BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Burbank Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Burbank Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:4816a332-02da-4ad3-b850-e43ac3d892a8 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260729T051543Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250205T203000 SUMMARY:Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions LOCATION:Buena Vista Branch Library\nBuena Vista Branch Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Buena Vista Branch Library ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Buena Vista Branch Library:geo:34.1641333,-118. 3302139 GEO:34.1641333;-118.3302139 DESCRIPTION:Paleontologist Neil Shubin\, in conversation with JPL's Alex G ardner\, explains the dynamics of ice sheets and glaciers\, what they tell us about our past\, and what they portend for our future..\nhttps://burba nk.libnet.info/event/12475347 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Paleontologist Neil Shubin is famous for h is discovery of Tiktaalik\, the 375-million year-old fossil that is considered a missing link between fish and humans. \; That discover y was the inspiration for his bestselling book\, Your Inner Fish\, which was made into a popular three-part PBS miniseries. \;Tikta alik was discovered in Devonian formations on Ellesmere Island in the Arctic Circle\, and much of Shubin&rsquo\;s search for ancient fossils ha s taken place in both the Arctic and Antarctic. His new book\, Ends of the Earth\, is based on his explorations in the polar regions. We ha ve discovered that the polar regions amplify and dramatize the climate cha nges going on more subtly elsewhere on our planet\, and changes at the pol es in turn will have impact on all life on earth. Shubin explains how we h ave come to this understanding\, how we learned about the dynamics of ices heets and glaciers\, how the ice itself chronicles a history of climate on our planet\, how what has happened there in the past has shaped our devel opment as a species\, and how what is happening there now will shape our f uture. What happens at the poles does not stay at the poles - the ends of the earth offer profound stories that will forever change our view of life and the entire planet.

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"Ends of the Earth is a cosmic adventure s tory written in ice. \; It&rsquo\;s a tale of glaciers that flow like rivers and scientists who fall through crevasses and animals that evolve t heir own anti-freeze to allow them to thrive in extreme cold. \; Shubi n brings alive some of the harshest and most fragile places on earth\, rev ealing the exquisite dance of time and physics and biology that created th ese icy realms and all the creatures that inhabit them\, as well as the pe rils these regions now face in our rapidly warming world. \; In the ic e\, Shubin has discovered the story of our time." \;- Jeff Goodell\, a uthor

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Copies of Ends of the Earth \;will be a vailable for purchase and signing by the author.

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