The Wilson Center's Polar Institute will convene a panel of preeminent U.S. experts in different fields of Antarctic science who will speak to priority projects underway in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and the contributions polar scientists make to global policies related to climate change, predicting sea-level rise, marine protection and environmental policies generally.
Introduction
Michael Sfraga
Director, Polar Institute // Director, Global Risk and Resilience Program
Moderator
Evan T. Bloom
Senior Fellow, Polar Institute;
Former Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries and Director for Ocean and Polar Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Panelists
Theodore Scambos, PhD
Senior Research Scientist, Earth Science and Observation Center, University of Colorado
Heather Lynch, PhD
IACS Endowed Chair for Ecology & Evolution, Stony Brook University
Abigail Vieregg, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Physics and Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago
George Watters, PhD
Director, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division (NOAA); U.S. Representative to the Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources