Still more events that might be of interest. Also, please check the Museum's website: http://www.nmnaturalhistory.org/ Polar Palooza Calendar link for more events this month, including the Home School Family day on October 23, 1 to 4pm.
Linda Fey
Ecology Educator
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
phone:505-841-2849 fax:505-841-2808
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Life in the Canadian Arctic
Shannon Rupert, Ph.D.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7 p.m.
From the beginning of May to the end of August of this year, a team of seven researchers lived at a remote research station on Devon Island in the Canadian High Arctic, in order to study the day to day changes in the active layer just above the permafrost. A multidisciplinary team of geologists, biologists, human factor and space scientists from all over the world remotely supported this work. The results of this project will contribute to our understanding of what is occurring on Devon Island today as it relates to global warming and environmental change.
Shannon Rupert teaches Environmental Science at Northern New Mexico College in Española. She has led teams of researchers at Mars Analog sites worldwide and is Co- Principal Investigator of the Devon Island project.
Admission: $2 public, $1 members, seniors, students
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Polar-Palooza! -- Stories from a Changing Planet
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:30 p.m. OR 8:15 p.m.
Join us for an exciting multi-media event!
Six nationally-recognized polar scientists will visit Albuquerque for special Polar-Palooza events on October 22-24. This is your chance to learn about new science from the International Polar Year. Hear from the people who know the poles best – ice researchers, geologists, climate scientists, biologists, and Arctic residents – just back from the poles.
CHARLIE BENTLEY - Emeritus Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Head of the U.S. Ice Coring and Drilling Services. Deepest trench in Antarctica and a peak in the Transantarctic Mountains named for him.
MICHAEL CASTELLINI –Director of the Institute of Marine Science at University of Alaska-Fairbanks. Studying harbor seal and Steller sea lion physiology and populations.
CHRISTINE FOREMAN – Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University. Studying microbial communities in the ice covered lakes of the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
ORVILLE HUNTINGTON –Alaskan Native (Athabascan) and wildlife biologist. Member of the Alaskan Native Science Commission.
KATHY LICHT – Associate Professor Indiana University-Purdue University, geologist. Studying the Antarctic ice sheet and how it has changed over time.
JACKIE RICHTER-MENGE, Civil Engineer, former Head of Snow & Ice Branch, US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab. Studying Arctic sea-ice.
Admission: $6 public, $5 members or seniors 60 and over, $3 students with ID
Reservations recommended, contact Chris Sanchez at 841-2872, chris.sanchez@state.nm.us. Tickets may be purchased the day of the event.
Presented with support from National Science Foundation
All talks are at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2800
Check our website at: www.NMnaturalhistory.org
Questions? Call Tish Morris at 505-841-2882.
You may reserve tickets by contacting Chris Sanchez at 841-2872, chris.sanchez@state.nm.us
Tish Morris
Senior Education Specialist
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2882
tish.morris@state.nm.us
www.NMnaturalhistory.org
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