"Cape Cod's Glacial Memories" with Kaden Martin

Cape Cod has a rich geologic history rooted in a frozen world. Roughly 20,000 years ago, the last ice age was at its peak. During this time, there were massive ice sheets across North America, and the average sea-level was nearly 400 feet lower than it is today. The transition between this past ice-rich world and our modern environment was very important in shaping our local landscape and left behind unique traces we can still see today. Join Orleans Conservation Trust and Dr. Kaden Martin to learn more about how the Earth’s icy environment transformed into modern conditions, how this change helped to create Cape Cod, and what frozen footprints you can still see today across Orleans.

Dr. Kaden Martin is a paleoclimatologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He received his PhD in Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences from Oregon State University and joined WHOI in 2024. Kaden studies both fast and slow climate change during ice ages, and how different Earth systems (like the oceans, air, and ice) are interconnected during these periods. He is passionate about investigating past changes in our environments and connecting them to the world around us today.

This lecture will take place at the CHO Meetinghouse, 3 River Road, Orleans. Doors open at 6:00pm, and the lecture starts at 6:30pm.

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