On selected Friday evenings, climate scientists from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society lead visitors through sections of the Salgado exhibition related to each scientist's field of study, explaining the climate conditions and environmental threats particular to the geographic regions documented in the photographs.
Climate scientist William D'Andrea is interested in natural patterns of climate change. He seeks to understand how the environment has changed over time by reconstructing climate history using single-cell algae preserved in lake sediment cores as an indicator of past temperatures. His research has shown that during the past twenty years, summers in west Svalbard, Norwegian islands east of Greenland, were warmer than at any other time during the past 2,000 years. DAndrea is an assistant research professor at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory; he has also spent a significant amount of time above the Arctic Circle, most recently in Alaskas North Slope, Greenland, and Svalbard.
This walkthrough takes place during voluntary admission hours in the Museum.
This event is part of the Fall 2014 programming series ICP Talks: Climate Change. For a complete listing of series events, click here.
ICP gratefully acknowledges our partnership with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and the International Research Institute for Climate and Society of Columbia University | Earth Institute, The Climate Group and Climate Week NYC, and The Human Impacts Institute, Brooklyn, in developing and presenting public programs to accompany the exhibition Sebastião Salgado: Genesis.
