Past Events
August 03, 2011
Timescales and Processes in Climate Change: Transience, Persistence, and Irreversibility, and the Surprising Roles of Different Gases
Special seminar, sponsored by the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences.
August 02, 2011
Impacts of Meteorology-Driven Seed Dispersal on Plant Migration: Implications for Future Vegetation Structure under Changing Climates
Chair of the Defense: Prof. Ronald G. Prinn (MIT)
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ronald G. Prinn (Thesis advisor, MIT) Prof. Elfatih Eltahir (MIT) Dr. Mick Follows (MIT) Dr. Jerry Melillo (Marine Biological Laboratory) Prof. A. David McGuire (U of Alaska, Fairbanks) Dr. C. Adam Schlosser (MIT)
July 27, 2011
Nitrous oxide (N2O) isotopic composition in the troposphere: instrumentation, observations at Mace Head, Ireland, and regional modeling
A public presentation of the thesis will be given by the candidate.
THESIS COMMITTEE: Prof. Shuhei Ono (MIT) Dr. Eric Davidson (Woods Hole Research Center) Dr. Peter Simmonds (Univ. of Bristol, U.K.)
June 22, 2011 - June 24, 2011
SESSIONS: The Scientific Evidence for Environmental Change; Energy Security; Managing Agricultural Resources; Managing the Threats to Ecosystems; Environmental Change and the Future of Cities; The Road From Cancun
June 15, 2011
As American families hit the road for summer travel, high prices at the pump are a problem. Expert Michael Greenstone says that even higher energy costs are concealed -- the costs of our choices on the environment, national security and our health.
Today at 12:30, Michael Greenstone, director of the Hamilton Project at Brookings, will answer your questions about the true costs of energy in a live web chat moderated by POLITICO.
You can submit advance questions to ScoutingReport@brookings.edu.