Talk: "The Impact of Climate Change on the Glaciers of Patagonia and Tierra Del Fuego" by Jorge Rabassa

• Event Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
• Time: 4:00 pm (CDT)
• Location: Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, IL
• Cost: Free Admission

• Talk

Part of the CAS/MillerComm Lecture Series

Global warming is changing the glaciers. Since 1978, the mountain glaciers of Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego have been undergoing rapid glacial recession, ice thinning, rise in snow line elevation, and permafrost reduction. Most of the mountain glaciers of this region may soon disappear. Global warming is known to cause glacial melting, but the true nature of global warming is not yet clear and may be more complex than expected.

The CAS/MillerComm public events series brings to campus people who offer unique cross-disciplinary contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the university.

This Center for Advanced Study event is hosted by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Geology, Prairie Research Institute, and Illinois State Geological Survey in conjunction with the Center for African Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, College of Education, Department of Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Department of Geography & Geographic Information Science, Department of Spanish and Portuguese, School of Earth, Society & Environment, and University of Illinois Extension.