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Distinguished Lecturer Series 2016-2017

Date Place & Time Speaker Title
Tuesday, Sept 13, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Alan Mix, Oregon State University Long-term Consequences of Climate “Tipping Points” viewed from Petermann Glacier, Northern Greenland
Tuesday, Sept 27, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Avner Vengosh, Duke University The Energy-Water Quality Nexus: Environmental Implications for the Shale Evolution in the United States
Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Eric Steig, University of Washington On the Causes of Rapid Climate Change (Dansgaard-Oeschger) Events and their Global Expression
Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016 Davis Building, Rm   3130,  4:10 p.m. UTM-Mississauga Alex Wolfe, University of Alberta The Anthropocene as a New Epoch of Geologic Time: Serious Stratigraphy or Fanciful Folly?
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. John Robinson, University of Toronto Making a Difference: Universities as Living Labs and Agents of Change
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Saroja Polavarapu, Environment Canada Estimating Sources and Sinks of Carbon Using Atmospheric Observations: The Role of CO2 Predictability
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Anders Levermann, Potsdam Institute Sea-Level Rise: Antarctica's Ways of Losing Ice
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1210, 4:10 p.m. Charles Driscoll, Syracuse University Effects of Changing Climate on the Structure and Function of the Northern Forest
Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. Erik Kort, University of Michigan From North Dakota to the Southern Ocean: Surprising Observations with Climate and Air Quality Implications
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. Allison Steiner, University of Michigan Modeling Atmospheric Chemistry Across Scales:  From the Forest canopy to regional climate
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017 UTSC, Chemistry Bldg, Rm EV152, 4:10 p.m. Merritt Turetsky, University of Guelph Megafires, Permafrost Thaw, and the Loss of Ecological Legacies in Canada's North
Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. Karen Johannesson,  Tulane University Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements in Groundwater Flow Systems
Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. Christian Frankenberg, Caltech Remote Sensing of Solar Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence as proxy for photosynthetic activity
Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. Rodney Weber, Georgia Tech Atmospheric Particulate Matter, Oxidative Stress and Health Effects
Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2017 Bahen Centre, Rm BA1180, 4:10 p.m. David Barber, University of Manitoba CANCELLED