At Meeting
February 19, 2007
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University faculty member John All chaired a session on climate change during last week’s annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Francisco.
Dr. All, assistant professor of Geography and Geology, chaired a Friday afternoon session titled “Canary in the Coal Mine: Mountains and Climate Change.”
The session, which featured talks by Dr. All and three other scientists, examined the current state of mid-latitude mountains in comparison to the recent past at various time scales and offered glimpses of the future. Topics included glaciers/ice core record data, tree ring chronologies and world wide instrument records.
Dr. All’s topic was “Global Climate Change Impacts in Alpine Regions – The Human Record.” In his talk, he examined the current consequences of climate change for alpinists including rockfall, avalanches and increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. “All of these things add up to rising death and injury rates in the mountains,” said Dr. All, who as a mountain climber also represented the American Alpine Club.
“Dr All’s research is international in scope,” said Dr. David Keeling, Geography and Geology department head. “He has examined alpine climate change in Bhutan, Chile and other locations around the world, and is currently developing a project to examine the Okavango region of Botswana in southern Africa as part of his climate change research.”
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