March 8 -- Carbon dioxide levels are predicted to rise during this century to levels not seen in over 25 million years. Recently, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program traveled to Antarctica to recover sedimentary cores that go back to that period. Cores from this time interval are rare, and they can show us what an Earth with elevated CO2 looks like. Dr. Pekar will provide an overview of Antarctic climate changes when CO2 levels were similar to what is predicted for this century and also provide some of the early results from IODP Wilkes Land Expedition.
Dr. Stephen Pekar, Ph.D, from Queens College, City University of New York, presents Past Climate and Sea-Level Changes: Looking Back to Our Future.
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