Environmental Science Seminar Series Archives (ESSS)

2009 ESSS Seminars:

• January 26, 2009 Coming to Grips with Sustainable Practices: Where Do We Go from Here?

2008 ESSS Seminars:

November 21, 2008 Two Engineering Measures to Reduce Global Warming: Injecting Particles into the Atmosphere and "Clean" Coal

October 10, 2008 Ecosystem Health in a Climatically-Altered World - Is 'Species Rescue' part of the Prognosis for the Future?

September 26, 2008 Accelerating Atmospheric CO2 Growth from Economic Activity, Carbon Intensity, and Effieciency of Natural Carbon Sinks

July 11, 2008 Public Attitudes, Perceptions, and Concern about Global Warming: Evidence from a New Survey

June 27, 2008 Coping with Climate Change: Gulf Coast Transportation and New York City Waterworks

May 16, 2008 Climate & Health Effects of Carbon Dioxide and other Air-borne particles

April 25, 2008 Biofuels, Land Conversion & Climate Change

April 7, 2008 Adapting to Climate Change: What Happens to Our Transportation Infrastructure?

March 24, 2008 Solar Radiation, Cosmic Rays and Greenhouse Gases: What's Driving Global Warming?

January 14 , 2008 Natural CO-2 Sinks and their Policy Implications: A Closer Look at Where Current CO-2 Levels are Headed, in Historical Context

2007 ESSS Seminars:

• December 18, 2007 The Frame and Scale of the Climate/Energy Challenge: Issues and Implications
• November 26 , 2007 Arctic Sea Ice Melt and Shrinking Polar Ice Sheets: Are Observed Changes Exceeding Expectations?
• October 29, 2007 Climatically-Induced Increases in Water Vapor and Precipitation: Causation and Implications
• September 21, 2007 Hurricanes and Climate Change: What’s Resolved and What Remains To Be Resolved?
• July 18, 2007 Space Weather: An Evolving Science & Policy Issues
• June 22,2007 The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change: How do we know we're not wrong?
• May 15, 2007 Effective Communication: Persuasion and the Science of Social Influence
• April 16, 2007 Managing Climate Change: The Daunting Energy Challenge Ahead
• March 19, 2007 Marine Fisheries and Ocean Ecosystems: A Global Problem in search of Policy
• February 28, 2007 Anticipating Abrupt Climate Changes: Are Our Perceptions Consistent with the Evidence?
• January 31, 2007 Multiple Lines of Evidence: The Scientific Case for Global Warming and its Causation

2006 ESSS Seminars:

• November 28 , 2006 The Divide between Values and Behavior: Exploring American Perceptions of Global Warming and the Environment
• October 20 , 2006 Is Global Warming Impacting or Expected to Impact, Hurricanes?
• September 25, 2006 "Drought, Water, Wildfires and Climate Change in the Western US - Historical Context and the Road Ahead"
• July 14 , 2006 Impact of Climate Change on Arctic Ecosystems: A Snapshot of Mammals and Forests
• May 31, 2006 Changes in Cold Places Part II: The Role of Air Pollution on Arctic Warming
• May 3, 2006 Changes in Cold Places: A Look at the Greenland Ice Sheet, Arctic Sea Ice and the Antarctic Ice Sheet
• March 21, 2006 Human Alteration of the Nitrogen Cycle: Implications for Plant Growth, Food Supply, Climate, Water Quality, and Human Health
• February 21, 2006 Thawing of Arctic Permafrost: Extent, Causation and Implications
• January 25, 2006 Surface Temperature, CO2 and Methane: The Past, Present and Likely Trajectory of Three Key Indicators of Climate Change

2005 ESSS Seminars:

• December 13, 2005 Disaster Recovery: A Post-Disaster Reaction or Anticipatory Activity?
• November 16, 2005 Recent Advances In Understanding and Measuring Changes in Earth's Vertical Temperature Profile
• October 25, 2005 Hurricanes: Are They Changing and Are We Adequately Prepared for the Future?
• October 5, 2005 Changes in Ocean Acidity Resulting from the Buildup of CO2: Implications for the Present and the Future
• July 25, 2005 The Future of Oil: Will Supply Meet Demand?
• June 20, 2005 New Orleans, Hurricanes and Climate Change: A Question of Resiliency
• May 26, 2005 Declining Mountain Snowpack in Western North America: Implications for Water Resource Management in the Western U.S.

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