[SEMCO] "On Thin Ice" - Gordon Hamilton speaking at Mass Audubon tomorrow

[Melissa Lowe]

Join us for this upcoming lecture:

"On Thin Ice: Climate Warming, Shrinking Ice Sheets, and Sea Level Rise" 
Dr. Gordon Hamilton, University of Maine's Climate Change Institute 

Wednesday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. 
at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary 

Shrinking ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica may potentially cause a rapid rise in global sea level. The Greenland Ice Sheet is particularly vulnerable to collapse, as are coastal portions of West Antarctica. Most scientists don't consider it very likely that both ice sheets will totally disintegrate in the foreseeable future, but much attention is being paid to partial collapses and more modest, though still catastrophic, rise in sea level of 1-2 meters in the next century or so. 

In his presentation, Gordon Hamilton will review some of the science that is changing the way we think about polar ice sheets.

This presentation the first in a series of public lectures hosted on Wednesday evenings in July and August by the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. All talks start at 7:30 p.m. and are held at the Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary. Cost per talk is $5 for Mass Audubon members and $7 for nonmembers. Registration is not required. Seating is on a first come, first served basis. For more information call 508-349-2615. 


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Melissa Lowe, Education Coordinator
Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663
mlowe at massaudubon.org
508-349-2615, ext 107

Protecting the Nature of Massachusetts
www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay