PCC Current Research In Climate Science Seminar
Spring 2024
Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Ocean Sciences Building Room 425
“Ocean Climate Solutions”
Organized by LuAnne Thompson, Prof of Oceanography
Spring 2023
Tuesdays 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Ocean Sciences Building Room 425
“Climate Solutions”
Organized by LuAnne Thompson, Prof of Oceanography and UW PCC Interim Director
- 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
Graduate students can register for ATMS/OCEAN or ESS 586 for 2 credits;
Undergraduates can enroll in ATMS/OCEAN or ESS 475 for 3 credits (also meets Thursdays, satisfies the climate minor capstone requirement)
Winter 2021
Organized by LuAnne Thompson (OCEAN), Becky Alexander (PCC/ATM S) and Jeremy Hess (CHanGE/DEOHS)
Led by LuAnne Thompson (OCEAN)
The UW Program on Climate Change (PCC) and Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) are organizing a seminar in Winter 2021 focused on the intersection of climate change and human health. We aim to bring together researchers in the two communities to discuss how climate change has and will impact human health. Conversations will be wide ranging and include methods for projecting future climate and relevant exposures and impacts, including broader considerations related to determinants of health and wellbeing, and implications for climate change communication and management. Some sessions will focus on cross-cutting issues and others on specific exposures and pathways. We hope that bringing together these two communities will facilitate collaboration in research and education on the intersection of climate change and health and develop a foundation for further joint educational programming. Each week will consist of two 30 min talks, one focusing on fundamental climate change (PCC) and the other focused on health impacts (CHanGE). Talks will be followed by Q&A.
Week 1 (Jan 5) Climate Change and Climate Impacts: the IPCC Process
- Kyle Armour (Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography)
- Jeremy Hess (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Global Health, Emergency Medicine)
Week 2 (Jan 12) Priorities for the future in science and technology
- Dan Schwartz (Chemical Engineering)
- Howard Frumkin (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Week 3 (Jan 19) Climate Change Attribution
- Dale Durran (Atmospheric Sciences)
- Kristie Ebi (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Global Health)
Week 4 (Jan 26) Hurricane disasters and policy response
- Shuyi Chen (Atmospheric Sciences)
- Nicole Errett (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Week 5 (Feb 2) Water, health and climate
- Gordon Holtgrieve (Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences)
- Karen Levy (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Week 6 (Feb 9) Working with communities
- Esther Min (Environmental and Occupational Hygiene)
- Meade Krosby (Climate Impacts Group)
Week 7 (Feb 16) Climate Change, Wildfires and Health Impacts
- Brian Harvey (Environmental and Forest Sciences)
- Tania Busch Isaksen (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Week 8 (Feb 23) Heatwaves and Health
- Nicholas Bond (Washington State Climatologist, Institute for Climate, Ocean and Ecosystem Studies)
- June Spector (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Week 9 (March 2) Nature and Health
- Cory Morin (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, Global Health)
- Josh Lawler (Environmental and Forest Sciences)
Week 10 (March 9) Food Security
- David Battisti (Atmospheric Sciences)
- Jennifer Otten (Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences)
Spring 2020 : 4th Annual Spring Symposium: A Virtual Seminar Series. Tuesdays at 3pm.
Those with UWnet id’s can access Panopto recordings of many of these presentations here.
Tuesday May 5th:
- Michael Diamond, Department of Atmosphere Sciences: What can (and can’t) we learn about climate and air quality from the socio-economic response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
- Joel Eklof, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Transport of thermal energy by rain in permafrost landscapes.
- Kyle Armour, School of Oceanography and the Department of Atmospheric Sciences: Title TBD.
Tuesday May 12th:
- Lucia Hosekova, Applied Physics Lab: Wave-ice interactions and their implications for Arctic coasts
- Man Marcaida, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences: Going with the Mekong River Flow: Examining the Spatio-temporal Changes in Rice Production in Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Floodplains
- Shelby Ahrendt, Civil and Environmental Engineering: Hydrogemoephic Hazards in the Pacific Northwest: how are the ways rivers are changing affecting how they flood?
Tuesday May 19th:
- Lucas Zeppetello, Atmospheric Sciences: Large Scale Deforestation Drives Extreme Warming in Tropical Rainforests
- Ian Stanfield, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Supporting Stream Restoration Through Landowner Education
- Robert Levine, School of Oceanography: Wind, Waves, and (W)robots: Autonomous vehicle surveys of Arctic cod in the Chukchi Sea
Tuesday May 26th:
- Sarah Ragen, School of Oceanography: Physics of a Changing Climate: Energy Conservation and Transfer
Tuesday June 2nd:
- Charlotte Dohrn and Hanna Miller, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Taking action on ocean acidification: Pathways for states
- Katie Hearther, Oceanography/Marine biology: Meeting people where they are: Guidance for designing field-based learning experiences with research and education partners to enhance coastal stewardship
- Susannah Maher, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs: Increasing scientists’ capacity to work with conservative communities on climate
Winter 2020
PCC Winter Seminar on Arctic Change. Tuesday from 3:30-4:30 pm in OCEAN 425.
Organized by LuAnne Thompson, Oceanography
January 7: Jim Thomson (Civil and Environment Engineering and Applied Physics Laboratory), Ocean Waves and Arctic Sea Ice
January 14: Lauren Sancken (Law School), Relocation in the Regulatory Void: Lessons from Kivalina, Alaska
January 21: Ed Blanchard Wigglesworth (Atmospheric Sciences), Sea ice predictability
January 28: Bonnie Light (Applied Physics Laboratory), MOSAiC Arctic Drift Campaign: sea ice measurements in the service of improved model physics
February 4: Axel Schweiger (Applied Physical Laboratory) and Kevin Wood (Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Oceans), Long term observed changes in Arctic Sea Ice
February 11: Twila Moon (National Snow and Ice Data Center, University of Colorado), Rapid reconfiguration of the Greenland Ice Sheet
February 18: Joshua Griffin (School of Marine and Environmental Affairs and Department of Indian Studies), Indigenous approaches to Arctic Change
February 25: Casey Clark (Joint Institute for the study of the Atmosphere and Ocean), Tooth and Bone: What biogeochemistry can teach us about marine mammals in a changing Arctic
March 3: Scott Montgomery (Jackson School of International Affairs), The Geopolitics of Arctic Change
March 10: Lettie Roach (Atmospheric Sciences), Modeling Arctic sea ice change