Glacier Change in Kenai Fjords
WHEN
Thursday, October 20, 2022
4:30-5:30 p.m. PT
LOCATION
In-person at Western
Academic Instructional Center West,
Room 204
Or Online on Zoom
PRICE
Free
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Remote Work: Monitoring Glacier Change in Kenai Fjords National Park
Environmental Speaker Series
Brought to you by:
WWU College of the Environment
in partnership with the WWU Alumni Association
Maritime glaciers are a critical component of the landscape at Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Changes to these glaciers affect terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems and physical properties, and glacier retreat and associated ecosystem changes in Kenai Fjords National Park will likely impact ecotourism associated with the park. Therefore, monitoring these glaciers is important for understanding how they are changing over time. Satellite remote sensing has enabled glacier monitoring over a range of spatial and temporal scales and can greatly enhance field observations of glacier changes. We used images from the Landsat satellites to trace glacier margins twice annually from 1984 through 2021 for 19 glaciers within Kenai Fjords National Park. In this talk, Taryn Black will discuss what these glacier margin observations have revealed about the behavior of different types of glaciers in the park over the past several decades.
The Environmental Speaker Series is free and open to the public. Talks are held each Thursday at 4:30 pm in Academic Instructional Center West, room 204. Paid parking is available in lot C. Or join us online on Zoom!
Taryn Black, PhD
Speaker
Taryn Black is a recent PhD graduate of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Washington. She received a BS in Earth and Space Sciences from the University of Washington and a MS in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on using satellite images to measure changes in coastal glacier extent in Greenland and Alaska, to better understand how these glaciers are responding to climate change.
Questions and Accommodations
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