Featured Events

Monday, January 25

CERC Sustainable Investing Lecture
Speaker: Mark Fulton, Climate Change Chief Strategist, Deutsche Bank
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 140
Contact: Paige Olmsted, plo2101@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8664
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Thursday, January 28

School of Continuing Education Graduate Program Fair
Speakers: Various
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Contact: School of Continuing Education, ce-info@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ce.columbia.edu

This Week’s Events

Monday, January 25

CERC Sustainable Investing Lecture
Speaker: Mark Fulton, Climate Change Chief Strategist, Deutsche Bank
Time: 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Uris Hall, Room 140
Contact: Paige Olmsted, plo2101@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-8664
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Tuesday, January 26

Earth Institute Practicum:Global Progress in Ending Hunger and Undernutrition
Speaker: Jessica Fanzo, Nutrition Coordinator, Millennium Villages Project; Nutrition Director, Center for Global Health and Economic Development, The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 4:20 to 6:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Columbia Law School, Jerome L. Greene Hall, Room 102
Contact: Annemarie Eimicke, aeimicke@ei.columbia.edu

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Coordinator, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015
Contact: Desmond Beirne, djb2104@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-0149
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu

Wednesday, January 27

CERC Information Session: Inquire Institute
Speaker: Rob Quatrone, Education Programs Associate, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC), The Earth Institute, Columbia University
Time: 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University Morningside Campus Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015
Contact: Rob Quatrone, rpq1@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2992
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu

LDEO MG&G and SG&T Seminar Series - Earth Surface Processes in Time Space
Speaker: Christopher Small, Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:19 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seminar Room, 2nd Floor
Contact: Eunseo Choi, echoi@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8813

Thursday, January 28

School of Continuing Education Graduate Program Fair
Speakers: Various
Time: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Low Memorial Library, The Rotunda
Contact: School of Continuing Education, ce-info@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ce.columbia.edu

Friday, January 29

CICR: Environment, Natural resources and Eco-tourism: Tools for Peace Building, State Building and Sustainable Development The Balkans in Focus, with Comparative Perspectives
Speakers: Various
Time: All Day Event
Location: Columbia Universiity, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1501
Contact: Daniel Perdomo, dp2462@columbia.edu
Web Site: http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?brand=sipa&id=37448&vt=detail&context=standalone#

LDEO Division of Ocean and Climate Physics (DOCP) Seminar: Radiative Feedbacks on Global Precipitation
Speaker: Michael Previdi, Doherty Associate Research Scientist, Climate Dynamics, Division of Ocean and Climate Physic (DOCP), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Gary C. Comer Geochemistry Building, Seminar Room, First Floor
Contact: Colin Kelley, cpk2111@columbia.edu

IRI Seminar: Application of RegCM3 in Regional Climate and Climate Change Studies over China
Speaker: Xuejie Gao, Chief Scientist, Beijing Climate Center
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building, Room 205
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)
Speaker: Desmond Beirne, Program Coordinator, Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U), Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
Time: 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 1015
Contact: Desmond Beirne, djb2104@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-0149
Web Site: http://www.cerc.columbia.edu

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: Rupturing Continental Lithosphere in the Main Ethiopian Rift - A Hot Plume Meets a Cold Craton
Speaker: Simon Klemperer, Professor, Stanford University
Time: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Scott Nooner, snooner@ldeo.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/news-events/earth-science-colloquium/2009-2010

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Tuesday, February 2

Earth Institute Practicum: Earth Institute Overview

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)

Friday, February 5

CERC Information Session: Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates (SEE-U)

Columbia Water Center & Earth and Environmental Engineering Seminar Series: The World’s Water Crisis - Peak Water and Moving To a Sustainable World

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

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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
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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
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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

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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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Featured Events

Wednesday, December 3

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Energy Efficiency—What Really Works?
Speakers: Bridgett Neely, Vice President of Energy Efficiency, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Lloyd Kass, Director, Energy Department, New York City Housing Authority;Jay Bhalla, President, Willdan Energy Solutions (aka Intergy Corporation); Moderated by Steve Cohen, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Director, Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy & Environmental Policy Concentration, School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
Contact: Amanda R. Christie, arc2140@columbia.edu or call (212) 854-3142
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Thursday, December 4

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Ecosystems - Do We Need Them?
Speakers: Ruth DeFries, Denning Family Professor in Sustainable Development, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology; Columbia University; Shahid Naeem, Director of Science, Center for Environmental Research and Conservation; Professor and Department Chair, Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University; Marc Levy, Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute at Columbia University; Natalie Boelman, Storke-Doherty Lecturer, Division of Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Satow Room (5th Floor)
Contact: Scott Andrews, sandrews@ei.columbia.edu

This Week’s Event

Tuesday, November 25

IRI Seminar: The Muted Precipitation Increase in Global Warming Simulations: A Surface Evaporation Perspective
Speaker: Ingo Richter, International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building - Room 205, Palisades, NY
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

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Monday, December 1

LDEO Division of Seismology, Geology & Tectonophysics Seminar Series: Can We Do Seismology With GPS?

MA in Climate and Society: Breaking the Ice - Carbon, Climate, and Change

Wednesday, December 3

LDEO Joint MG&G – SG&T 2008 Seminar Series: Marine Gas Hydrates in Thin Sands That Mop Up Biogenic Methane

LDEO Division of Geochemistry Seminar Series: Combined U-Series and Oxygen Isotope Chronology of a Mid-Pleistocene Lacustrine Sequence - the Amora Formation Dead Sea Basin, Israel

DEES Open Thesis Defense: Production and Climate Effects on Ice-Core Beryllium - 10

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Energy Efficiency—What Really Works?

