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Wednesday Nite @ the Lab

"Dark Snow: Investigating Smoke on the Greenland Ice Sheet from a Zero-emission Wind-propelled Sled" by Ross Edwards, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Event Details

Date
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
Time
7-8:15 p.m.
Description
During 2017, Edwards embarked on an ambitious project to traverse the Greenland ice sheet, taking environmental samples from a zero-emission, wind-propelled, solar-powered sled system: the Inuit WindSled. During the approximately 1,200-kilometer traverse, Edwards collected surface samples of black carbon “smoke” nanoparticles deposited on the ice sheet from fires and fossil-fuel combustion. In this presentation, he will share a personal account of the expedition.
Cost
Free

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