Marine, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences

Speaker: Prof. Noboru Nakamura, University of Chicago | Seminar Title: Disruption of the Jet Stream and Threshold Behavior of Rossby Waves | Abstract: Weather anomalies in the midlatitudes are often linked to disruptions of the jet stream.  Atmospheric blocking in the…

Speaker: Susan C. van den Heever, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO Seminar Title: Diving into Cold Pools Abstract: Cold pools are produced by most precipitating convective storms and are frequent features in both the tropics and mid-latitudes. They…

Speaker: Dr. Katherine Ryker - Assistant Professor, Geoscience Education Research, School of the Earth, Ocean and Environment,  Columbia, South Carolina | President, National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT), Geoscience Education Division | NCState – MEAS alumna | Seminar Title: Quantifying the Impact of…

Speaker: Dr. Subrahmanyam Bulusu, Professor of Satellite Oceanography & Physical Oceanography, University of South Carolina (hosted by L. Xie) | Seminar Title: Intraseasonal Oscillations in the Indian Ocean and Their Impact on Indian Summer Monsoon Variability

Seminar Speaker - Sarah M. Aarons, UCSD Scripps | Seminar Title - When it’s dusty, it’s dusty: Geochemical insights into the modern and paleo dust cycle |  Abstract - The generation and transport of mineral dust is strongly related to…

Speaker - Dr. Brent D. Newman, Los Alamos National Lab Seminar Title - Isotopic and Geochemical Characterization of Arctic Ecosystems Abstract - Permafrost degradation is a major driver of ecosystem change in the Arctic and the potential for major impacts…