The Birth, Life, and Death of Lakes with Professor John Richard Saylor
John Richard Saylor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University, provides a fascinating look at lakes and things you didn’t know about them. He provides examples of unique lakes around the world and offers a warning about natural resources and the human tendency to deplete them. In this session, you’ll learn about: The unique circumstances that brought Prof. Saylor to lake research Prof. Saylor’s lake research and some fascinating aspects of lakes How lakes store carbon dioxide and can cause an explosion of the lake What causes thermal stratification of lakes What Carolina Bays are and the mystery behind how they were formed Subglacial lakes and how chemosynthesis drives lake ecology How subglacial lakes were formed and were discovered Why glaciers are the “master builder” of lakes Several ways that lakes die The story of the Aral Sea (which in reality is a lake) and its warning for the Great Salt Lake How salt lakes form Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include: Prof. Saylor’s Clemson University profile John Richard Saylor’s webpage Amazon page for Prof. Saylor’s Book: Lakes: Their Birth, Life and Death
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Show Notes
John Richard Saylor, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Clemson University, provides a fascinating look at lakes and things you didn’t know about them. He provides examples of unique lakes around the world and offers a warning about natural resources and the human tendency to deplete them.
In this session, you’ll learn about:
- The unique circumstances that brought Prof. Saylor to lake research
- Prof. Saylor’s lake research and some fascinating aspects of lakes
- How lakes store carbon dioxide and can cause an explosion of the lake
- What causes thermal stratification of lakes
- What Carolina Bays are and the mystery behind how they were formed
- Subglacial lakes and how chemosynthesis drives lake ecology
- How subglacial lakes were formed and were discovered
- Why glaciers are the “master builder” of lakes
- Several ways that lakes die
- The story of the Aral Sea (which in reality is a lake) and its warning for the Great Salt Lake
- How salt lakes form
Resources and links mentioned in or relevant to this session include: