Featured Event

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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This Week’s Events

Tuesday, February 17

Soil Knowledge for a Sustainable Planet: Inaugurating GlobalSoilMap.net
Speakers: Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General; Pedro Sanchez, Director, Africa Soil Information System; Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Development Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Casa Italiana, the Teatro
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
RSVP: Register

Wednesday, February 18

DEES Seminar Series: Physical Consistency in Subgrid-Scale Parameterization for Climate Models
Speaker: Tiffany A Shaw, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Canada
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: DEES Office, mia@ldeo.columbia.edu

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series: Atmospheric, Crustal and Parameterization Errors - At What Point do They Significantly Affect our Models of Moderate to Large Earthquakes?
Speaker: Rowena Lohman, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Timothy J Crone, tjc2129@columbia.edu

Millennium Villages Student Research Showcase
Speakers: Various
Time: 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: The Redistribution of Global Rainfall During the Last 25,000 Years
Speaker: Wallace S. Broecker, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University
Time: 1:30 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, First Floor Seminar Room
Contact: David McGee, dmcgee@ldeo.columbia.edu

Thursday, February 19

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing
Speakers: Various
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

Columbia Water Center Seminar: Will China Run Out Of Water?
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, Professor of Hydrogeology; SSPA Faculty Fellow; 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, University of Alabama
Time: 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 924 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
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IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves and the MJO
Speaker: Zhiming Kuang, Harvard University
Time: 2:45 to 3:45 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Seeley W. Mudd Building, Room 214
Contact: Jennifer Cho, jc2305@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.appmath.columbia.edu/igert

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Food Production and Hunger
Speaker: Pedro Sanchez, Director, Tropical Agriculture and Rural Environment Program, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Cheryl Palm, Senior Research Scientist, International Research Institute for Climate and Society; Associate Director, Center for Globalization and Sustainable Development , The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Faculty Room
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-1298

Friday, February 20

Columbia Water Center Seminar: The Future of Agriculture in India: Ample Reason for Concern, Hope
Speaker: Tobias Siegfried, Associate Research Scientist, Columbia Water Center; Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of International and Public Affairs
Time: 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus 833 Seeley W. Mudd Building
Contact: Columbia Water Center, watercenter@columbia.edu or call (212) 851-5695
RSVP: Register

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Understanding Solute Transport in Extremely Heterogeneous Porous Media: Lessons Learned from 25 Years of Research at the MADE Site
Speaker: Chunmiao Zheng, 2009 Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, Geological Society of America Hydrogeology Division, University of Alabama
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Natalie Boelman, nboelman@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2008-2009

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, February 23

Special Wally Seminar: Direct Evidence for the Bi-Polar Seesaw - Surface and Deep-Water Responses in the South Atlantic

Columbia Superfund Basic Research Program

Sustainable Development at Columbia University, Journalism School: Promoting Global Understanding of Sustainable Development

Tuesday, February 24

Corporate Responsibilities to Respect Human Rights - What Can be Expected from ‘Big Pharma’?

Thursday, February 26

IRI Seminar Series on Impact Evaluation for Development Projects: Qualitative Information for Impact Evaluation

IGERT Joint Program Spring Colloquium: Tropopause Polar Vortex Characteristics and Mechanisms of Intensity Change

MA Climate and Society Information Session

Friday, February 27

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

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I am writing to alert you to efforts underway this morning to zero out a large portion of the science funding from the Senate American Reinvestment and Recovery Act as a part of a $77.9B reduction effort led by Senators Ben Nelson (D-NE) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

As you know better than most, science and technology are responsible for half of the economic development of the United States since WWII and yet, if current trends hold, some, such as the Business Round table, have predicted that 90% of all scientists and engineers will live in Asia within 5 years.

The United States simply MUST renew our investment in the single greatest economic engine this country has ever known. Small federal investments in scientific research have helped produce things like the internet and the transistor that have consistently delivered multi-trillion dollar economies.

The United States is at a critical juncture, and if this concerns you we suggest now would be a time to contact your Senators and urge them to support science funding. Here is what is being proposed to be cut from the bill, according to TPM:

NASA exploration $750,000,000 = 50%

NSF $1,402,000,000 = 100%

NOAA $427,000,000 = 34.94%

NIST $218,000,000 = 37.91%

DOE energy efficiency & renewable energy $1,000,000,000 = 38% DOE office of science $100,000,000 = 100%

http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/docs/Collins-Nelson-Cuts/?resultpage=1&

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