Tag: Climate Science
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Stephanie Pfirman, Barnard College – Games and Climate Change
New ways of communicating the effects of climate change are needed. Stephanie Pfirman, professor of environmental sciences at Barnard College, explores whether making a game of it will help spread the information. Stephanie L. Pfirman, Professor of Environmental Science and Alena Wels Hirschorn ’58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences, joined the…
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Jaime Palter, University of Rhode Island – The Great Ocean Conveyor and Europe’s Winters
Could a cooldown be coming to Europe? Jaime Palter, assistant professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island, determines whether global warming is slowing the ocean currents that bring heat to the continent. Palter joined the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography in September, 2015. She studies large-scale ocean circulation and its interactions with…
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Tim Cook, Worcester State University – Hurricane Irene Erosion
While the West is drying out, the Northeastern U.S. is getting wetter. Tim Cook, Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science, Department of Earth, Environment and Physics, Worcester State University, explores the effects of a wetter climate in this region. I am geoscientist in the Department of Earth, Environment, and Physics at Worcester State University.…
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Sean Gulick, University of Texas at Austin – Effect of Climate on Mountain Building
What can erosion tell us about climate change? Sean Gulick, a geophysicist at the Jackson School of Geosciences at The University of Texas at Austin, explains how climate can grind mountains faster than they can be rebuilt. Sean Gulick is a research scientist and professor at the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas…
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Justin Mankin, Columbia University – Declining Snowpacks
Ski resorts aren’t the only ones that depend on a good base of snow in the winter. Justin Mankin, a postdoctoral fellow at Columbia University, describes how a changing climate may change the way cultures get their water in the spring and summer. Mankin is a climate scientist jointly appointed at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and…
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Garth Heutel, Georgia State University – Solar Geoengineering
How does an economist look at climate change? Garth Heutel, assistant professor of economics at Georgia State University, explains his research into the benefits and risks of solar geoengineering. Garth Heutel is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and a Faculty Research Fellow at…
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Pietro Ceccato featured on The Best Of Our Knowledge
As always, host Bob Barrett selects an Academic Minute to air during The Best of Our Knowledge. Each week this program examines some of the issues unique to college campuses, looks at the latest research, and invites commentary from experts and administrators from all levels of education. For this week‘s edition (#1304), Bob has selected Pietro…
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Pietro Ceccato, Columbia – Battling Earthly Plagues from Space
New technology that monitors our environment are proving vital. Pietro Ceccato, a scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society, discusses these new advances. Pietro Ceccato is a research scientist at Columbia University’s International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI). He originally trained as an agronomist and worked in the Central…
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Rolf Vinebrook, UAlberta – Ecological Surprises
Human behavior is impacting climate change. Rolf Vinebrook, biologist at the University of Alberta, discusses his research focusing on inland lakes. Rolf Vinebrook‘s early research examines the impacts of acidification on the stability of boreal lake communities. He then shifted his focus during his PhD towards stratospheric ozone depletion and the effects of ultraviolet radiation on…
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Aron Stubbins, UGeorgia – Permafrost Melt Water Testing
Testing the melting permafrost of the Arctic is helping researchers learn more about climate change. Aron Stubbins, associate professor at the University of Georgia’s Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, traveled to Siberia to conduct his experiments. Aron Stubbins studied Marine Biology at the University of Newcastle receiving a BSc (Hons) in 1998. Aron remained at the…