Please join us tonight, 11/21, at 7 p.m. for an event titled “24 Hours Climate Reality – Truth in Action” where a Climate Reality speaker, Julie Kay, trained by Al Gore himself, will give a short presentation, followed by a panel with an elementary, high school and UMW students for an interactive Q&A with the audience about solutions to our climate crisis.
Grothe and Students Work to Protect Coral Reefs
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe and her students were featured in an article in The Free Lance-Star titled “UMW students plunge into restoring coral reefs.” The article discussed a new course taught by Grothe called “UMW in Bonaire: Coral, Climate and Conversation,” which was offered this past spring semester. The students learned about climate change and its impact on coral reefs and the marine life that lives within them. They also learned coral conservation methods. Thanks to a partnership with The Scuba Shack dive shop in Fredericksburg, Grothe’s students became scuba-certified so they could apply their research during a trip to the Caribbean island of Bonaire this May. Read more.
Grothe Quoted in Article on New Sea Levels Study
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe was quoted in an article in Meaww.com on a new study that predicts that global sea levels will rise by more than 2 meters – or 6.6 feet – by the end of the 21st century if emissions continue unchecked. Experts have said this will be catastrophic and that major cities such as New York City and Shanghai would be submerged, displacing approximately 187 million people. The study showed that sea levels will rise much faster than earlier estimates because of the rapid rate that ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting. Grothe said, “This new estimate is astonishing, which is about twice as high as what we previously thought. It would displace millions of more people living in low-lying coastal regions.” Read more.
New York City will be under water in 100 years, experts issue stark warning as sea level rise speeds up (MEAWW.com)
Melting sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic may be an economic boon, but it spells doom for sea life (meaww.com)
Grothe Quoted in Article on the Effects of Melting Sea Ice
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe was quoted in an article on MEA WorldWide (MEAWW) entitled “Melting sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic may be an economic boon, but it spells doom for sea life.” She said that Polar regions are important for regulating global temperatures. “Sea ice is highly reflective and when it melts, it exposes more ocean surface to absorb the sun’s energy, causing even more warming. This will then accelerate even more sea ice loss.”
The ‘great dying’: rapid warming caused largest extinction event ever, report says (The Guardian.com)
Pamela Grothe Co-Authors Nature Review Article
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Pamela Grothe co-authored a Review paper in the esteemed Nature journal, titled “El Nino-Southern Oscillation complexity”