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In just the past few months, researchers have discovered that ice sheets in Greenland & the Antarctic are collapsing, which will cause global sea level to rise higher & faster than previous models predicted. What does this mean for coastal cities like New York, where average high tides could conceivably be higher than the water rose during Hurricane Sandy? What do we know about ice sheet collapse & what are cities doing to prepare? Who will be most affected & why?
Hosted by Meehan Crist, writer-in-residence in Biological Sciences at Columbia University, Convergence is a live show & podcast that brings together two people from vastly different fields to explore how emerging science & tech will affect culture, society, & politics in the near future. Together with a curious & often passionate audience, Meehan & her guests grapple with the questions we need to ask today to help shape the future we want tomorrow. Each event brings out themes & ideas missing when conversations stay siloed.
Join us for a conversation about sea level rise & NYC at Caveat onThursday, 1/18. Show at7pm.Now with food as well as drinks!
This month: ice sheet researcherRobin Bellof Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (yes, her bio includes an Antarctic mountain named after her & the fact that she rides an electric motorcycle) will joinDaniel Zarrilli, Senior Director of Climate Policy & Programs & Chief Resiliency Officer of New York City toask:How will rising seas change coastal cities?
Doors 7:00pm, show 7:30pm. 21+
Robin Bellhas coordinated ten major aero-geophysical expeditions to Antarctica & Greenland, studying what makes ice sheets collapse. She has discovered a volcano beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, several large lakes locked beneath 2 miles of ice & demonstrated that ice sheets can thicken from below. She has led a team to map the Hudson River from Staten Island to Albany & had an Antarctic Mountain named for her. During the International Polar Year, Bell lead a major expedition to Antarctica to explore the last unknown mountain range on Earth, the Gamburtsev Mountains anddiscovered that water hidden beneath the ice sheet runs uphill. Herteam is presently exploring the Ross Ice Shelf,a floating piece of ice the size of France that covers the least known piece of ocean floor on our planet.
Daniel ZarrilliDaniel Zarrilli is the Senior Director of Climate Policy & Programs & the Chief Resilience Officer for the City of New York, overseeing the administration's integrated action on climate change mitigation & adaptation, as well as the coordination of the City's OneNYC program. In this role, Daniel launched the City's $20 billion climate adaptation program & recently aligned NYC with the 1.5C target of the Paris Agreement. Until recently, he served on NOAA's advisory committee for the Sustained National Climate Assessment, fulfilled a three-year term on FEMA's National Advisory Council, & recently advised the State of Louisiana on its 2017 Coastal Master Plan update. Previously, he was Senior Vice President for Asset Management at the New York City Economic Development Corporation & worked at Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation. Daniel is a Professional Engineer in the State of New York & holds an MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from MIT & a BS in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University. Follow@dzarrilli
Meehan Crist
is writer in residence in biological sciences at Columbia University. Previously, she was editor at large at Nautilus & reviews editor at The Believer. Her writing explores the intersection of science, culture, & politics: from sensory deprivation tanks & the KUBARK manual to cephalopod consciousness & climate change. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, the New Republic, Tin House, Lapham's Quarterly, London Review of Books, Scientific American, & Science. You can find her online atmeehancrist.comor on Twitter @meehancrist.
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