ESSC: Earth System Science Center

Spring 2006 ESSC Brown Bag Series

Date	Location	Speaker/Discussion Leader	Topic
January 18	117 EES	David Pollard, EESI, Penn State	Cenozoic variations of the Antarctic ice sheet Relevant papers can be found here.
January 25	117 EES	Introduction by Richard Alley, Geosciences, Penn State	A discussion of papers on changes in the Atlantic thermohaline circulation including possible influences on global warming. References and links to PDFs for the papers can be found here.
Special ACRE Seminar January 25 1 PM	541 Deike	Richard S.J. Tol, Hamburg, Vrije and Carnegie Mellon Universities	Human feedbacks in the Earth system. Abstract can be found here.
February 15	541 Deike	Paul Hanson, Oak Ridge National Laboratory	Should We Be Concerned About Future Drought Impacts on Upland- Oak Forest Function and Growth? References for relavant papers can be found here.
March 1	529 Walker	Frank Li, Geosciences, Penn State	Mineral-magnetic evidence for the Holocene lake level fluctuations of White Lake, New Jersey -- a discussion of papers on Holocene millennial-scale climate variability. Relevant papers can be found here.
March 15	117 EES	Michael Mann, ESSC director, Penn State	Recent research on the influence of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on hurricanes. Relevant papers can be found here.
March 29	541 Deike	Zhihua Zhang, ESSC/University of Virginia	Relationships Between Patterns of Atmospheric Circulation and U.S. Drought over the Past Several Centuries. Relevant papers can be found here.
April 12 Time Change: Noon-1 PM	529 Walker	Yvette Richardson and Paul Markowski, Meteorology, Penn State	A global view of severe thunderstorms: Estimating the current distribution and possible future changes More information here.
April 26	117 EES	Seok-Woo Son, Meteorology, Penn State	Interpreting Southern Hemisphere climate change and its predictability with a simple general circulation model (GCM) Papers here >>