Curso de Postgrado:

AUMENTOS EN EL NIVEL DEL MAR:

GLOBAL, REGIONAL Y LOCAL

Buenos Aires, 5-9 de septiembre de 2022

Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera. CONICET-UBA.
Ciudad Universitaria, Pabellón II, 2° piso. Buenos Aires.

Daily Schedule


Day 1: What is sea level? How do we measure sea level?
09:30 - 10:30 Student introductions & Introductory lecture
Students: please prepare 2-3 slides about yourself and upload them to the class Google Drive (link).
10:30 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Lecture: Topics: tidal datums, lunar cycles, observed vs. predicted tides and the effect of storms and wind, land subsidence, Tide gauges, satellite altimetry, trends.
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 Guest speaker: Claudia Simionato.
15:00 - 15:15 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 - 16:00 Discussion and writing assignment: Why are long-term records necessary to estimate the rate of sea level change? How long is necessary? How will comparing two records of different lengths How will comparing two records of different lengths different lengths affect your analysis?
Day 2: Changes in sea level due to thermal expansion and ice melt
09:30 - 10:30 Guest speaker: Martin Saraceno.
10:30 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Lecture: Regional factors: Land-ice melt, ocean temperature, vertical land movement, global ice distribution, ocean currents; Salinity effects of sea level rise: Movement of the salt wedge in estuaries, saltwater intrusion into coastal aquifers, saltwater infiltration following storm surge.
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 Student presentations & paper discussions:
Khojasteh et al. (2021)
Tully et al. (2019)
Michael et al. (2013)
15:00 - 15:15 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 - 16:00 Writing assignment and discussion: What is a bathtub model and why is it insufficient to describe future sea level rise?
Day 3: Marine transgression
09:30 - 10:30 Pedro Flombaum: Climate change effects on ecology.
10:30 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Lecture: Marsh migration and ghost forest formation.
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 paper discussions:
Thorne et al. (2018)
Schuerch et al. (2018)
Bacino et al. (2020)
15:00 - 15:15 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 - 16:00 Writing assignment and discussion: How will sea level rise interact with other climate change factors (changes in precipitation regimes, air temperature, ocean acidification, etc.) to affect ecosystems? Select an ecosystem of interest to you to answer this question.
Day 4: Barrier island transgression
09:30 - 10:30 Lecture: Overwash, island rollover, biogeomorphology and sea level rise.
10:30 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Guest Speaker: Walter Dragani.
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 paper discussions:
Hein et al. (2021)
Carretero et al. (2014)
Cooper et al. (2020)
15:00 - 15:15 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 - 16:00 Writing assignment and discussion: Are coastal ecosystems more vulnerable or more resilient to change due to climate change? Explain your answer.
Day 5: Coastal flooding
09:30 - 10:30 Lecture: Ecosystem service costs of sea level rise, coastal and island climate refugees, expected changes in the Rio de la Plata estuary.
10:30 - 10:45 MORNING BREAK
10:45 - 12:00 Guest lecture: Federico Robledo.
12:00 - 14:00 LUNCH
14:00 - 15:00 paper discussions:
Kulp et al. (2019)
Walls et al. (2019)
Jiménez-Hernández et al. (2021)
15:00 - 15:15 AFTERNOON BREAK
15:15 - 16:00 Writing assignment and discussion: You have been selected by the Province of Buenos Aires to attend the next IPCC Conference of the Parties as their representative. What message would you bring to the world's attention about sea level rise in your region?

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