Salty Topics: Sea Level Rise - Dr. Don P. Chambers

Dr. Don P. Chambers discusses the various tools that have been used to observe sea level rise since the early 1700s and presents a summary of what we know about sea level rise, especially new insight gleaned from global satellite measurements over the last two decades. Also discussed is the relationship of sea level rise to climate change and the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic Ice Sheets as well as what we still need to understand in order to make more accurate predictions for future sea level rise.

Bio: Dr. Don P. Chambers is an Associate Professor at the College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, and is an internationally recognized expert in the field of sea level science. His specialty is in using satellite observations to measure sea level change, both globally and regionally and he has served on numerous national and international science committees, including as a Lead Author on the 5th Climate Assessment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), to be published in September 2013.

"Salty Topics" is a Marine Science Speaker Series presented by the Pinellas County Sea Grant Extension. The series is held at the Weedon Island Preserve Cultural and Natural History Center and is sponsored by the Friends of Weedon Island.

To view the IPCC Fifth Report and Summary visit:
http://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar5/wg1/#.U...

For more information about the Florida Sea Grant Extension program visit:
http://www.flseagrant.org/

For more information about Pinellas County Extension visit:
http://pinellas.ifas.ufl.edu/

For more information about Weedon Island Preserve and the Friends of Weedon Island visit:

http://www.weedonislandpreserve.org/

http://www.fowi.org/

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