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Spotlight on Science: Tracking Ice and Water in a Changing Climate with A.I.

Eric Rignot, Ph.D. and Isabella Velicogna, Ph.D.

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The Newport Beach Public Library Foundation is pleased to present a new program that features extraordinary and renowned scientists who will shed light on innovative and exciting research in the sciences. This season's Spotlight on Science will focus on artificial intelligence and the latest scientific research.

 

 

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Tracking Ice and Water in a Changing Climate with A.I.

Eric Rignot, Ph.D.
Professor, Earth System Science, UCI

Isabella Velicogna, Ph.D.
Professor, Earth System Science, UCI

Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Register for free: https://nbplf.foundation/programs/spotlight-on-science/

 

Drs. Rignot and Velicogna are professors in the department of Earth Science at UCI, and are senior scientists of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Both of them are world-renowned glaciologists who study the effects of global climate change on polar ice sheets. Their research uses satellites to understand the dynamics of glacier ice in Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska, and Patagonia. Dr. Rignot is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal.

Dr. Velicogna was honored with Joanne Simpson Medal from American Geophysical Union for her trailblazing research.

 

 

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