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Perspectives Speaker Series
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Event is hosted in person at the North Olympic Library System campus in Port Angeles, WA and virtually on Zoom.Dates & Times
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The free talks begin at 7pm on the second Tuesday of each month from January through April.
Description
High Mountain Lakes Response to Shifting Climate
Learn about the ecological importance of the Peninsula's high mountain lakes. Join in person or on Zoom.
Mountain lakes are ecologically important and charismatic features of the high country of the national parks of the North Coast and Cascades Network (Olympic, Mount Rainier, North Cascades). These lakes are ice-free approximately 5 months of the year. The remainder of the year they are locked under a thick blanket of ice and snow that limits the amount of light, atmospheric gas exchange, nutrient dynamics, and the pace of biological activity. As the global climate changes due to warming, the duration of winter ice cover is expected to decrease with potentially profound changes to these fragile ecosystems. We present a long-term dataset (up to 16 years) of ice duration from 21 NCCN lakes. This period of record illustrates changes in ice duration and includes examples of conditions expected in a near-future warmed world.
About the Presenters
Bill Baccus is a climate ecologist at Olympic National Park.
Dr. Steve Fradkin has worked as the coastal ecologist and limnologist at Olympic National Park since 2000. He conducts research and long term monitoring on intertidal resources, mountain lakes and climate change from an ecosystem perspective.
About the Series
Olympic National Park: Perspectives Speaker Series is hosted by NOLS in person and on Zoom. The free talks begin at 7pm on the second Tuesday of each month from January through April. No registration is required. Recordings of the presentations will be available on NOLS YouTube channel within one week after the event.
The series is made possible through the work of Olympic National Park, the North Olympic Library System, Discover Your Northwest, and the Friends of Olympic National Park.
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https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83670593801
Meeting ID: 836 7059 3801
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