Mammoths of Coyote Canyon

Zoom Meeting

On Nov11, 2024, Join the Ice Age Floods Chapter Puget Lobe for a look at the Coyote Canyon (Mammoth) dig site: This site was originally discovered in 1999; but left undisturbed until 2008, with formal excavation beginning in September,2010.  The accompanied photo shows the work done thru Jun 2014.  In the intervening 10+ years additional work has completed.  As you can see by the photograph, the cinder block, 5-gal bucket, and the4x4 lumber bream, this may be a small portion of the overall site. The presentation will be Zoom only and given by IAFI Vice President Mr. Gary Kleinknecht.  Meeting starts at 7:00pm with sign-ins  starting  at 6:45. click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Working Site as of June 2012

Northern Ice

Bellevue College Building L Room 219 3000 Landerholm Cir SE, Bellevue, WA, United States

(2 Dec 2024)   Grace Sherwood Winer is a geologist and explorer who has done extensive studies on the melting of glacial ice in the Arctic.  She will present present her work on the islands of Svalbard and Iceland at our meeting on 06Jan2025 at 7:00pm at Bellevue College, Building B, Room 104.  Note room change! This will be an In-person lecture and livecast via Zoom. Click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Bellevue College, Bldg B, Rm 104

Terroir and the floods

(12Dec24) Scott Burns is back in March to talk about the impact the Ice Age Floods had on vinticulture in the Pacific Northwset.  Join us as Scott explains how the Floods influenced the regional properties of Northwest soils and ultimately made the Pacific Northwest one of the prime wine producing regions in the United States. The "virtual wine tasting" will happen at our chapter meeting 04Mar2025 at 7:00pm at Bellevue College, Building B ,ROOM 104.  This lecture will be in-person and livecast on Zoom. Click on Zoom link:   https://us02web.Zoom.us/j/82985244730 Bellevue College, Bldg B Rm 104

1.5 Million Years of Climate Data from the Antarctic Drilling Project

(05Dec2024) The Mid-Pleistocene Transition (MPT), where the Pleistocene glacial cycles changed from 41 to ∼100 kyr periodicity, is one of the most intriguing unsolved issues in the field of paleoclimatology. Jerry McManus is an AGU Fellow who is Chair of Columbia University's Environmental School. He spent time in Antarctica as part in a European-led consortium project to drill down an existing drill hole to punch back another half-million years of climate data from ice in the Antarctic Ice Sheet. The goal of the project was to get a continuous ice record reaching back past the Mid Pleistocene Transition (MPT) to get a better perspective on the short cycle into the long cycle transition. At our May meeting, Jerry will present an early glimpse on what the team discovered.  The May 05 meeting will be held in Bellevue College, Room B104.  The program begins at 7:00 PM.