[Todos] Coloquio en Ciencias de la Atmosfera: 03/12

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          Coloquio en Ciencias de la Atmosfera

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Viernes 3 de Diciembre, 13hs

“How the World Will Change – With Global Warming”

Dr. Trausti Valsson 
Professor of Planning at the University of Iceland.

Trausti Valsson’s approach to the problem of global warming is a 
refreshing look at the advantages that will ensue. With the melting of 
the sea ice in the north, shipping routes will regularly include the 
passage north of Siberia and, slightly later, a north-west passage 
through the Canadian Archipelago. This means that countries bordering 
the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans will become “closer” to each other and

that ships too wide for the Panama and Suez Canals can easily transport 
oil and other cargoes via the shorter routes over the Arctic Ocean.
The warming climate and melting ice will make oil and mineral 
resources in northern areas easily accessible for exploitation and will 
make the far north comfortable for human habitation, replacing the 
living spaces around the central areas of the globe that will become too 
hot for habitation.
Valsson recognizes the fact that the world’s climate has changed 
many times in the past and that the present warming trend is not new. 
However, he underlines the importance of the international agreements 
for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Lugar: Aula 8, Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmosfera y los Oceanos
(DCAO)
Ciudad Universitaria, 2do piso

Los esperamos a todos!


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Grupo Coloquios
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmosfera y los Oceanos (FCEN-UBA)
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmosfera (CONICET-UBA)
Ciudad Universitaria, 2do piso.
email: coloquios en at.fcen.uba.ar
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