Remote sensing provides a unique opportunity to document the cryosphere - one of Earth’s critical systems that is undergoing a period of profound change. In the decades ahead, projected warming will accelerate changes in snow, glaciers and permafrost. Remotely-sensed observations of these features is more than an exercise of digital archival science. Space and airborne monitoring provide critically-needed data required to refine theory and improve modeling efforts of how glaciers, seasonal snow cover and permafrost respond to and control climate. I will provide examples of efforts to quantify changes our mountain cryosphere over time scales of seasons to decades.

The Natural Resources & Environmental Studies Institute (NRESi) at UNBC hosts a weekly lecture series at the Prince George campus. Anyone from the university or wider community with interest in the topic area is welcome to attend. This presentation will only be available online. Go to http://www.unbc.ca/nres-institute/colloquium-webcasts to view the presentation.

Past NRESi colloquium presentations and special lectures can be viewed on our video archive, available here.