Lecture 02.10.2024
Geoengineering on Glaciers: Risky? Sustainable? Ethical?
Lecture Topic: Geoengineering and the Impact of Climate Change on Glaciers
Organized by: Rainer Pfluger, Assoc. Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Speaker:
Birgit Sattler
Univ.-Prof. Dr., Institut für Ökologie, Universität Innsbruck
Background:
– Expert in microbial life on glaciers and polar regions
– Specialist in ecological research related to the climate crisis
– Leads innovative projects like ‘COVER.UP’ to reduce glacier melting
Lecture Focus:
– Climate impacts on glacial ecosystems
Ethicatie icanes to sunginable glacial preservation