Lowell Lecture
Climate Change Along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Date & Time
Sept. 28, 2017 at 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Location
New England Aquarium
1 Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Scott Doney, Ph.D., Joe D. and Helen J. Kington Professor in Environmental Change, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia
Presenting Organization
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Contact
Maggie See (AquariumLectures@neaq.org, 6172262183)
The western Antarctic Peninsula is experiencing some of the most dramatic climate change on the planet and is a natural laboratory for studying how ocean ecosystems respond to climate. Rapid ocean-atmosphere warming, melting of coastal glaciers, and reductions in seasonal ice cover all echo throughout the marine food web from seawater chemistry, plankton and krill to top predators including penguins and marine mammals. Using the wealth of data from the Palmer Long-term Ecological Research (LTER) programs, the talk will highlight key lessons from field expeditions, autonomous robots, satellite remote sensing and models regarding changing conditions in the Southern Ocean and Antarctic.