Fall
2007
Talks organized by Anne Jennings
10 Sep. Leanne Lestak,
INSTAAR.
"GIS-based measurement of coastal change in the southeast Chukchi Sea, Alaska."
Abstract
17 Sep. Tad Pfeffer,
INSTAAR.
"Glaciers dominate eustatic sea-level rise in the 21st Century."
Abstract
24 Sep. John Milliman,
Virginia Institute of Marine Science, William & Mary.
"Climatic and anthropogenic roles in changing river discharge to the global ocean."
Abstract
01 Oct. Wes LeMasurier,
INSTAAR.
"Neogene tectonic events in the Marie Byrd Land Sector of the West Antarctic Rift System: Their potential impact on ice sheet evolution and stability."
Abstract
08 Oct. Rob Fatland,
VEXCEL.
"Results from SEAMONSTER, a smart sensor web in Southeast Alaska."
Abstract
15 Oct. Miriam Duhnforth,
INSTAAR.
"Constraints on the timing, pattern, and mechanisms of sediment export from catchments in the eastern Sierra Nevada, CA"
Abstract
22 Oct. Caspar Ammann,
NCAR.
"Understanding natural climate variability: The key to climate change."
Abstract
29 Oct. NO TALK, Geological Society of America Meeting.
05 Nov. Bob Stallard,
INSTAAR.
"The Agua Salud Project - Water, carbon, and ecosystem services"
Abstract
12 Nov. Natalie Mladenov,
INSTAAR.
"Controls on dissolved organic matter in high elevation lakes of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains, Spain"
Abstract
19 Nov. NO TALK, Fall Break.
26 Nov. Patrick Bourgeron,
INSTAAR.
"Interactions between landscapes and humans in the Colorado Front Range since the 19th Century: Resilience and regime shifts in coupled natural and human systems"
Abstract
03 Dec. Tom Stoffel,
National Renewable Energy Laboratory NREL.
"Solar radiation measurements & modeling for renewable energy and climate change research"
Abstract
10 Dec. NO TALK, American Geophysical Union Meeting.
17 Dec. NO TALK, Finals Week.
Spring
2007
Talks organized by Mervi Hjelmroos-koski
22 Jan. James Syvitski,
INSTAAR
Director.
"The branding of INSTAAR and the INSTAAR hit parade."
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29 Jan. Herman
Sievering, Environ. Sci. & Geog., UCDHSC & INSTAAR,
CU-Boulder.
"Aerosol influences on Earth’s energy balance & IPCC’s
4th Assess. Report: Planktonic S flux, seasalt chemistry and anthropogenic
radiative forcing."
Abstract
05 Feb. Diana Nemergut,
INSTAAR.
"Microbial Diversity: What drives it and why should you care?"
Abstract
12 Feb. Jacqueline Flückiger , INSTAAR.
"Modeled seasonality and timing of abrupt climate events during the
last glacial epoch."
Abstract
19 Feb. Peter Barrett, Antarctic Research Centre, Victoria University of Wellington.
"Antarctic climate history - deep past and near future."
Abstract
26 Feb. Alex
Blum , USGS.
"Weathering of glacial moraines in the French Alps."
Abstract
05 Mar. E. James Dixon,
INSTAAR.
"Alaska’s Oldest Man."
Abstract
12 Mar. Barry Smith, British Geological Survey.
"Integrating soils and geology – The Sustainable Soils Programme of the British Geological Survey."
Abstract
19 Mar. Robert S. Anderson, INSTAAR.
"Glaciers and their impact on landscapes: from the highest peaks to the deepest fjords."
Abstract
26 Mar. NO TALK, Spring Break.
02 Apr. Douglas S. Robertson,
CU-Boulder Dept of Geological Sciences and CIRES.
"Survival in the first hours of the Cenozoic."
Abstract
09 Apr. R.
Steven Nerem,
NCAR.
"Satellite measurements of sea level change."
Abstract
16 Apr. Michael
Gooseff ,
Colorado School of Mines.
"Increased hillslope thermokarst activity in the Brooks Range of Alaska,
- implications for aquatic ecosystems."
Abstract
23 Apr. Richard Reynolds ,
USGS.
"Dust emission in North America."
Abstract
30 Apr. L.W. Morland,
School of Mathematics, University of East Anglia.
