Posted on Feb 15, 2007

Global warming continues to take center stage at Union this month with the second of three lectures dedicated to climate change. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, Bryan G. Mark of the Department of Geography at Ohio State University will discuss “Global Climate Change: Water Resources and Human Occupation in the Tropical Andes.”


The event is set for 7 p.m. at the Nott Memorial. It is free and open to the public.


A researcher at OSU's Byrd Polar Research Center, Mark has authored several articles in the Journal of Quaternary Science and other top publications in his field. He is interested in glacier-hydrologic dynamics over different time scales, particularly in the tropical Andes. His research is based on field work in the American Cordillera, especially the Central Andes of Peru.


The “Abrupt Climate Change” series is sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program. Kicking off the series at the Nott recently was well-known environmentalist, author and activist Bill McKibben.


The final speaker will be OSU's Lonnie G. Thompson, who comes to campus Wednesday, Feb. 28. Thompson is the Distinguished University Professor, School of Earth Sciences Senior Research Scientist at the Byrd Polar Research Center. He will address the topic, “Abrupt Climate Change: Past, Present and Future.”