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De Ford Lecture Series: Jane Willenbring
Start:May 1, 2018 at 4:00 am
End:
May 1, 2018 at 5:00 am
Location:
JGB 2.324
UTIG Brown Bag Seminar: Mason Fried
Start:May 2, 2018 at 12:00 pm
End:
May 2, 2018 at 1:00 pm
Location:
PRC ROC Room 1.603
Contact:
Sophie Goliber, sgoliber@utexas.edu
Informal weekly presentations by UTIG students and researchers. Bring your lunch!
DeFord Lecture: W. Ashley Griffith
Start:May 3, 2018 at 4:00 pm
End:
May 3, 2018 at 5:00 pm
Location:
JGB 2.324
Earth System Modeling: Past, Present and Future
Start:May 14, 2018
End:
May 15, 2018
Location:
SAC 2.302 Legislative Assembly Room (UT Main Campus)
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The Robert Dickinson Symposiums on “Earth System Modeling: Past, Present and Future” will be held on May 14-15, 2018 at UT Austin, Texas.
In a career spanning five decades, Professor Robert E. Dickinson, Jackson Scholar of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, has made seminal contributions to Earth System Modeling. Particularly, his pioneering work in terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere interaction and representing it in climate models have laid the foundation for a new and still growing research field and inspired generations of Earth scientists to pursue the answers to this important climate problem. He has also devoted a substantial fraction of his career to the development of NCAR Climate System Models (now Earth System Models) over the past several decades. He has taken leadership to the climate and earth system science community in several capacities, including serving the President of the American Geophysical Union. His work has been recognized through several distinguished awards, including the Roger Revelle Medal of the American Geophysical Union, the Honorary Membership in the European Geophysical Society, Einstein Lectureship in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Member of the US National Academy of Science and the US National Academy of Engineering.
Several of his former students, postdocs and friends have joined forces to organize a symposium not only to celebrate his outstanding contributions to climate and earth system sciences over the last 50 years, but also to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. And a collection of chapters for a book has been organized to be published by the Cambridge University Press following the symposium.
Earth System Modeling: Past, Present and Future
Start:May 14, 2018
End:
May 15, 2018
Location:
SAC 2.302 Legislative Assembly Room (UT Main Campus)
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The Robert Dickinson Symposiums on “Earth System Modeling: Past, Present and Future” will be held on May 14-15, 2018 at UT Austin, Texas.
In a career spanning five decades, Professor Robert E. Dickinson, Jackson Scholar of the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, has made seminal contributions to Earth System Modeling. Particularly, his pioneering work in terrestrial biosphere and atmosphere interaction and representing it in climate models have laid the foundation for a new and still growing research field and inspired generations of Earth scientists to pursue the answers to this important climate problem. He has also devoted a substantial fraction of his career to the development of NCAR Climate System Models (now Earth System Models) over the past several decades. He has taken leadership to the climate and earth system science community in several capacities, including serving the President of the American Geophysical Union. His work has been recognized through several distinguished awards, including the Roger Revelle Medal of the American Geophysical Union, the Honorary Membership in the European Geophysical Society, Einstein Lectureship in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of both the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and Member of the US National Academy of Science and the US National Academy of Engineering.
Several of his former students, postdocs and friends have joined forces to organize a symposium not only to celebrate his outstanding contributions to climate and earth system sciences over the last 50 years, but also to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. And a collection of chapters for a book has been organized to be published by the Cambridge University Press following the symposium.
Petroleum Industry Networking Event in Denver
Start:May 16, 2018 at 5:30 pm
End:
May 16, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Location:
Lustre Pearl, 1315 26th St, Denver, CO 80205
Contact:
Kristen Tucek, ktucek@jsg.utexas.edu, 512.471.2223
UT is coming to Denver! We invite all alums from the Jackson School of Geosciences, the Hildebrand Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, and the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering to join us for a networking happy hour.
