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Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear
February 21, 2023
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Dr. Lynne Quarmby speaks on her personal journey and concerns about climate change that led to her interest in watermelon snow.
Watermelon-red snow is a tell-tale sign of springtime blooms of microscopic algae on alpine and arctic snow. Under the microscope, the algae are stunningly beautiful, but still, why study them? Dr. Lynne Quarmby will take us on a journey from molecular biology to the high Arctic and home again, illuminating the science of cells, of the climate, and of snow algae, while offering a reminder that much about the human experience is beyond reason. In this talk, we will hear about one scientist’s search for what it means to live a good life at a time of increasing desperation about the future.