"Steady radial ice sheet flow with fabric evolution."
Abstract
Special Seminar
18 Jun. Jinho Ahn,
Department of Geoscience, Orgegon State University.
"Atmospheric CO2 and climate change on millennial time scale during the last glacial period."
Abstract
Fall 2006
Talks organized by Mervi Hjelmroos-koski
11 Sep. James Syvitski,
INSTAAR Director.
INSTAAR General Meeting (required attendance for Institute members).
18 Sep. David
Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research-NCAR.
"A projection of severe near-surface permafrost degradation in a global
climate model: Implications for global climate change feedbacks."
Abstract
25 Sep. Andrew G. Fountain,
Departments of Geology and Geography, Portland State University.
"Historic glacier changes in the American West."
Abstract
02 Oct. Dennis
D. Eberl, USGS.
"Tales of quantitative mineral analysis: application to geological
problems."
Abstract
09 Oct. Diane
McKnight , INSTAAR.
"Glacial meltwater streams in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica:
ecosystems waiting for water."
Abstract
16 Oct. Andrew
Todd, Trout Unlimited.
"Effects of acid rock drainage on stocked rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus
mykiss): an in-situ, caged fish experiment."
Abstract
23 Oct. Hans-Peter
Marshall, INSTAAR.
"Spatial variability of the snowpack: experiences with measurements
at a wide range of length scales with several different high precision instruments."
Abstract
30 Oct. Patric
DeDecker, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences, The Australian
National University.
"Preliminary findings on the geochemical and microbiological fingerprinting
of Australian aeolian dust: Implications for (past) climates, the environment,
health and the oceans."
Abstract
06 Nov. Thomas
Ager, USGS.
"Ecosystem history of southeastern and south-central Alaska."
Abstract
13 Nov. Mark
Hernandez, Environmental Engineering, CU-Boulder.
"Source tracking of airborne microorganisms."
Abstract
20 Nov. NO TALK, Fall Break and Thanksgiving
27 Nov. Steave
Leavitt, University of Arizona.
"CO2 and tree rings: Influence on water-use efficiency and tree growth."
Abstract
04 Dec. NO TALK, Speaker had to postpone due to family emergency
11 Dec. NO TALK, American Geophysical Union-AGU Meeting
18 Dec. NO TALK, Winter Break.
Spring
2006
Talks organized by Jacqueline Flückiger and Hope Humphries
23 Jan. James Syvitski,
INSTAAR
Director.
INSTAAR General Meeting (required attendance for Institute members).
30 Jan. Jeff Connor, National Park Service, INSTAAR Affiliate.
"The political realities of integrating research results into land management decisions: Suggestions on how to effectively present your results in a meaningful way to land managers."
Abstract
06 Feb. Lesleigh Anderson,
USGS Denver, INSTAAR Affiliate.
"North Pacific atmospheric circulation change and effective moisture variability in the Yukon Territory, Canada."
Abstract
13 Feb. Erin Pettit, University of Washington
"A year in the life of a polar glacier."
Abstract
20 Feb. Eugene Kelly, Colorado State University.
"The Biogeochemistry of Silica in Grassland Ecosystems of North America"
Abstract
27 Feb. Detlev Helmig , INSTAAR.
"Where does all the dirty air go? Insights from INSTAAR's research at the PICO-NARE (Azores/Portugal) observatory."
Abstract
06 Mar. Walter Dean, USGS Denver, INSTAAR Affiliate
"Sediment geochemical records of productivity and oxygen depletion along the margin of western North America during the past 20,000 years: Teleconnections with the Atlantic and Caribbean."
Abstract
13 Mar. Pieter Tans, NOAA.
"Can we still avoid major climate change caused by humans?"
Abstract
20 Mar. John Behrendt , INSTAAR.
"Subglacial volcanism revealed by aerogeophysical surveys over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) - Comparisons with Iceland."
Abstract
27 Mar. NO TALK, Spring Break.
03 Apr. Alexander Kirdyanov, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences.
"Tree-ring related studies in Siberia (Russia): State of the art and prospects."
Abstract
10 Apr. Cynthia Nevison, NCAR, INSTAAR Affiliate.
"Oceanic fluxes and their influence on seasonal and interannual variability
in atmospheric CO2, O2/N2 and N2O."
