These presentations are first in a monthly series sponsored by CCRUN, that is drawn from the recent book, Our Warming Planet: Topics in Climate Dynamics, published by World Scientific. The series encompasses topics such as natural and anthropogenic climate forcing, climate modeling, radiation, clouds, atmospheric dynamics and storms, hydrology, cryosphere, paleoclimate, sea level rise, agriculture, atmospheric chemistry, and climate change education. The lecture series is for students, teachers, and interested researchers and colleagues around the world to be better able to understand various aspects of climate change.
The webinar series will follow the presentations on various topics on climate change by their authors, and allow a dialogue between experts in the field and people interested in gaining deeper knowledge in a broad array of topics in climate dynamics.
The book, containing most of the material in this webinar series, can be purchased as an e-book, soft cover, or hard cover copy at the World Scientific Publishing website.
Webinars will take place monthly on Tuesdays from 3:00–5:00PM. The full schedule can be found here.
September 18, 2018
Dr. David Rind and Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig
July 16, 2019
Dr. Mark Chandler
June 18, 2019
Dr. Valdar Oinas
June 18, 2019
Dr. Randal Koster
May 21, 2019
Dr. Dorothy Peteet
May 21, 2019
Dr. Loretta J. Mickley
April 16, 2019
Dr. Vivien Gornitz
March 19, 2019
Dr. Douglas G. Martinson
March 19, 2019
Dr. Claire Parkinson
February 19, 2019
Dr. Colin Price
February 19, 2019
Dr. Jennifer Aminzade
December 18, 2018
Dr. Walter A. Robinson and Dr. James F. Booth
December 18, 2018
Dr. Judah Cohen
December 18, 2018
Dr. Timothy Eichler
November 13, 2018
Dr. Anthony D. Del Genio
November 13, 2018
Dr. Andrew Lacis
October 16, 2018
Dr. Gary Russell
October 16, 2018
Dr. Judith L. Lean
September 18, 2018
Dr. Cynthia Rosenzweig
September 18, 2018
Dr. David Rind
GreenRoots
Location: Chelsea, Massachusetts
Website: www.greenrootschelsea.org
Project Title: Mitigating the Impacts of Heat Islands through Community-led, Nature-based Solutions
Project Description: Funding from the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast will help advance community resilience and improve environmental justice areas of concern through the following heat mitigation and air quality improvement strategies: 1. Greater green and open space: GreenRoots is transforming a vacant, urban parcel, 212 Congress Ave, into an urban oasis with trees, plantings, shade structures and hydration stations. Pre- and post- monitoring of the heat index and surveying with neighborhood residents of personal perception of heat will determine the use and benefits of this demonstration project. 2. Resident Engagement: GreenRoots staff will conduct multilingual community outreach to connect residents in heat-vulnerable neighborhoods to cooling solutions (ongoing). Engagement includes: door knocking, flyering, stand-outs in public areas, social media, other online strategies and in-person events in the vacant parcel. 3. Implement Cool Block Strategies: Collaborate with BSLA, BU School of Public Health and City of Chelsea on installation of Cool Block strategies including painting white roofs, temporary art and data visualizations, cooling structures and possible water features at 212 Congress.