Fall 2008


Sep22

Herdis Schopka
PhD. Student, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University
Chemical weathering and consumption of atmospheric CO2 by groundwater on volcanic islands

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Sep29

Susana Costas
Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, Boston University
Complex barrier island stratigraphy as a result of sea-level rise and inlet dynamics

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Oct6

Nalin Kulatilaka
Professor, School of Business Management, Boston University
The invisible hand: How individual decisions and markets can reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Oct20

Bruce Anderson
Professor, Department of Geography, Boston University
Uncertainties in climate sensitivity and climate forcing: What can we learn from atmospheric general circulation models?

Time: 3:00 pm
Location:  STO B31C

Oct27

Mara Tonelli & Alberto Canestrelli
Ph.D. Students, Università degli Studi di Udine / Università degli Studi di Padova
Numerical modeling of nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Nov3

Stephanie Dutkiewicz
Research Scientist, Department of Earth Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT
Uncertainty in climate change modeling (with a focus on ocean biogeochemistry)

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Nov10

Jingfeng Wang
Research Scientist, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Do clouds follow deforestation in the Amazon?

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO B31C

Nov17

Roiy Sayag
Graduate Student, Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Harvard University
Spatiotemporal dynamics of pure ice streams due to a multivalued sliding law

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C

Nov24

Laure Zanna
Ph.D. Student, Department of Earth and Atmospheric  Science, Harvard University
Transient growth of the meridional overturning circulation: Implications for variability and predictability of Atlantic climate

Time: 3:00 pm
Location: STO 141C