Speaker - Mike Kipp, Duke University, Division of Earth & Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Levine Science Research Center, Zoom Seminar Title - The evolution of plant-microbial nitrogen-fixing symbioses: An isotopic perspective Bio - Mike is a paleo-bio-geo-chemist, i.e., he studies the co-evolution of life and its environment through Earth history. He has a particular…
Speaker - Pamela Hallock Muller, Distinguished University Professor, Geological Oceanography, University of South Florida (hosted by the Seminar Committee), 3:30PM, Biltmore 2010 and via Zoom Seminar Title - Might carbonate production by tropical foraminifera in Mediterranean coastal waters locally compensate for sea-level rise?
Seminar Title - Fossil Fuel Divestment in Academia (Biltmore 2010 and via Zoom) Speakers - Noah Liguori-Bills, Atmospheric Science PhD Student, and Walt Robinson, Professor of Atmospheric Science Bios - Noah Liguori-Bills, Walt Robinson Abstract - Fossil fuel divestment is the action of disclosing and ending all investments, professional relationships, recruiting events, and business with the fossil fuel industry. Over 140 four year colleges…
Speaker - Elyssa Collins, NASA Goddard Center (hosted by P. Liu), in person and via Zoom. Seminar Title - Evaluating global patterns in river flows and river water storage Abstract - River water storage and flows are highly variable in space and time, which presents many water security challenges, such as flooding and limited freshwater availability. Traditionally, in-situ stream…
Speaker - David McConnell, Professor Emeritus, MEAS Department, NCState University, (hosted by MEAS Seminar Committee), in person and via Zoom. Seminar Title - Learning about Teaching: From Novice to Expert as a Geoscience Instructor Abstract - I will discuss my personal journey from an uninformed but enthusiastic instructor to an experienced professor striving to incorporate the most effective…
Speaker - Russ S. Schumacher, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University; Director, Colorado Climate Center; and Colorado State Climatologist. Seminar Title - Applying machine learning to advance the prediction of hazardous convective weather. This seminar is in person and via Zoom. Abstract - Convective weather hazards, including tornadoes, large hail, damaging winds, and excessive rainfall,…
Speaker - Jason Jolliff, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division (hosted by R. He). If you will be remotely attending, please use the Go link, go.ncsu.edu/meas-seminars. Seminar Title - Ocean Color Sensor Fusion and Integrated Air-Sea Numerical Modeling: Expanding Temporal Views and Mechanistic Understanding of Coastal Ocean Processes Abstract - This talk provides an overview of several…
Speaker - Walt Robinson, NCState, MEAS, Atmospheric Science, hosted by the University in Amsterdam, Netherlands, (Prof. Dim Coumou) and the MEAS Seminar Committee, in person and via Zoom. Seminar Title - Summer storm tracks: trends and variations (sabbatical research)
Our MEAS Department Seminar will be in Biltmore 2010 (for the entire Fall Semester) at 330PM, Monday, August 26, in-person and via Zoom. Speaker - Doug Watkins, Geomorphology, and he will be hosted by Ethan Hyland. Bio - Doug Watkins is a consulting petroleum geologist who hails from the sandhills of Scotland County, North Carolina. He has over forty-five years’ experience…