2009-2010 Earth Science Colloquium Schedule

Fall 2009

September 11:  Jun Korenaga  (Yale University) "Scaling of Plate Tectonics and Its Implication for Global Water Cycle"

September 18:  Eric Sanderson (Mannahatta Project) "On Muir Webs and Mannahatta:  Ecological Networks in the Service of New York City’s Historical Ecology"

September 25:  Meg Urry, Diversity Lecture

October 2: Jardetzky Lecture  Sallie W. Chisholm (MIT)   "Too Small to See, Too Big to Ignore: What Prochlorococcus Has Taught Me About Life and the Ocean"

October 9:  Ross Edwards(Desert Research Institute) "Increased Tropical Fire Emissions During the Medieval Warm Period: Evidence From a West Antarctic Ice-Core"

October 16: Eric Calais (Purdue University) "Geodetic Constraints on Rifting processes in East Africa"

October 23: Special Event - A Celebration Recognizing Bill Ryan’s Contributions to Science and Research at
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

October 30:  Dan Penny (University of Sidney) “Assessing Resilience of Past Societies to Climatic Change: The Case of Angkor’s 15th Century Collapse and Reorganization”

November 6:  Claudia Dreifus (The New York Times) "Why Scientists Are The Greatest People In This Or Any Other Universe and Why They Should Tell People About it?"

November 13:  John Delaney (University of Washington) "The Ocean Observatory Initiative: On the Threshold of Next Generation Ocean Science"

November 20: Michael Bender (Princeton University) "Links Between CO2 and Climate Throughout Earth History--A Survey"

November 27: Thanksgiving

December 4 -January 15: AGU/ Winter break

Spring 2010

January 22:  Jack Williams (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

January 29:  Simon Klemperer (Stamford University)

February 5:    Vince Matthews (Colorado Geological Survey)

February 12:  Douglas Burbark (UC Santa Barbara)

February 19:  Nadine McQuarrie (Princeton University)

February 26:  Nathan Bangs (University of Texas at Ausitn)

March 5:         Bruce Watson (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

March 12:       Michael Follows (MIT)

March 19:       Spring Break

March 26:       Chris Bretherton (University of Washington)

April 2:           Omar Yaghi(UCLA)

April 9:           Michael Evans(University of Maryland)

April 16:         TBD

April 23:         Cin-Ty Lee (Rice University)

April 30:         Jeff Kiehl(NCAR)

May 7:            Storke Memorial Lecture - Randy Udall  (University of Colorado)