Alumni Reception during AAPG in Salt Lake City
Start:May 21, 2018 at 6:00 pm
End:
May 21, 2018 at 8:00 pm
Location:
PF Chang's, 174 W 300 S, Salt Lake City, UT
Contact:
Kristen Tucek, ktucek@jsg.utexas.edu, 512.471.2223
UTIG Discussion Hour: Nicholas Montiel - PhD Talk (UTIG)April, 23 2024Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMLocation: ROC 2.201 |
DeFord Lecture | Dr. Richard TaylorApril, 25 2024Time: 4:00 PM - 5:00 PMLocation: Boyd Auditorium (JGB 2.324) Adapting to the Amplification of Climate Extremes Through Freshwater Capture: Evidence from the Tropics by Dr. Richard Taylor, Department of Geography, University College London Abstract: In low-income countries of the tropics undergoing rapid growth, global warming presents challenges to the expansion and sustainability of water supplies required to advance progress toward the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Substantial uncertainty persists in projections of precipitation under climate change. A widely observed impact, pronounced in the tropics, is the intensification of precipitation comprising a transition towards fewer but heavier rainfalls. How does this transition impact terrestrial water balances? How might these changes influence freshwater demand? I will interrogate these questions and review mounting empirical evidence from the tropics of the resilience to climate change of groundwater resources, which act as a natural inter-annual store of freshwater supporting adaptation to the amplification climate extremes. Presented evidence includes case studies and local-to-regional scale analyses from tropical Africa and the Bengal Basin of South Asia. Outcomes emphasize the interconnected nature of surface water and groundwater as well as the value of groundwater as a natural, distributed store of freshwater. This insight provides a platform to explore more equitable and sustainable water development pathways resilient to climate change. |
UTIG Seminar Series: Cornelia Rasmussen, UTIGApril, 26 2024Time: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AMLocation: PRC 196/ROC 1.603 Speaker: Cornelia Rasmussen, Research Associate, University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Host: Krista Soderlund Title: The Emerging Field Of Position-Specific Isotope Analysis: Applications in chemical forensics, exobiology, geo- and environmental sciences Abstract: Complex organics can be found all over our solar system and within each living thing on our planet, be it as part of its physiology or as a contaminant. However, different processes can lead to the formation of chemical identical molecules. This makes answering a number of scientific questions challenging. One example is distinguishing between biotic and abiotic molecules, hence hindering life detection on early Earth but especially on other planetary bodies, such as on Mars, Titan, Enceladus and on meteorites where organics have been detected. Moreover, tracing molecules as they move through the environment can be demanding, yet is essential in studying the flow of organic molecules as well as correlating pollutants with their source. Novel tools to address these challenges are currently being developed. Especially, the emerging field of position-specific isotope analysis is beginning to grant access to the unique intramolecular carbon (13C/12C) isotope fingerprint preserved in complex molecules. This fingerprint can be applied in various scientific disciplines, ranging from forensics to exobiology, geo- and environmental sciences, including geo health. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR) has the potential to become a key player in this research area, as it allows the analysis of organics within complex mixtures, all without the need to fragment the molecule into single carbon units or the combustion of the molecule of interest. We have been developing several NMR tools that allow us to investigate the intramolecular carbon isotope distribution within various molecule classes and to test the central hypothesis that the position-specific carbon isotope distribution within complex organics depends on a molecule’s source and formation history. |
Planetary Habitability Seminar SeriesApril, 29 2024Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PMLocation: PMA 15.216B UT Center for Planetary Systems Habitability Seminar Series. See website for speaker schedule and more details: View Events Join remotely: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94052130734 In person: Classroom 15.216B, Physics, Math and Astronomy Bldg. UT Austin, Department of Astronomy 2515 Speedway, Stop C1400 Austin, Texas 78712-1205 |
UTIG Discussion Hour: Kristian Chan - PhD Talk (UTIG)April, 30 2024Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PMLocation: ROC 2.201 |