Session: Antarctica - The Coldest, Windiest, Driest and Highest Continent in The World (2015 SACNAS National Conference)

Thursday, October 29, 2015: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM

Annapolis 1-2 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)

Chair:

Larry Hothem, BS, Senior Physical Scientist; Senior Technical Advisor on Global Navigation Satellite System, U. S. Geological Survey

Description: This session is about years of scientific research in Antarctica. The continent includes about one-tenth of the Earth’s land surface, 90% of Earth’s ice and about 70% of its fresh water. The USGS and international partners share expertise on penguins, ice sheets, permafrost, Landsat imaging, gravity measurements, and POLENET program.

10:15 AM

Science Research & International Collaboration in Antarctica
Larry Hothem, BS , Senior Physical Scientist; Senior Technical Advisor on Global Navigation Satellite System , U. S. Geological Survey

10:35 AM

Antarctica Penguin Science - Research in Impact of Climate Change
Katie Dugger, PhD , Research Wildlife Biologist , U. S. Geological Survey

10:55 AM

Lakes, Streams, Permafrost and Ice Sheets - Exploring Conditions That Allow Liquid Water to Exist in the Coldest Place on Earth
Gary Clow, PhD in Progress , Research Geophysicist; , U. S. Geological Survey

11:15 AM

Earth’s Gravity Field Variations due to Post-Glacial Rebound and Ice Melting
Yves Rogister, PhD , Assistant Professor of Geophysics , POLENET

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