Susan Kaspari - My Year as a Fulbright Scholar in Norway

Thank you Mr. Nick Zenter. Basically, I am learning a lot from such videos. I have been following you for almost 4 years. I am a Geologist in Pakistan. But doing Geology of your level seems a dream. We lag far behind,in research, etc. And such videos are the only means of learning. And, it immensely helps in finding out how the developed world works, in Geology.

To give an example of a real long-distance dust event, we have Saharan dust turning up in the UK every so often. That happened last week.

There was an extremely distant origin southerly air flow that came up to the UK. In addition to the Saharan dust it also meant that the UK broke its all-time January temperature record with a new value of 19.9° Celsius. The dust gets blown over the Atlantic from the desert and that's where the airflow heading north picked it up.

Fascinating work. What a marvelous year for her family.

just lovely! cool that she got to experience scandinavia under such interesting circumstances. (my best friends family has a house to the west of hornøya so really cool to randomly see that here on your channel as well!)

What a privilege for all of us to be able to see and hear these great scientists talk about their experiences and research. Thank you very much for enabling us to do so, Nick.

Great presentation and lecture. Nick you have the best guests.

Good question about the dust being louse soil.

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I work at Mt St Helens. The ash dirtying the snow is fascinating to me. I’ve always wondered how it affects the snowpack. Come study here!!

In the pre-presentation, I overheard some CWU grads talking about working with GeoEngineers in Tacoma and Redmond. This is a shout out to both of those offices. Some of my best projects in my career were with those great teams.

It was a great lecture I'm sorry I'm late getting my question in. How old is the oldest ice core and dust you have recorded. And is there any other indications of climate change in these core that are several thousand years old.

Holy cow! That was a fantastic lecture! Thanks for sharing your important work with us, Susan!

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Let's take a moment and reflect on this great presentation by an amazing scientist.
Thanks Nick, you have a great program and these talks showcase it for you.

@45.43 you had a chart up with Wavelength in nm x Filter Reflectance. It's interesting that that the region circled lands almost directly on 656nm. In Astronomy circles, that 656nm is the narrowband red filter for imaging nebulae that contain hydrogen atoms that have been bombarded with ultraviolet light and emit light as the energy state of the electron drops (changes levels) (very short explanation). For example I have a filter that is 656nm with a width of 6nm. That filter range allows everything between 653nm to 659nm to pass through and cuts everything else.

Thank you Nick, Susan, and Hannah!

Hi Hannah!

Wonderful talk about a fascinating field of research! I see the ice cores are an incredibly rich and detailed source of atmospheric time capsules over the past 400,000 years. I find it so compelling… but I hate being cold!!! Well done, Susan!

Susan had an awesome presentation explaining about her research on dust and abnormal ratios of glacial retreats affected by Climate Change at Svalbard!! If you are interested to know more of her research in depth, she is a faculty at CWU, contact them! I think she is doing a very cool work for the beautiful earth we live in!! Thank you Susan, CWU geology department, and Nick for your time and energy!! I'm glad I tuned in!!😃💗