| Speakers: | Stephanie Shipp, Neil Lane, Lonnie Thompson |
| Location: | Baker Hall, Rice University |
| Date: | January 24, 2002 |
| Topic: | Understanding Global Climate Change: Perspective from Earth Science |
| Format: | Speech |
| Length: | 77 minutes |
| Abstract: |
The results of more than 20 years of research show that many of the
glaciers and ice caps atop mountains in Africa and South America will
disappear in the next 10 to 20 years, causing complete loss of the
climate records contained in the ice. These records are invaluable to the
scientific investigation of Earth's past climate history, as well as to
the understanding of Earth's future climate.
First in a series of public lectures on global climate change sponsored by the Baker Institute for Public Policy and the Department of Earth Sciences at Rice University. |
| Links: | Global climate change series event 1, event 2 and event 3; Series announcement; Rice News article, January 17, 2002; Rice University Department of Earth Science; Baker Institute for Public Policy |