The Huntington Library , Ahmanson Classroom, Botanical Center View map Free Event

1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108

https://dornsife.usc.edu/icw/currentevents/
View map Free Event

Thursday, June 15, 2017

7:00pm - 8:30pm

Ahmanson Classroom, Botanical Center

The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

Free / RSVP required: 

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/californias-climate-future-water-and-the-sierra-nevada-tickets-34633547874

 

**Please note the date of this event has changed to June 15**

 

Over the past few years, Californians saw first-hand the consequences of hotter temperatures and smaller Sierra Nevada snowpack, including low reservoir levels, dying trees, and increased wildfire risk. Now, after a very wet winter, we have brimming reservoirs and a snowpack that is likely to bring flooding when it melts. When it comes to water, the Sierra Nevada has always been a feast-or-famine environment. As global temperatures climb with human emissions of greenhouse gases, how will this change? What is the future of the Sierra Nevada, and what does it mean for us?  

Atmospheric scientist Alex Hall, Director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA, and his research team have set out to understand future impacts of climate change on the mountain landscapes we love—and the snowpack upon which California depends for its water resources. Using innovative techniques to bring global climate model projections to very high spatial resolution, the UCLA team has produced first-of-their-kind projections of future climate that capture the intricate physical processes affecting climate in the Sierra. 

In this talk sponsored by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, Dr. Hall will present key findings from the study and discuss what they mean for decision-makers, resource managers, and anyone who cares about the fate of California’s iconic mountain range and how its unique ecosystems are fundamentally tied to the future of Southern California.

  

About Alex Hall 

Alex Hall is Professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and Director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA. His research is focused on reducing climate change uncertainty at both regional and global scales. At the regional scale, he has been active in the development of downscaling techniques to create neighborhood-scale projections of future climate, and he recently completed downscaling studies over the Los Angeles region and the Sierra Nevada. Dr. Hall was a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assessment Report's chapter on regional climate change and a Contributing Author to its chapter on climate model evaluation. In 2016, Dr. Hall received the American Geophysical Union's Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award.

 

About ICW

The Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West (ICW) is a center for scholarly investigation of the history and culture of California and the American West. Through sponsorship of innovative scholarship and research, ICW draws on the resources of the University of Southern California and The Huntington Library to build an innovative and unique collaboration between a research university and a research library.

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