Speaker: Sheila Saia, NCState, CNR-FER | Seminar Title: Mapping Vulnerable Communities and Streamflow Projections to Aid Climate Change Adaptation Planning Bio: Sheila Saia received her BS in Bioengineering from Binghamton University and her MS and PhD degrees in Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University. She is a postdoctoral researcher in NC State University’s Department…

Speaker - Danielle F. Lawson, Ph.D., NC State, USDA-NIFA Postdoctoral Scholar Seminar Title - Intergenerational Conversations: Can Children Help Solve our Climate Emergency? Abstract - As issues associated with climate change grow increasingly complex, the need for a citizenry prepared to address them cannot be overstated. Unfortunately, ideologically polarized contexts render climate change education and…

Speaker - Tammy M. Weckwerth, NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory (hosted by M. Parker) Seminar Title - MicroPulse Differential Absorption Lidar (MPD) for Thermodynamic Profiling Abstract - NCAR’s Earth Observing Laboratory develops and deploys a variety of observational instrumentation in support of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the university community. These instruments and platforms include research…

Speaker -  Ángel F. Adames-Corraliza, University of Michigan Seminar Title - Insights on Large-scale Precipitation Evolution in the Tropics from the Perspective of Plume Buoyancy Abstract - Tropical convection is highly sensitive by fluctuations in temperature and moisture in the lower-free troposphere as well as processes that occur in the planetary boundary layer (BL, 850-1000…

This event has been canceled. Speaker - Ademe Mekonnen, NC Agricultural & Technical University (NCAT) Seminar Title - The Role of Different Types of Deep Convection on Easterly Waves Initiation over Africa Abstract - Satellite-observed data from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) suggests that African easterly waves (AEWs) form in association with a ‘‘transition’’ process from…

Speaker Amanda Falk is an Assistant Professor of Biology at Centre College in Danville, KY (hosted by Curtis Congreve) Seminar Title Birds, Dirt, and Lasers: A New Look at Old Fossils Abstract Recent discoveries of incredible fossil birds from East Asia have captivated vertebrate paleontologists. New techniques and new technologies allow us to revisit some of these…

Speaker Kevin Dockendorf is the coastal fisheries research coordinator for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (hosted by Astrid Schnetzer). Seminar Title Fisheries and Aquatic Habitat Management at Lake Mattamuskeet Abstract The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (Commission) coordinates with the Mattamuskeet National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge) on for fisheries management and research projects. Lake Mattamuskeet…

Speaker - Hansjörg Seybold,  Department of Environmental Systems Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich  Profile  Seminar Title - Controls of Channel Networks from the Source to the Sink Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, August 26.  US Eastern 9:00 am, London 2:00 pm, Paris 3:00 pm,  Beijing: 9:00 pm, Sydney 11:00 pm These will be weekly…