Free Film Screening: Chasing Ice
Wally Broecker
- Visiting Scientist, Global Institute of Sustainability, Arizona State University
- Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Thomas Sharp
- Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
- Director, LeRoy-Eyring Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State University
- Director, ASU/NASA Space Grant Program
Join us for a free screening of the film CHASING ICE, an award-winning documentary depicting the story of acclaimed National Geographic photographer James Balog and his mission to gather undeniable evidence of climate change. Using time-lapse cameras, Balog's videos compress years into seconds and capture ancient mountains of ice in motion as they disappear at a breathtaking rate.
View the film trailer here.
After the film, geologist Thomas Sharp and geochemist Wally Broecker will host a discussion with the audience. Sharp is a mineralogist interested in understanding processes that occur on and within the Earth's surface. Broecker, arguably one of the world's greatest living scientists, has led the war on human-caused climate change.
Free parking is available at the Brickyard Parking Garage. Bring your ticket and the theater will validate.
Doors open 6:30 p.m.
Showtime at 7:00 p.m.