2009 Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV Online Program

Paper Session: 4454 Mountain Ice and Snow 1: Glaciers and Water Resources is scheduled on Wednesday, 3/25/09, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in North Hall N115, Las Vegas Convention Center Sponsorship(s): Cultural and Political Ecology Specialty Group Cryosphere Specialty Group Mountain Geography Specialty Group Organizer(s): Jeffrey Bury - University of California, Santa Cruz Bryan G. Mark - The Ohio State University Chair(s): Jeffrey Bury - University of California, Santa Cruz Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *Jason E. Box - The Ohio State University Russell Benson - The Ohio State University David Decker - The Ohio State University David Bromwich - The Ohio State University  Abstract Title: Greenland ice sheet snow line variations 2000-2008 1:20 PM   Author(s): *David Decker - The Ohio State University Jason Box - The Ohio State University Russell Benson - The Ohio State University  Abstract Title: Greenland ice sheet tidewater glacier front changes: seasonal and interannual changes 2000-2008 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Bryan G. Mark - The Ohio State University Jeffrey M McKenzie - McGill University Michel Baraer - McGill University  Abstract Title: Glacier Volume Loss and Hydrologic Transformation in the Tropical Peruvian Andes 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Jeffrey Bury - University of California, Santa Cruz  Abstract Title: Glacier Recession, Livelihood Vulnerability and New Resource Conflicts in the Peruvian Andes 2:20 PM   Discussant: Daniel B. Fagre - United States Geological Survey   Discussant(s): Daniel B. Fagre - United States Geological Survey Session Description: This integrative session focuses on glaciers to explore both physical and human dimensions of climate change.  Glaciers exist at the interface between atmospheric, lithospheric and hydrologic systems. The extent, nature, timing and form of past glaciations are critical for understanding the processes that link climate and landscape over time. Ongoing changes in these cryospheric components have important implications for livelihoods, grazing patterns, agricultural practices, regional water supplies, erosion, landscape evolution, and biogeography.  In addition, the most recent period of glacial recession poses significant challenges to human vulnerability and adaptive change.

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