Briefing on "Greenland Ice Sheet: Global Warming's Impacts on Arctic Region"
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Category: Government CommitteesType: News
Source: U.S. House Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
Party: Democrat
Date: Monday, August 9th, 2010
Briefing on "Greenland Ice Sheet: Global Warming's Impacts on Arctic Region"
Select Committee to Examine Dramatic Sea Ice Event with Scientists and Experts
**VISUALS including Greenland satellite images and other recent data will be on display
August 9, 2010 - Last week an ice sheet covering 100 square miles broke off Greenland. This dramatic sea ice event follows the warmest 6 months on record and is the biggest piece of Arctic ice to break free since 1962.
On Tuesday, the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a briefing with scientists and experts who study the Arctic region to discuss this event and its relationship to climate change. The briefing, "The Greenland Ice Sheet: Global Warming's Impacts on the Arctic Region," will be held on Tuesday, August 10th, at 9:30 A.M. in room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building.
WHAT: Select Committee Briefing, "The Greenland Ice Sheet: Global Warming's Impacts on the Arctic Region"
WHEN: Tuesday, August 10th, at 9:30 A.M.
WHERE: Room 2123 Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Complex.
WHO:
Dr. Richard B. Alley, Professor of Geosciences, and Earth and Environmental Systems, The Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Robert Bindschadler, Senior Research Scientist at University of Maryland Baltimore County, who has 30 years of service with N.A.S.A.
Dr. Andreas Muenchow, Professor of Physical Ocean Science and Engineering, University of Delaware
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