BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news466@duw.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230306T092308 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230322T161500 SUMMARY:Current Topics in Geosciences - Prof. Masaki Hayashi\, Department o f Geoscience\, University of Calgary\, Alberta\, Canada DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Many of us have been awed by the stunningly beautiful view of alpine lakes and streams – and they are not just beautiful. Nea rly half of the world population relies on rivers originating in high moun tains for water supply. Source areas of mountain streams have rugged topog raphy with sparse soil and vegetation covers\, and were once considered “Teflon basins” that have minimum capacity to store groundwater. Over the past decade or so\, a new understanding of alpine hydrogeology has bee n emerging based on detailed field observations around the world. Alpine b asins actually have important aquifer units that provide temporary storage of rain and melt waters from snowpack and glaciers. Gradual release of wa ter from these aquifers sustains stream flow during dry or cold periods\, and is critically important for water supply and aquatic habitats in downs tream regions.\\r\\n\\r\\nBiography: Masaki Hayashi is a professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Calgary in Canada. He receiv ed his B.Sc. and MSc. in earth sciences from Waseda University and Chiba U niversity\, respectively\, in Japan and his Ph.D. in earth sciences from t he University of Waterloo in Canada. He was a visiting research fellow at the Federal Institute for Forest\, Snow\, and Landscape (WSL) and the Fede ral Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in 2019. His main research interests are in the connection among groundwater\, surface water \, and atmospheric moisture in various environments. X-ALT-DESC:

Abstract: Many of us have been awed by the stunningly beautif ul view of alpine lakes and streams – and they are not just beautiful. N early half of the world population relies on rivers originating in high mo untains for water supply. Source areas of mountain streams have rugged top ography with sparse soil and vegetation covers\, and were once considered “Teflon basins” that have minimum capacity to store groundwater. Over the past decade or so\, a new understanding of alpine hydrogeology has bee n emerging based on detailed field observations around the world. Alpine b asins actually have important aquifer units that provide temporary storage of rain and melt waters from snowpack and glaciers. Gradual release of wa ter from these aquifers sustains stream flow during dry or cold periods\, and is critically important for water supply and aquatic habitats in downs tream regions.

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Biography: Masaki Hayashi is a professor in the D epartment of Geoscience at the University of Calgary in Canada. He receive d his B.Sc. and MSc. in earth sciences from Waseda University and Chiba Un iversity\, respectively\, in Japan and his Ph.D. in earth sciences from th e University of Waterloo in Canada. He was a visiting research fellow at t he Federal Institute for Forest\, Snow\, and Landscape (WSL) and the Feder al Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) in 2019. His main r esearch interests are in the connection among groundwater\, surface water\ , and atmospheric moisture in various environments.

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