OSU to Host Climate Change Seminars

The spring issue of Terra will feature a story about climate modeling. If you can’t wait for the magazine (scheduled to launch the week of April 20), here’s an opportunity to hear directly from the experts. Starting April 1, Oregon State University will host a seminar series on climate change. First up: Ricardo Matano, on the oceans and climate.

The series is coordinated by the Global Environmental Change Organization, an OSU student group.

These talks will be held each Wednesday spring term beginning at 3:30 p.m. in Burt Hall 193. They are free and open to the public. The series is sponsored by OSU’s College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences and the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute.

April 1 – “The Oceans and Climate,” Ricardo Matano, OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
April 8 – “Disturbance, the Surface Energy Balance, and Climate,” Tom O’Halloran, OSU College of Forestry.
April 15 – “Ice Age Lessons for Global Warming,” Jeremy Shakun, OSU Department of Geosciences/College of Science.
April 22 – “Climate Feedbacks in Climate Models,” Karen Shell, OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
April 29 – “Humidity and the Seasonality of Influenza,” Jeffrey Shaman, OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
May 6 – “Drilling for Ice Cores in Antarctica,” Logan Mitchell, OSU Department of Geosciences/College of Science.
May 13 – “Introducing the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute,” Philip Mote, director of OCCRI/OSU College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences.
May 20 – TBA.
May 27 – “Linking Population Growth, Development and Global Warming,” Derric Jacobs, College of Liberal Arts.
June 3 – “Life History Traits Predict Bird Range Shifts Northward,” Matthew Betts, OSU College of Forestry (tentative date).