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GCSC Seminar: “Why does humanity need new energy materials, and where will we find them?” Taylor Sparks

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"Why does humanity need new energy materials, and where will we find them?" You must be logged in to your Zoom account to join. Zoom link https://utah.zoom.us/j/91594101737?pwd=ZWFHV2dWK2ZuektJeGJxUWQxUjdnUT09 Meeting ID: 915 9410 1737     Passcode: 310125 The costs of our reliance on fossil energy are substantial negative impacts on the environment as well as unequal impacts […]

“Confronting the politics of a changing climate in the science classroom”

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You must be logged in to your Zoom account to join. Zoom link https://utah.zoom.us/j/91594101737?pwd=ZWFHV2dWK2ZuektJeGJxUWQxUjdnUT09 Meeting ID: 915 9410 1737     Passcode: 310125 Among the US public, climate change remains divisive and politically fraught. The political polarization surrounding climate science presents a major challenge for K-12 science teachers. On the one hand, as educators, we have […]

GCSC Seminar: Wildfire Smoke and Air Quality in the Western U.S.

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Heather Holmes, UU Dept. of Chemical Engineering You must be logged in to your Zoom account to join. Zoom link https://utah.zoom.us/j/91594101737?pwd=ZWFHV2dWK2ZuektJeGJxUWQxUjdnUT09 Meeting ID: 915 9410 1737     Passcode: 310125 Results of ongoing air quality modeling efforts to estimate and forecast wildfire smoke plume transport will be presented, including a discussion of challenges specific to the […]

GCSC Seminar: “Human-Ecosystem Dynamics on the Forgotten Peninsula”

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You must be logged in to your Zoom account to join. Zoom link https://utah.zoom.us/j/91594101737?pwd=ZWFHV2dWK2ZuektJeGJxUWQxUjdnUT09 Meeting ID: 915 9410 1737     Passcode: 310125 Shane Macfarlan, Department of Anthropology, University of Utah This presentation explores human population dynamics and cultural responses to the hot, arid ecosystems of the Baja California peninsula (Mexico). The Baja California peninsula is […]

GCSC Seminar: “Examining the Impacts of Inequality on Environmental Views & Outcomes in the U.S.”

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Lazarus Adua, Department of Sociology "The Downside of the Gap! Examining the Impacts of Inequality on Environmental Views and Outcomes in the United States" Register to attend: https://utah.zoom.us/j/97433558176?pwd=QjN4NDNPU1FyUzFUejk3OEFGUmtKQT09 This study examines the influence of income- and wealth-based inequalities on environmental views and outcomes. Disproportionalities in income and wealth have been getting worse in the United […]