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Seminars

The 2026-2027 lectures will be held in person in Room 140, University College, bi-weekly from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. during the Fall semester.
Date Place & Time Speaker Title
September 22, 2026 UC 140 Leena Järvi Urban greenhouse gas exchange - from process understanding to city-level modelling
October 6, 2026 UC 140 Nicole Heller Curating the Anthropocene: Integrating Global Environmental Change into Biodiversity Conservation and Natural History
October 20, 2026 UC 140 Susan Brantley Understanding the Lab‐Field Discrepancy in Mineral Dissolution From Flasks to Enhanced Rock Weathering
November 3, 2026 UC 140 Sophie Nowicki Toward ISMIP7: An Ice Sheet Model Intercomparison for Sea-Level Rise and Freshwater Fluxes
November 17, 2026 UC 140 Kerry Emanuel Using Physics and Insurance as a Rational Basis for Climate Action
December 1, 2026 UC 140 Benton Talyor The root of terrestrial carbon capture: How forest responses to climate change will be driven by root-microbial partnerships
January 12, 2027 TBD Jacqueline Gerson The Hidden Costs of Gold: Tracing the Impact of Mercury used in Gold Mining across the Amazon and West Africa
January 26, 2027 TBD Isla Simpson A discrepancy in near-surface water vapor trends between models and observations
February 9, 2027 TBD James Smith Born in the Air and on the Road: The Origins and Chemistry of Ultrafine Particles
February 23, 2027 TBD Kurt O. Konhauser Famine and feast: How Earth became Oxygenated
March 9, 2027 TBD Christo Buizert The search for Earth's oldest ice: reconstructing long-term changes in the climate system
March 23, 2027 TBD David Ackerly Universities, Research, and Global Change: Problems and Solutions
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Distinguished Lecturer Series 2026-2027
The 2026-2027 lectures will be held in person in Room 140, University College, bi-weekly from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. during the Fall semester. The location for the Winter semester lectures will be announced at a later date.
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