Climate Change
Seminar Set for January 9
A Purdue University biological engineer, Keith Cherkauer,
will discuss the potential impact of climate change on the Great Lakes region
on January 9 at the final seminar in the Purdue University Calumet Go with
the Flow—Get to Know Your Coastal Resources Series. The public talk
will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Calumet Conference Center
In his seminar titled “The Impact of Changing Climate
and Precipitation in the Great Lakes Basin,” Cherkaur will explore how
more frequent heavy rainstorms and an increase in urbanization may lead to more
flooding and more water pollution. According to Cherkauer, warmer temperatures
may also reduce water availability for plant growth and for the recharge of the
hydrologic system. In his work at Purdue, he has studied the impact of snow
and soil frost on the surface water and energy balance in the upper Mississippi
River basin.
The series is being funded through a grant Purdue Calumet
received from the Lake Michigan Coastal Program, a division of the Indiana
Department of Natural Resources. Other sponsors are Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant,
Indiana Lake Michigan Coastal Program and the Indiana Department of Natural
Resources.
The Calumet Conference Center is located at the far south
end of Purdue Calumet’s campus, one-third mile north of Interstate 80/94,
three blocks east of Indianapolis Boulevard and south of 173rd Street. For more
information, contact Leslie Dorworth, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant aquatic
ecology specialist, at 219-989-2726 or dorworth@calumet.purdue.edu.
Irene Miles |