As the Sochi Olympics approach, questions remain as to whether the mild climate of the area will be able to accommodate snow-intensive sports like skiing and snowboarding. Back home in Canada, Carleton’s Stephan Gruber will help paint a picture of the future of winter sports when he participates in a panel on the future of snow and skiing in a warming world on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014.
Gruber will be joined on the panel by Olympians Sara Renner and Patrick Biggs. The panel will also include Dirk Van Wijk, chief of grooming during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics; Renée Bellehumeur, senior manager of Visitors Services and Operations at Gatineau Park; and Bob Suderman, co-owner of the Camp Fortune ski resort.
When: Wednesday Feb. 5, 2014 from 7:30 p.m. until 9 p.m.
Where: The Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 11 Aviation Pkwy, Ottawa
This event is free and open to the public, though registration is required here. The panel is being hosted by Ecology Ottawa.
About Stephan Gruber:
Stephan Gruber is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at Carleton University. In 2013, he was named Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Impacts/Adaptation in Northern Canada.
Prior to his appointment at Carleton University, Gruber was a senior researcher at the University of Zurich, Switzerland. His research group has been involved in a number of large collaborative research programs, bringing together engineering, geoscience and government agencies.
Gruber is co-editor-in-chief of The Cryosphere and a contributing author to the Fifth Assessment Report, International Panel on Climate Change of the UN Environment Program and World Meteorological Organization.
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