath them. She will also present the evidence for the ongoing human caused changes to both poles.
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