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Science Lecture by Jennifer Francis |
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Date: May 16, 2007
Time: 10:30am
Location: NIA, Rm 137
Additional Information: Presentation (.pdf)
Arctic Change on the Autobahn
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
The only thing that has been constant in the Arctic during recent decades is sweeping change. Observations of almost every aspect of the climate system suggest a cohesive shift toward an Arctic with warmer temperatures and less permanent ice, the most conspicuous indicator being the loss of perennial sea ice. Global climate models have long predicted that the sea-ice-albedo feedback will accelerate the Arctic’s response to increased greenhouse gas concentrations, but only recently have observations exhibited signs of this prediction being true. While all forms of permanent Arctic ice are in rapid decline, this presentation will focus on new research that sheds light on drivers of sea ice loss and connections to changes in the atmosphere.
Dr. Jennifer Francis is a Full Research Professor I in the Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences at Rutgers University and a faculty member of the Graduate Program in Atmospheric Sciences also at Rutgers. She received a Ph.D. from the Department of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington (1994) and a B.S. in Meteorology from San Jose State University (1988). Her research focuses on remote sensing of the Arctic atmosphere and surface, and applying satellite retrievals to investigations of the causes and implications of rapid change in the Arctic climate system.
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