This event has been cancelled.

On Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m., Michael Retelle, professor of Geology at Bates College in Maine, will share information about paleo-climatology through his study of arctic glaciers as part of Tabor Academy’s Science@Work Lecture Series.

Retelle did his undergraduate studies at Salem State College prior to working as a field geologist on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline in 1976. He did his graduate work in geosciences at UMass Amherst. His primary research interests include glacial and marine environments and climate change in northern New England and in the Canadian and Norwegian arctic.

His talk at Tabor will focus on the recent environmental history in Svalbard, Norway, with an emphasis on the alpine glacier history from the ice expansion during the Little Ice Age of the 14th to 19th centuries to the retreat that began in the beginning of the 20th century that has accelerated in recent decades.

This lecture is free and open to the public and will be held in Lyndon South Auditorium, Stroud Academic Center, 232 Front St.