Current Research in Climate Change: Climate Solutions

Course Details

  • Acronym ATM S/ESS/OCEAN 586
  • Instructor(s) LuAnne Thompson
  • Quarter Spring 2023
  • Credits 2
  • Meeting Times T 330-450
  • Location OCN 425
  • Fullfills GCeCS requirement, GCeCS Seminar Requirement

Course Description

Weekly lectures focusing on a particular aspect of climate (topic to change each year) from invited speakers (both UW and outside), plus one or two keynote speakers, followed by class discussion. Credit/no-credit only.

Spring 2023 Schedule

April 4  Charlie Donovan, Visiting Professor UW Foster School of Business, Can the private sector deliver on climate finance?

April 11  Celina Balderas Guzman, Landscape Architecture, Coastal Nature-Based Solutions for Sea Level Rise 

April 18 Soo Kim, School of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Searching for Climate-Ready Plants

April 25 Ann Bostrom, Evans School, Co-producing science to cope with coastal hazards and climate change in Cascadia

May 2 Rob Wood and Sarah Doherty, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Solar Radiation Management

May 9 Mari Winkler,  Civil and Environmental Engineering, Using microalgae for CO2 capture from the ocean to prevent further climate change and ocean acidification.

May 16 Matt Chadsey. Non Linear Venture, Green Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation and Community Wellbeing

May 23 Jade Suave, Graduate Student, School of Oceanography, Ocean Solutions

May 30 John Crusius, USGS and UW Oceanography, Studying chemical weathering of glacial particles as an analogue for understanding ocean carbon dioxide removal via ocean alkalinity enhancement