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GCSC Seminar: Jory Lerback “Inclusive Sustainable Resilience”

295 FASB (Sutton Geology Bldg.) 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

"What is “Inclusive Sustainable Resilience”, and how does my iso-bio-geo-chemistry skillset move us towards these ideals? Stories from a groundwater-reliant scientist" 295 FASB, coffee in the lobby prior. To attend via zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMrcu2upjsqHNWo65Y280BXsYZ_pfr6qWkJ Abstract: I first review what resilience and diversity means in the intersecting diversity/equity/inclusion and sustainability/environmental spaces. I illustrate how my […]

GCSC Seminar: Jeff Robison “Climate change and global child health”

295 FASB (Sutton Geology Bldg.) 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

295 FASB, coffee in the lobby prior. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtdOitqjIpGNb1fz3N7H6hHaMM8dSXvFGN Abstract: Climate change threatens to reverse gains in global child health made over the past 50 years. Greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution that result from the burning of fossil fuels pose the greatest public health threat of our generation. Climate […]

Seminar: Atmospheric drivers of Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss in a rapidly warming Arctic

295 FASB (Sutton Geology Bldg.) 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

FASB 295. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrceirrT0oGdA2sM5lhZq1GylgdHDzqXzc Jonathon Preece, Department of Geography, University of Georgia Abstract: The marked acceleration of Greenland Ice Sheet mass loss since the turn of the century has been one of the most visible changes in the climate system. The flux of freshwater storage from Greenland to the surrounding […]

Seminar: Matthew Fry “Shade, canopy, community: Emergent urban tree epistemologies”

295 FASB (Sutton Geology Bldg.) 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

295 FASB, coffee in the lobby prior. To attend via Zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtcuirpj8qG93Vbocc9QiXFJ81XdvhVQbR Abstract: Trees and forests are integral to ecosystems, human health, and quality of life in cities. In the U.S., federal, state, and local governments increasingly promote trees for their social, economic, and environmental benefits and invest heavily in expanding and preserving […]

Seminar: Summer Rupper “Chamoli Disaster…”

295 FASB (Sutton Geology Bldg.) 115 S 1460 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

"The February 7th, 2021, Chamoli Disaster: A(nother) Recent Example of the Complex Interactions of Cascading Hazards, Mountain Development, Renewable Energy, and Climate Change" 295 FASB, coffee in the lobby prior. To attend via zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsde2upzsvGdL4ypubdTDA1-I4ulW8ZLAu Abstract: On 7 Feb 2021, a catastrophic mass flow moved through multiple valleys in Chamoli, Uttarakhand, India, causing […]