Warming of global lakes topic of February 26 talk

  • Author By Rachel Hatch
  • February 25, 2016
image of Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
Lake Tanganyika in East Africa
Catherine O’Reilly head shot

Catherine O’Reilly

Associate Professor of Geology Catherine O’Reilly will present “Rapid Warming of Lakes Around the World” at 3 p.m. Friday, February 26, in Felmley Hall, room 133.

O’Reilly helped lead a global study, funded by NASA, that found climate change is rapidly warming lakes around the world, threatening freshwater supplies and ecosystems.

The talk is sponsored by the Department of Geography-Geology. For additional information, contact the department at (309) 438-7649 or geo@IllinoisState.edu.

 

Units

College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Geography, Geology, and the Environment