Ian Howat, OSU School of Earth Sciences & Byrd Polar Research Center, will speak on the rapid, ongoing changes in the dynamics of the great ice masses, and particularly the Greenland Ice Sheet, and assess the possible mechanisms and climate forcing driving those changes.
Howat is a glaciologist focused on the dynamics of glaciers and ice sheets, and particularly their rapid response to climate forcing and potential contribution to sea-level rise. Howat has been a participant and leader on numerous science expeditions to Antarctica, Iceland and Greenland. He received the Cryosphere Young Investigator Award from the American Geophysical Union in 2007 and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from the White House in 2011.
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