Live Webcast
International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Science
Media Panel to Explain Latest Developments in Antarctic Earth Sciences
NSF Media Advisory 07-024
Friday, 31 August 2007, 3:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time
The media briefing will be webcast live at:
http://www.it.id.ucsb.edu/isaes.mov
For further information, please go to:
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=ma07024
Several leading U.S. scientists who specialize in Antarctica will brief
the media about the latest Earth science research on the southernmost
continent as part of the International Symposium on Antarctic Earth
Science (ISAES) at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
The media briefing will be webcast live on Friday, 31 August 2007, 3:30
p.m. Pacific Daylight Time at:
http://www.it.id.ucsb.edu/isaes.mov
Scientists who will speak at the briefing include: Robin Bell,
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University; Paul
Fitzgerald, Syracuse University; Ross Powell, Northern Illinois
University; and Samuel Mukasa, University of Michigan.
Topics to be discussed include:
- An overview of Antarctic Earth science in the context of the
International Polar Year.
- A public presentation of paleoclimate data amassed by the Antarctic
Geologic Drilling project (ANDRILL). ANDRILL sediment cores provide a
climate record of the past five million years.
- Research into the vast system of subglacial lakes and rivers only
recently discovered beneath Antarctica's ice sheets. The presentation
will touch on efforts to explore the lakes in the context of a recent
report on the safest way to proceed with this science recently issued by
the National Academies of Science.
- A discussion of the newest research into the question of how
Antarctica broke away from a larger landmass millions of years ago to
become the isolated and frigid continent it is today.
For further information, please contact:
Peter West
National Science Foundation
Phone: 703-292-7761
E-mail: pwest [at] nsf.gov
Gail Gallessich
University of California, Santa Barbara
Phone: 805-893-7220
E-mail: gail.g [at] ia.ucsb.edu