Latest
- April 17 2018: Picturing the Past in the McMurdo Dry Valleys. Poppie Gullet
- March 27 2018: Desert Streams in Antarctica – hurry up and wait. Chris Jaros
2017
- Tuesday November 28: Phosphorus links rocks and life in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Ruth Heindel, INSTAAR
- Wednesday October 18: How well can the leopard seal adapt to a changing climate? Shane Kanatous, Colorado State University.
- Thursday September 28, A glacier’s microbiome: Using microbes and cryoconite holes to learn about ecosystems. Pacifica Sommers, University of Colorado, Boulder CO.
- Wednesday April 28, UNAVCO – Powering science at high latitude. Thomas Nylen, UNAVCO, Boulder CO.
- Tuesday March 28, What’s with all these cracks? Tales from Antarctic ice shelves. Dan McGrath, Department of Geosciences, Colorado State University
- Wednesday March 1, An Accidental Tourist: How 1 Antarctic adventure turned into 13
(or: Stories of working aboard a Russian spy ship) Richelle Lyons Burnett,eChromic Technologies
2016
- Wednesday November 2, Rapid warming and sea ice losses – is the Antarctic sea becoming inhospitable for its marine organisms? Sharon Stammerjohn, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Tuesday September 20: “Climate Change in the Polar Regions: Not Waiting for ‘The Day After Tomorrow’”. Ted Scambos, Lead Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES
- Tuesday April 19: “McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: Introduction to a Polar Desert Ecosystem“. Karen Cozzetto, Postdoctoral research associate, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado
- Tuesday March 22: “Long-term ecology: what modern-day ecologists can learn about Antarctic biodiversity from heroic-age exploration“. Eric Sokol, Postdoctoral researcher, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Monday February 29. “The toughest creatures in the world: Soil life in the Antarctic Dry Valleys” Ashley Shaw, PhD candidate, Wall lab. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
2015
- Wednesday November 18: “A changing world and its effect on top level predators: Lessons learned from the Antarctic“. Shane Kanatous, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Colorado State University.
- Wednesday October 21: “Remember the Ozone hole? Is that still an issue to worry about“. Where does the ozone hole occur? Why there? What causes it? Is it still occurring? For how much longer? How is it related to CFCs? What happened to CFCs? Come and test your knowledge at an interactive lecture led by Terry Deshler, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming.
- Wednesday September 23. “Lava Lakes, Calving Ice and Hungry Seals; Using terrestrial 3D laser scanning (lidar) for Antarctic science” Marianne Okal,UNAVCO – Boulder. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday April 21. “Antarctica: A Keystone in Earth Science” Nigel Kelly Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday March 17. “Science at the Bottom of the World“ Elaine Hood, USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday February 24. Movie screening of “Antarctica: A Year on the Ice“ Panel discussion following the film featuring CSU’s Richard Aster, Adrian Howkins, Michael Gooseff and Diana Wall. Behavioral Sciences Room 131, Lory Student Center, CSU.
2014
- Tuesday November 25, “Development of the South Pole Traverse” David Bresnahan. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Monday October 20, “Physical Hydrology of the McMurdo Dry Valleys: Ecosystems waiting for water” Adam Wlostowski, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday September 9, “In Shackleton’s Footsteps” Bob Michael. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday April 15, “Exploration of the Transantarctic Mountains” James W. Collinson, Professor Emeritus. School of Earth Sciences and Byrd Polar Research Center. The Ohio State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday February 25, “Under the Ice – The Geophysical Unveiling of the Antarctic Continent” Dr. Rick Aster, Department Head, Geosciences, Warner College of Natural Resources, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
2013
- Monday September 9, “Taylor’s Valley: What the history of Antarctica’s ‘heroic era’ can contribute to contemporary ecological research in the McMurdo Dry Valleys” Dr. Adrian Howkins, Department of History, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Monday October 14, “South Pole – Then and Now: Building for Science” Bill Spindler, former construction engineer with USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday, November 5, “An End to the Trend: Antarctic ecosystem response to climate variability in the McMurdo Dry Valleys” Dr Michael Gooseff, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- 5pm, Wednesday, February 13, panel discussion “Melting Down at the Poles: What are the differences?” Managing the Planet Series, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Colorado State University, panel members include: Dr. Diana Wall, School of Global Environmental Sustainability, Dr. David Thompson, Department of Atmospheric Science, Dr. John Moore, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, and Dr. Shane Kanatous, Department of Biology, Avo’s.
- Tuesday, March 19, “A Half Century of Antarctic Exploration: 1957-2013” by Dr. John Behrendt, Fellow emeritus at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado at Boulder and Scientist Emeritus at U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- Tuesday, April 30, “This is my job? 20 Years Supporting Science in Antarctica”, by Bob Farrell, Palmer Station Manager for the US Antarctic Program, Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
2012
- September 24, “antARcTica, the art in Antarctica” Jim Collinson. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- October 22, “Working at Palmer Station, on the Antarctic Peninsula, in support of the United States Antarctic Program” Rebecca Shoop, USAP. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
- November 20, “Snow Job – Working for Science in Antarctica” Karen Joyce. Fort Collins Main Public Library, 201 Peterson St.
2011
- Monday, Sept. 26, “A changing world and its effects on top level predators: Lessons to be learned from an Antarctic predator; the Weddell seal” by Shane B. Kanatous, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 7PM, Everyday Joe’s.
- Thursday, Oct. 27, “Climate change and soil animals: What very large changes on very small organisms can tell us about the future of Antarctica” by Zachary A. Sylvain, Department of Biology, Colorado State University, 7PM, Fort Collins Main Public Library.
- Wednesday, Nov. 16, “The second race for the Pole: Changing cultures of Antarctic exploration in the 1940s and 1950s” by Adrian Howkins, Department of History, Colorado State University, 7PM, Everyday Joe’s.