Watson Lecture - Rising Tide: Tackling Sea Level Rise from Above and Below
Global sea level rise is one of the major environmental challenges of the 21st century. As lead scientist for multiple NASA JPL projects, Josh Willis and team are addressing this urgent problem from above and below. The Jason and Sentinel-6 satellites are measuring sea levels from space, and Oceans Melting Greenland, an airborne mission, is probing the island's warming coastal waters to help better predict the rising seas of the future. In this lecture, Willis will discuss how these missions will provide revolutionary data for modeling ocean and ice interactions and lead to improved estimates of global sea level rise.
This lecture will be presented in a hybrid format, allowing for both virtual viewers and in-person attendees. No advanced registration is required for either format.
How to watch online
The lecture can be live streamed on caltech.edu/watson or on Caltech's YouTube channel. Virtual viewers can submit questions for the lecturer through the YouTube chat feed. Select questions will be answered after the lecture, during the audience Q&A.
How to attend in person
Local participants can attend the lecture inside Caltech's Beckman Auditorium. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. In accordance with Caltech's guidelines for on-campus events, proof of vaccination* and accompanying ID must be shown for entry into Beckman Auditorium. Masks are currently required inside Beckman Auditorium. In-person attendees can ask questions during the audience Q&A immediately following the program.
*Proof of a negative viral test result from within 72 hours prior to the event will be accepted only for those individuals who have an exemption from the Caltech vaccination requirement. Learn more.
About the Series
Since 1922, The Earnest C. Watson Lecture Series has brought Caltech's most innovative scientific research to the public. The series is named for Earnest C. Watson, a professor of physics at Caltech from 1919 until 1959. Spotlighting a small selection of the pioneering research Caltech's faculty is currently conducting, the Watson Lectures are geared toward a general audience, as part of the Institute's ongoing commitment to benefiting the local community through education and outreach.
Many past Watson Lectures are available in a playlist on YouTube.
