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“Improving Estimates of the Times of Volcanic Eruptions and Solving the Riddle of the Source Volcano for 536 A.D.” with Dallas Abbott

Dallas Abbott’s slide show for this session Introductory slide show (pdf) (pptx) Additional Resources Cutting-Edge Research NEWS STORIES:  “AD 536: THE YEAR THAT WINTER NEVER ENDED“    “WHY HALLEY’S COMETS MAY BE LINKED TO A FAMINE 1,500 YEARS AGO“  (12/18/13) “THE YEAR OF DARKNESS” by Colin Barras (New Scientist, 18 Jan 2014) ad536_pdf “Why 536 AD was … Continued

“Polar Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise” with Indrani Das

Indrani Das c.v. My research interests are very broad- ranging from Glaciology to Atmospheric Physics. I study ice surface and basal processes and ice-atmosphere interactions on ice sheets and mountain glaciers.  I have worked on Antarctica, Greenland, Alaska and the Himalayan glaciers. I use a combination of airborne, satellite remote sensing and modeling. My current passion is to use radar observations … Continued

“Enhancing Your Lessons with IRI Climate and Society Map Room” with Remi Cousin

30 October 2021 INTRODUCTORY SLIDE SHOW (PPTX) (PDF) Youtube video of this session AMS Statement on Climate Change https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-statements/statements-of-the-ams-in-force/climate-change1/ NSTA Position Paper on “Teaching of Climate Science” http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/index.html Understand the “mean” or “normal” climate, i.e. seasons: http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/Global/Climatologies/index.htmlUnderstanding the major time variability components of the XXth century (precipitation and temperature) (inter-annual, decadal and climate change) http://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/maproom/Global/Time_Scales/index.html … Continued

“Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Agreements”with Lynn Sykes

Verifying Nuclear Test Ban Treaties and Preventing Nuclear War Global warming and the dangers of nuclear weapons are the most  important issues of our time. Concern about climate change has increased greatly throughout the public and among young people but knowledge about the dangers of nuclear weapons has diminished greatly. Many people do not know … Continued

Ajit Subramaniam: Phytoplankton in the Amazon and Equatorial Atlantic

 Impact of the Amazon River Plume on nitrogen availability and planktonic food webs in the Western Tropical Atlantic Ocean Ajit Subramaniam SUPPORTED BY NSF DIVISION OF OCEAN SCIENCES  AWARD #1737128  Originally presented 23 Jan 2021 Ajit is a Lamont Research Professor in the Biology and Paleoenvironment Division. He presented about his research in the Equatorial Atlantic off … Continued

Benjamin Bostick: Lead Contamination in Our Environment

Lead Contamination in Our Environment Benjamin Bostick Originally presented 16 Mar 2019 Ben Bostick is a Lamont Associate Research Professor in the Geochemistry Division. His fields of investigations include soils, aqueous geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and applications of spectroscopy in Earth Sciences. In the Mar E2C 2015, Ben discussed “The Source and Solution to Groundwater Arsenic Contamination.”  … Continued

Margie Turrin and Laurel Zaima: “Greenland’s Past-Present-Future – Activities Using Proxies, Chronometers & Models”

“Greenland’s Past-Present-Future – Activities Using Proxies, Chronometers & Models” Margie Turrin and Laurel Zaima Originally presented 12 Jan 2019 Come meet Laurel, Lamont’s new Educational Program Assistant, and learn about a new project she and Margie are working on to understand “Snow on Ice: How Stable Is the Greenland Ice Sheet?” “How do scientists learn … Continued

Natalie Boelman: Arctic Ecosystems

 Arctic Ecosystems Natalie Boelman Originally presented 1 Dec 2018 Natalie Boelman is a Lamont Associate Research Scientist in the Biology and Paleoenvironment Division. Key goals of her research include: ways in which the composition, physical structure, and phenology of Arctic vegetation are changing in response to climate change; how such changes impact resident and migratory … Continued

Nichole Anest and Core Repository Staff: Out of the Depths, Into the Classroom and Lab

Out of the Depths, Into the Classroom and Lab Curator Nichole Anest and the Core Repository Staff Originally presented 20 Oct 2018 https://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/core-repository Supported in part through NSF Grant #OCE 15-59059   The Lamont-Doherty Core Repository (LDCR) contains one of the world’s most unique and important collection of scientific samples from the deep sea. Sediment … Continued

Understanding SSTA Patterns/NOAA’s Planet Stewards Program

Understanding SSTA Patterns with Alexey Kaplan and NOAA Planet Stewards, Data Resources, and Serious Games For Your Classroom with Bruce Moravchik Originally presented 10 Nov 2018 In the first part of this program, Dr. Alexey Kaplan will share insights about climate variability, predictability, and prediction, and on novel ways to study such things developed in his work in … Continued

Earth2Class Workshops 2018 – 2019

2018 – 2019 Workshops 22 Sep   Einat Lev: Recent Volcanic Activities: What Have We Learned from Them, and How? 13 Oct    2018 Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House   20 Oct    Nichole Anest and Core Repository Staff: Out of the Depths, Into the Classroom and Lab 10 Nov   Alexey Kaplan: Sea Surface Temperatures and Bruce Moravchik (NOAA National … Continued

Earth2Class Workshops 2017 – 2018

2017 – 2018 E2C Workshops Sep 16  Brendan Buckley: “Southeast Asian tree rings and hydroclimate: recent developments and future prospects”  Oct 7   Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory Open House Oct 14   Jerry McManus: “The Ocean and Atmospheric CO2” Nov 18 Maureen Raymo (Bruce C Heezen Research Professor), Nichole Anest (Curator), Clara Chang, Ashley Braunthal: “Climate Change and What You Can Do about … Continued

“OASIS—The Observatory for Air-Sea Interaction Studies” with Chris Zappa

“OASIS—The Observatory for Air-Sea Interaction Studies” Chris Zappa Originally presented 21 Apr 2018        Chris Zappa is a Lamont Associate Research Professor who studies ocean-atmosphere interface processes. These include wave dynamics and wave breaking; effect of near-surface turbulence on heat, gas, and momentum transport; infrared remote sensing; upper-ocean processes; coastal and estuarine processes; and … Continued