Columbia Water Center Seminar Series: Global Drought: Analyses of Past, Present, and Future Drought

CSSR Fall Seminar Series: America for Americans - Immigration and the Politicizing of Genetics

Thursday, December 4

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: The Continuum of Atmospheric Teleconnection Patterns

Earth Institute Seminars on Sustainable Development: Ecosystems - Do We Need Them?

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House

MA in Climate and Society: How Certain Can We Be About Climate Change?

Friday, December 5

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: “Changing Dynamics of Tropical Deforestation and Atmospheric Carbon Emissions: Science Meets Policy”?

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Featured Events

Monday, October 6

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House
Speaker: Steve Cohen, Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 1512 International Affairs Building
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, ei-students@ei.columbia.edu

Thursday, October 9

The Kyoto Mechanisms - Key to Combating Climate Change? - A Discussion
Speakers: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development; Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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Friday, October 10

International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice: Launch Event
Speakers: Jonathan Fanton, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Freddie Kwesiga, Coordinator, African Water Facility, African Development Bank; John McArthur, Executive Director, Millennium Promise; Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Laureate and Chair, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Contact: Earth Institute Events, mdp-info@ei.columbia.edu
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Monday, October 13

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Probing the Depths of the World’s Biggest Problems with a PhD in Oceanography
Speaker: Philip Orton, PhD Candidate, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Division of Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Schermerhorn Extension, Room 555
Contact: Ali Frohman, afrohman@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-5193
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Monday, October 6

IRI Seminar: Graphical Models with a Bayesian Twist for Modelling of Rainfall
Speaker: Sergey Kirshner, Professor, Department of Statistics, Purdue University
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building, Room 205
Contact: Maria Rise C Fullon, mrf2102@columbia.edu

MPA in Environmental Science and Policy Open House
Speaker: Steve Cohen, Director, MPA in Environmental Science and Policy, Executive Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, 1512 International Affairs Building
Contact: Office of Academic and Research Programs, ei-students@ei.columbia.edu

Tuesday, October 7

IRI Workshop: Technical Issues in Index Insurance
Speakers: Various
Time: All Day Event
Location: Columbia University, Lamont Campus, Monell Building Auditorium
Contact: Sandy Vitelli, sandyv@iri.columbia.edu
Web Site: http://iri.columbia.edu/events/indexinsurance_workshop

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Malcolm Pirnie Information Session
Speaker: James M. Callahan, PE, Manager, Building Design Department, Malcolm Pirnie
Time: 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building, Room 1118
Contact: Betsy Ness-Edelstein, betsy@ei.columbia.edu or call (212) 854-2525

Wednesday, October 8

LDEO Division of Seismology, Geology and Tectonophysics Seminar Series: Geodetic Observation and Modeling of the Present-Day Response of the Earth to Historical Climate Change.”
Speaker: James L. Davis, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Geochemistry Seminar Room
Contact: Dana J. Miller, djm2165@columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8384

LDEO Marine Geology & Geophysics 2008 Seminar Series: Report on the First 3D MCS Survey of the M. G. Langseth - Imaging the Magmatic-Hydrothermal System at the EPR 9 50′N
Speakers: John C. Mutter, Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University; Suzanne Carbotte, Doherty Research Scientist, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Time: 12:10 to 1:10 p.m.
Location: Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Marine Biology/Seismology Building, Seismology Seminar Room
Contact: Timothy Crone, crone@ldeo.columbia.edu or call (845) 365-8687

Thursday, October 9

The Kyoto Mechanisms - Key to Combating Climate Change? - A Discussion
Speakers: John Drexhage, Director, Climate Change and Energy, International Institute for Sustainable Development; Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Room 555
Contact: Earth Institute Events, events@ei.columbia.edu
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IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: Modern Weather Forecasting: A Status Report and Scientific Opportunities
Speaker: Lance Bosart, Distinguished Professor, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, State University of New York at Albany
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

Friday, October 10

International Commission on Education for Sustainable Development Practice: Launch Event
Speakers: Jonathan Fanton, President, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; Freddie Kwesiga, Coordinator, African Water Facility, African Development Bank; John McArthur, Executive Director, Millennium Promise; Rajendra Pachauri, Nobel Laureate and Chair, Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director, The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Time: 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Columbia University, Morningside Campus, The Italian Academy, 1161 Amsterdam Avenue
Contact: Earth Institute Events, mdp-info@ei.columbia.edu
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LDEO Earth Science Colloquium: The Hot Seat: Making Sense of Global Warming, from the North Pole to the White House
Speaker: Andrew Revkin, Senior Science Writer, The New York Times
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/events/colloquium

A Preview of Next Week’s Events

Monday, October 13

Office of Academic and Research Programs: Probing the Depths of the World’s Biggest Problems with a PhD in Oceanography

Wednesday, October 15

IRI Seminar: Climate, Forecast and Impacts Briefing

Thursday, October 16

IGERT Joint Program Fall Colloquium: Melting and Melting Migration in a Heterogeneous Mantle

Friday, October 17

LDEO Earth Science Colloquium

Saturday, October 18

Earth2Class (E2C) Workshops for Teachers: CO2 and Climate Change Prediction

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