Spring 2017 ESSC Brown Bag Series

Date
Location
 Speaker/Discussion Leader Topic

March 1

 529 Walker

Dr. Michael E. Mann
Director, ESSC, Penn State

Influence of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Planetary Wave Resonance and Extreme Weather Events
March 29 529 Walker Brian Bastian
Catastrophe Exposure & Risk Management Services, JLT Re
Catastrophe Risk Management: Intro to CAT Modeling & Reinsurance
April 12 529 Walker Alexis Hoffman
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State		 Climate signals in the crop yield records of Sub-Saharan Africa
April 19 529 Walker Jesús Ruiz-Plancarte
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science, Penn State		 Environmental controls on seasonal carbon dioxide in a Virginia salt marsh