Speaker - Lenny Smith, Professor, Virginia Tech. Hosted by Walt Robinson. Title - Reflection versus Regurgitation: Simulation, Statistics, and Insight from Fitzroy to ECMWF’s AIFS. (link to relevant paper) Abstract - There is considerable dispute today over when scientific forecasting is best grounded in sophisticated regurgitation of past observations, and when it is best grounded in reflection on the…
Speaker - Tim Conway, Associate Professor, University of South Florida. Hosted by Nicholas Meskhidze and Douglas Hamilton. Topic - Un-muddying the waters: using iron isotopes to investigate the sedimentary dissolved iron source Abstract - After twenty years of the International GEOTRACES program, marine sediments are now firmly established as important (local) sources of dissolved Fe…
Speaker - Elizabeth Sibert, Assistant Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Ocean Discovery Lecture. Topic - A microfossil history from the bottom of the sea: sharks, fish, mass extinctions, and 85 million years of global change Abstract - Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet today, and the type and abundance of…
Speaker - Lian Xie, NC State Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Scholarly Reassignment Seminar. Topic - Not All AI Models Are Created Equal: Lessons from Hurricane Prediction Abstract - Tropical cyclones pose increasing risks to coastal communities, making seasonal prediction a critical scientific and societal challenge. This presentation shows the performance of four…
Speaker - Paul Liu, NC State Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Topic - Generative AI for Research in MEAS Abstract - Recent advances in generative AI are transforming how we model and understand complex geophysical systems. Among these, Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) offer a powerful framework that integrates governing physical laws directly into…
Speaker - Viney Aneja, NC State Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Scholarly Reassignment Seminar. Seminar Title - Nitrogen: The Emerging Global Cycle Crisis Abstract - Just as carbon fueled the Industrial Revolution, nitrogen has driven an Agricultural Revolution that fundamentally transformed global food production. The use of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers and cultivation of…
Speaker - Gil Compo, University of Colorado, CIRES & NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Hosted by Walt Robinson. Seminar Title - Learning the Dynamics of El Nino and the Madden-Julian Oscillation from Data Abstract - We have performed a diagnosis of the tropical Indo-Pacific climate system using an empirical-dynamical Linear Inverse Model (LIM) of weekly anomalies…
Speaker - John Paul Balmonte, Marine Science, Assistant Professor, Lehigh University, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (host - Ryan Paerl) Zoom Seminar Title - New insights into microbial remineralization of organic matter: pressure effects from surface waters to the deep sea and year-long trends in the high Arctic Abstract - The rates at which marine microbial communities degrade,…
Speaker - Heather Hanna, Earth Science, North Carolina Geological Survey (host D. Grimley) Zoom Seminar Title - Mine waste as a potential resource: a critical minerals characterization of the Tungsten Queen mine tailings, Vance County, North Carolina Abstract - Critical minerals are vital to the United States’ economy and national security, but are at high risk for supply chain…
Speaker - Peter J. Haproff, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (host - A. Nixon) ZoomSeminar Title - Structural framework of the Eoarchean Isua and Tussaap supracrustal belts, southwestern Greenland: Implications for early Earth tectonics Abstract - The Isua and Tussaap supracrustal belts of the Itsaq gneiss complex, southwestern Greenland, form the largest and best-preserved exposure of…
Speaker - Sarah George, UNC-Chapel Hill, Geology (host - M. Curry) Seminar Title - Subduction of thick oceanic crust: a key player in Earth surface processes along Cordilleran margins Zoom Asbtract - Subduction of thick oceanic crust is an important process that occurs along ~10% of Cordilleran margins, modifying the geometry of the subduction zone. This talk…
Speaker - Gregory Characklis, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, W. R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor, Dept. of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Director - Center on Financial Risk in Environmental Systems (host - G. Lackmann) ZoomSeminar Title - Assessing and Managing the Financial Risks of Extreme EventsBio - Prof. Characklis’ primary research interests involve…