Annapolis Science Cafe @ 49 West: Sea Ice's Decline by Robert Grumbine

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Annapolis Science Cafe @ 49 West: Sea Ice's Decline by Robert Grumbine, NOAA's National Weather Service

Event Description Since Bob’s last sea ice presentation at Annapolis Café Scientifique, the Arctic ice pack has continued to thin even though it hasn't set new records for least ice extent. The Antarctic, on the other hand, has gone from setting record maximum ice extents to record minimum ice extents. With the poles being harbingers of change these both portend changes for points equatorward as well as themselves. We'll talk about some of those, with polar questions of all sorts being very welcome.

About the Speaker: Robert Grumbine earned a PhD in Geophysical Sciences from the University of Chicago in 1989. After a two-year ocean modeling postdoc at Penn State he started working in the NOAA NWS Environmental Modeling Center, where he has been ever since. In that time, his work has included observing sea ice and sea surface temperature, modeling sea ice and coupling it to atmosphere and ocean forecast models and optimizing models by evolutionary methods.

Attending the Event: We hope you will join us at the Annapolis Science Café at 49 West, but Zoom is also available. It's best to reserve seats for this event by calling 49 West at 410-626-9796. The event is free but you need to buy something from the restaurant. You don’t need a reservation for Zoom, but you do need the meeting number and passcode. Questions? Email annapoliscafesci@gmail.com