Past Events
January 05, 2009
Speaker: Dr. Olga V. Sergienko, Department of Geology, Portland State University, will present in a special seminar in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Science lecture series.
December 12, 2008
Dr. Manfredi Manizza to speak in the EAPS-PAOC Sack Lunch Seminar Series. Abstract: The top part of the Arctic Ocean is strongly influenced by an extraordinary amount of freshwater discharged by rivers along the entire basin (~10 % of the global freshwater although the Arctic is only 1 % of global ocean volume). This remarkable freshwater discharge is also associated with a large input of dissolved organic carbon (DOC, 35-40 Tera gC/year) that is produced by the surrounding terrestrial ecosystems.
December 10, 2008
Professor Cecilia Bitz, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington, will speak in the EAPS Department Lecture Series. About the Speaker: Prof. Bitz's webpage
December 05, 2008
This one day symposium of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at Tufts University will explore how sound science and policy research can lay a foundation for new climate policies – ones that will allow us to move beyond the current climate stalemate and which offer hope that a low carbon sustainable future is possible. Scientists are reporting with increasing urgency about the impacts of unabated climate change. With the new administration taking office there is a significant opportunity to reshape the US’ role in addressing the climate challenge.
December 05, 2008
Professor Vladimir Keilis-Borok, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UCLA, will speak in the EAPS Department Lecture Series. About the Speaker: Prof. Keilis-Borok is perhaps best known for his work on the non-linear dynamics of the Earth's crust (and earthquake prediction), however, he applies the same methodology to elucidate critical transitions in chaotic socio-economic systems.
December 02, 2008
Dr. George Crabtree, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, will speak in the MIT Energy Initiative Seminar Series. Abstract: The global dependence on fossil fuel is among the greatest challenges facing our economic, social and political future. The uncertainty of imported oil threatens global energy security, the pollution of fossil combustion threatens human health, and the emission of greenhouse gases threatens global climate.