Abstract
17 Apr. Connie Woodhouse, NOAA, INSTAAR.
"Dendrohydrology: research to applications."
Abstract
Special Tuesday Noon Talk, RL-1, Room 269
18 Apr. Dennis Darby, Old Dominion University.
"Healy-Oden Trans-Arctic Expedition (HOTRAX) and preliminary results."
Abstract
24 Apr. Carrie Morrill, NOAA/CIRES.
"Testing the North Atlantic freshwater forcing hypothesis of abrupt climate change."
Abstract
01 May. Ingrid
Hendy, University of Michigan.
"Catastrophic collapse of the Cordilleran ice sheet during the last glacial."
Abstract
Fall
2005
Talks organized by Jacqueline Flückiger and Hope Humphries
29 Aug. James Syvitski,
INSTAAR
Director.
INSTAAR General Meeting (required attendance for Institute members).
05 Sep. NO TALK, Labor Day
12 Sep. Scott Peckham,
INSTAAR.
"Hydrologic modeling and terrain: Advances in computational and
visualization methods."
Abstract
19 Sep. Jim White,
INSTAAR.
"Have humans really messed with methane for 2000 years?"
26 Sep. Robbie
Toggweiler, GFDL/NOAA, Princeton.
"Origin of the 100,000-Yr Cycle in Atmospheric CO2."
Abstract
03 Oct. Jean-Pierre Gattuso, Laboratoire d'Océanographie de Villefranche sur mer, France. National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) visiting scientist.
"Response of marine ecosystems to elevated carbon dioxide and biogeochemical consequences."
Abstract
10 Oct. Irina Overeem,
INSTAAR.
"Numerical modeling of the impact of an enhanced monsoon on the Ganges-Brahmaputra river system."
Abstract
17 Oct. Cory Cleveland, INSTAAR.
"Nutrient controls over C cycling in tropical rain forests."
Abstract
24 Oct. John Hoffecker,
INSTAAR.
"Climate change, vulcanism, and the dispersal of modern humans
in Europe: The view from Kostenki."
31 Oct. Fortunat Joos, Climate and Environmental Physics, University of Bern. NCAR visiting scientist.
"Climate-carbon cycle interactions"
Abstract
07 Nov. Scott Lehman, INSTAAR.
"Response of Norwegian sea surface and air temperature to solar forcing."
14 Nov. Reto Knutti, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Uncertainty in projections of future climate."
Abstract
21 Nov. Sarah Spaulding, USGS Denver, INSTAAR Affiliate.
"Report on algae in streams in North America: diatoms are behaving badly."
Abstract
28 Nov. Hans-Peter Marshall, INSTAAR.
"Snowpack spatial variability: towards understanding its effect
on remote sensing measurements and snow slope stability."
Abstract
05 Dec. NO TALK, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
12 Dec. NO TALK, CU-Boulder winter break.
Spring 2005
Talks organized by John Hoffecker and Tom Marchitto
10 Jan. Tad Pfeffer, INSTAAR Associate Director.
Institute Meeting (required attendance for Institute members)
17 Jan. NO TALK, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
24 Jan. Detlev Helmig, INSTAAR.
"Ozone smog at South Pole? New data from a tethered balloon experiment reveal unexpected atmospheric chemistry in the Antarctic troposphere."
Abstract
31 Jan. William Bowman, INSTAAR.
"Are we there yet? Critical N loads for alpine vegetation and ecosystem response."
Abstract
07 Feb. Jacqueline Flueckiger, INSTAAR.
"Modeling glacial climate: Bipolar seesaw and the ocean as a trigger for Heinrich Events."
14 Feb. Robert F. Stallard, INSTAAR & USGS.
"Rapid hydrologic assessment: Topical tropical examples."
21 Feb. Elena Yakimenko, former research scientist at the Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
"Pleistocene stratigraphy of the East European Plain: Paleo-reconstructions and controveries."
28 Feb. NO TALK
07 Mar. Raimund Muscheler, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Cosmogenic radionuclide records - rich sources of information about climate changes and its causes."
14 Mar. Bill Manley, INSTAAR.
"Advanced geospatial visualizations and data sharing for Arctic science"
21 Mar. NO TALK, