Columbia at Home: Antarctica, Sea Level, and Animals | An Adventure with Science and Watercolor
Channel: Columbia Alumni
Date: 24/09/2020

Dr. Indrani Das, Lamont Associate Research Professor and Glaciologist at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, joins us for a special family-friendly science program, where she takes us on a scientific adventure in Antarctica through watercolors.

In this special STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics) session, Dr. Das discusses Antarctica, explains how ice sheets form, how ice moves, and what causes ice to expand and shrink. She also explains how climate change is causing the ice sheet to change and its present contribution to sea level rise, as well as how these changes are affecting the animals and birds that are commonly found in Antarctica. She does this through her personal artwork and field photographs from her research expeditions.

This program is designed for children ages six to twelve, and children were invited to submit images of their own drawings of Antarctic animals and birds ahead of time.