Courses & Lecturers - Austral Summer Institute

From the Amazon River to the Amundsen Sea the physical dynamics of freshwater-driven coastal systems6 - 10 January 2020
Biogeochemical processes on glaciers and impact on downstream ecosystems13 - 17 January 2020
Organic geochemistry of aquatic systems20 - 24 January 2020
Paleohydrology a sedimentological perspective27 - 31 January 2020
Ecology and Diversity of Marine Microorganisms ECODIM XI6 - 25 January 2020

From the Amazon River to the Amundsen Sea: the physical dynamics of freshwater-driven coastal systems

Description: Discharge of freshwater from the continents, spanning from the Amazon river to glaciers and ice sheets in the Amundsen (Antarctica), is a key part of the hydrological cycle and a critical process modulating the ocean’s circulation and properties. The course explores the physical dynamics of freshwater discharge to the ocean, the influence of this discharge on the local-to-global properties ...

Carlos Moffat

Lecturer ASI XX

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Biogeochemical processes on glaciers and impact on downstream ecosystems

Description Glaciers and ice sheets, like other biomes, occupy a significant area of the planet and harbour biological communities with distinct interactions and feedbacks with their physical and chemical environment. In the case of the glacial biome, the biological processes are dominated almost exclusively by microbial communities. Habitats on glaciers and ice sheets with enough liquid water to sustain microbial ...

Alexandre Anesio

Lecturer ASI XX

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Organic geochemistry of aquatic systems

Description: Carbon in the coastal zone, including estuaries, is composed of a mixture of autochthonous and allochthonous material. In this zone, material can be transformed, removed, and added through abiotic and biotic processes, with consequences for the global carbon and nitrogen cycles. This course will examine the cycling the dissolved and particulate organic matter (DOM) in coastal systems through the ...

Lihini Aluwihare

Lecturer ASI XX

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Paleohydrology: a sedimentological perspective

Description: Sediments deposited on the continental margin constitute one of the best archives of climate and environmental change. They allow reconstructing past changes in hydrology, including river discharge and glacier variability, at relatively high resolution and on time scales that cover the Holocene and beyond. Interpreting coastal sediment records in terms of past changes in hydrology however necessitates a comprehensive ...