Lowell Lecture
Greenland Ice Cores Tell Tales of Past Sea Level Change with Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Date & Time
Oct. 23, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location
New England Aquarium
1 Central Wharf Boston, MA 02110
Driving Directions
Speaker(s)
Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen
Presenting Organization
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Contact
Maria Palomino (AquariumLectures@neaq.org, )
The New England Aquarium’s Lowell Lecture Series and the Lorenz Center of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences at MIT present the John H. Carlson Lecture featuring Dr. Dorthe Dahl-Jensen, a professor of physics of ice, climate, and Earth at the Niels Bohr Institute at the University of Copenhagen.
Dr. Dahl-Jensen will discuss one of our challenges for the future: adapting to a rising sea level. She studies the Greenland Ice Sheet—the largest ice mass in the Northern Hemisphere—which is reacting to climate change by progressively losing more mass every year. Her research examines the past to provide insights into how the ice sheets will react to a changing climate and to improve future predictions of sea level rise. Dahl-Jensen will discuss the period between glaciations, 130,000 to 115,000 years ago—a key period for understanding our future climate. She will also share new results on the flow of ice sheets from deep ice core drilling in Northeast Greenland.
Free of charge and open to the public, this lecture is made possible by a generous gift from MIT alumnus John H. Carlson to the Lorenz Center in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, MIT, and is presented in partnership with the New England Aquarium and the Lowell Institute.
All are invited to arrive early to explore exhibits by MIT students and climate scientists in the Simons Theatre lobby. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.