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We all know at least a little bit about the gulf stream. The ocean takes warm water from the Caribbean all the way to Northern Europe. It explains how Europe maintains a much balmier climate than what one would otherwise expect given its northern latitudes. Without getting too technical, this phenomenon is the result of thermohaline circulation.
Now an important question that must be addressed due to global warming, is what impacts will the melting of ice in Greenland and the North pole have on the gulf stream? Will it continue to go on as it has or will it be dramatically altered?
Wally Broecker, one of the world’s most respected climate scientists, has researched and written at great lengths on this topic, and the ENTS department is proud to have him present his lecture “How to Terminate a Glaical Period”. We are honored to have him speak at Carleton, and he will be the first in what will be a series of lectures ENTS hosts this year.
What: “How to Terminate a Glacial Period” presented by Wally Broecker
When: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 from 7:30 to 8:30
Where: Boliou 104
Carleton College
One North College Street
Northfield, MN 55057Open to the Public.
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