Earth Science Colloquium at the LDEO
Fridays, 3:30 pm, Monell Auditorium
2006-2007 Schedule (Organizer: Tina van de Flierdt)
Fall 2006
September 15:
Anthony D. Del Genio (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)
"Will Thunderstorms Be Stronger in a Warmer Climate?"
September 22:
Jardetzky Lecture - Barbara Romanowicz (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Origin of the Earth's "Hum": Bridging the Gap Between Seismology and Oceanography"
September 29:
Linda A. Hinnov (Johns Hopkins University)
"Assembling an Astronomical-Calibrated Time Scale for Earth History"
October 6:
Natalie Mahowald (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
"The Role of Humans in Perturbing Atmospheric Iron Deposition"
October 13:
Harriet Zuckerman (Andrew W. Mellon Foundation)
"Research Strategies of Men and Women Scientists"
October 20:
Peter G. Hess (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
“Atmospheric Chemistry in a Changing World”
October 27:
Terry A. Plank (Boston University)
“Water in Arc Magmas”
November 3:
Maureen E. Raymo (Boston University)
"Plio-Pleistocene Ice Volume, Antarctic Climate, and the Global d18O Record"
November 10: Director’s Series on the Science of Diversity -
Elke U. Weber (Columbia University)
"Overconfidence and Bias in Decision-Making"
November 17:
Roger G. Barry (WDC/NSIDC)
"Arctic Coastal Climates"
November 24:
Thanksgiving Break
December 1:
W. Rockwell Geyer (WHOI)
"How Does Fresh Water Become Salt Water? An Assessment of Estuarine and Coastal Mixing Processes"
December 8 to January 12:
Winter Break
Spring 2007
January 19:
Marcia K. McNutt (MBARI)
“The Whys and Hows of Ocean Observatories”
January 26:
Kenneth H. Nealson (University of Southern California)
"Breathing Metal Oxides for a Living: The Kinetics of Geobiology?"
February 2:
Daniel P. Schrag (Harvard University)
"Microbes, Methane, and their Role in Planetary Geochemistry"
February 9:
Peter U. Clark (Oregon State University)
"Mechanisms for a ~ 7-kyr Climate Oscillation During Marine Isotope Stage 3: Lowblows, Seesaws, Tunnels, Bridges, and Flushes"
February 16:
Göran Ekström (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University)
"Global Seismicity and Unusual Earthquakes"
February 23:
Maria T. Zuber (MIT)
"Inside Mars"
March 2:
Cinzia G. Farnetani (Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris)
"Dynamics and Internal Structure of Mantle Plumes"
March 9:
Director’s Series on the Science of Diversity - Erin Leahey (University of Arizona)
"Gender Differences in Productivity: Research Specialization as a Missing Link"
March 16:
Alex N. Halliday (University of Oxford)
"Isotopes and the Formation of the Earth"
March 23:
Satish C. Singh (Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris)
"Seismic Reflection and Seafloor Images of the Sumatra Andaman Great Earthquake Rupture: Source to Surface"
March 30:
Douglas G. Capone (University of Southern California)
"New Developments in the Marine N Cycle and the Role of Nitrogen Fixation"
April 6:
Christopher R. German (WHOI)
"Hydrothermal Activity on Earth's Slowest Ridges - Physical, Chemical, Geological and Biological Implications"
April 13:
James C. Zachos (University of California Santa Cruz)
"The Magnitude of Ocean Acidification and Global Warming Across the Paleocene-Eocene Boundary"
April 20:
Gavin A. Schmidt (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies)
"What Good are Climate Models?"
April 27:
Albrecht W. Hofmann (Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry, Mainz / L-DEO)
"Anatomy of the Hawaiian Plume"
Last updated: April 18, 2007
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