2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Session No. 269
Wednesday, 21 October 2009: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Portland Ballroom 254 (Oregon Convention Center)

P1. Crisis In The Cryosphere: Impacts of Planetary Meltdown

American Quaternary Association [AMQUA]; GSA Geology and Health Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; International Union for Quaternary Research [INQUA]; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; GSA Geology and Society Division

 

George T. Stone, Andrew M. Buddington and Michael E. Mann, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
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1:40 PM
ABRUPT CLIMATE CHANGE: A PALEOCLIMATE PERSPECTIVE FROM THE WORLD'S HIGHEST MOUNTAINS
THOMPSON, Lonnie G., Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center and School of Earth Sciences, The Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH 43210, thompson.3@osu.edu, thompson.3@osu.edu
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2:15 PM
OBSERVED AND PROJECTED CHANGES IN PERMAFROST IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE
MARCHENKO, Sergei, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320 and ROMANOVSKY, Vladimir, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute UAF, 903 Koyukuk Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775-7320, ffssm1@uaf.edu, ffssm1@uaf.edu
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2:45 PM
COASTAL SYSTEM RESPONSE AND HUMAN ADAPTATION TO COLLAPSE OF THE CRYOSPHERE: A NORTH CAROLINA CASE STUDY
RIGGS, Stanley R., Department of Geological Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, riggss@ecu.edu, riggss@ecu.edu
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3:15 PM
SOLVING THE ENTIRE SEA LEVEL PROBLEM
PFEFFER, W. Tad, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Campus Box 450, Boulder, CO 80309-0450, pfeffer@colorado.edu, pfeffer@colorado.edu
 
3:45 PM
Break
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4:00 PM
ATMOSPHERIC IMPACTS OF A SHRINKING ARCTIC SEA ICE COVER
STROEVE, Julienne C., National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado, Campus Box 449, Boulder, CO 80309-0449, stroeve@kryos.colorado.edu, stroeve@kryos.colorado.edu
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4:30 PM
IS RECENT ANTARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE EXCEPTIONAL?
STEIG, Eric J., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351310, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, steig@uw.edu, steig@uw.edu
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5:00 PM
EVIDENCE OF PLIOCENE WEST ANTARCTIC ICE SHEET COLLAPSES UNDER CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO FUTURE WARMING SCENARIOS
POWELL, Ross D., Department of Geology & Environmental Geosciences, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL 60115, NAISH, Tim, Antarctic Research Center, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, 1, New Zealand and ANDRILL MCMURDO ICE SHELF, Science Team, c/o ANDRILL Science Management Office, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 125C Bessey Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0341, rpowell@niu.edu, rpowell@niu.edu