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Peter D. Ward, Ph.D.
 Acclaimed expert in paleontology, astrobiology, mass extinctions, and Earth sciences
Author of The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps
Professor of biology and Earth sciences, University of Washington
Title of Lecture: “Our Flooding World”
Date: October 13, 2020, 7:30–9:00 P.M.
Venue: Town Hall Seattle
Cost: Free to the public
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Abstract of Lecture
The geological record demonstrates that the level of the sea has repeatedly risen and fallen over time. There are two main mechanisms: reduction of the ocean basins by increased heatflow, which causes seawater to spill out of the ocean basin onto land of low elevation (very slow – over hundreds of thousands of years) and melting or freezing of ice sheets on continents – very fast, occurring over decades. In this talk I will look at both and examine the consequences of one, two, five, and ten meters of sea-level rise on civilization and its future agriculture, geography, and economics.
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