Speaker - Kimberly Rogers, East Carolina University (hosted by P. Liu) Seminar title - Coupled Human-natural (and Technical) System Dynamics in the Bengal Delta, Bangladesh Current Research - Rogers’ research is broadly interdisciplinary and examines evolving sediment dynamics at the land-sea boundary, principally within the rapidly developing river deltas of South Asia. As deltas are…
Speaker - Rebekah Rhodes, Ph.D. Student | Seminar Title - Variability in Terrestrial Climate during the Early Eocene Climatic Optimum: A Study of the Green River Formation, Southwestern Wyoming (USA)
NEW LOCATION - 1132 Jordan Hall | Speaker - Daniel Horton, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University (hosted by E. Hyland) | Seminar Title - Climate Change, Air Quality and Mitigation Co-Benefit Analyses Bio - Dr. Horton is an Assistant Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences and the leader of the Climate Change Research Group at Northwestern University.…
Speaker - Ashly Padgett, M.S. Student | Seminar Title - Terrestrial Paleoclimate during Unusual Climate States
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…
This event has been canceled. Speaker - Peter Hitchcock, Cornell University, Dept. Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY (hosted by W. Robinson) Seminar title - The Stratospheric Polar Vortex and its Influence on Surface Climate Abstract - Each winter, sharp gradients in radiative heating around the polar night generate strong westerly winds in the Arctic…
Speaker - Jim Best, Departments of Geology, Geography and Geographic Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Profile Seminar Title - The Nature and Pace of Anthropogenically-induced Change within the World's Large River The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes of Q&A. You are encouraged to watch and participate in the…
Please join us this Friday, the 14th, from 1pm-6pm for the annual MEAS-FER Research Symposium. This year all talks will be held virtually. This is a great way to learn about research within our departments and meet new people. To join the Zoom presentations, please check your email for the link and passcode. 1:00-1:50 Lab…
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 - Liz Chamberlain, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Vanderbilt University Profile Seminar Title - Dating Deltas: Geochronologic Theory and Examples from the Mississippi and Ganges-Brahmaputra The presentation will be approximately 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes of Q&A. You are encouraged to watch and participate in the live talks via YouTube. Times - 9:00 am local time, Wednesday, August 19. US Eastern…