Earth’s Thermometers: Glacial and Ice Sheet Melt in a Changing Climate

Opening Statement

Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX)

Witnesses

Dr. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences and Associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Robin E. Bell, Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Twila A. Moon, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center’s (NSIDC) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. Gabriel J. Wolkon, Research Scientist and Manager, Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Department of Natural Resources [Truth in Testimony]

Dr. W. Tad Pfeffer, Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder [Truth in Testimony]