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Seminar: Indoor Air Quality at the U of U

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

295 FASB; coffee and cookies in the lobby prior to the seminar. To attend via zoom, register at https://utah.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwtfuusrDwtH9JoPXmE6RN0mVw3U0y4k0Vu Individuals spend up to 90% of their time indoors, and poor indoor air quality (IAQ) is associated with numerous adverse human health effects. Yet, it has been less frequently studied than outdoor air quality.  Particulate matter […]

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 […]

Lecture: The Climate Crisis: Where Are We, What Can We Do?

Aline Skaggs Biology Auditorium 257 S 1400 E, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

College of Science Frontiers of Science lecture: The Climate Crisis: Where Are We, What Can We Do? Paleoclimatologist Dr. Maureen Raymo The Earth is running a fever. The ongoing pollution of our atmosphere with an invisible odorless gas called carbon dioxide, is trapping heat at the Earth’s surface and causing temperatures to rise on land […]