Lecture: Briksdalsbreen Glacier and Variations in the Entire Jostedalsbreen Ice Cap

Speaker: Professor Atle Nesje, University of Bergen

Entry Fee

Members: Free

Visitors: The lecture will be published on Eventbrite to access via Zoom

Date and Time

19:00 -

Location

Virtual Talk via Zoom


Lecture Description

The first part of the talk will deal with describing past changes of the Briksdalsbreen outlet glacier from the Jostedalsbreen ice cap, the largest ice cap on mainland Europe. The second part of the talk will be spent on presenting evidence of the size variations of the entire Jostedalsbreen ice cap during the last ~11,000 years, after the termination of the last ice age. Finally, an estimate of what may happen with Norwegian glaciers in a future climate will be presented.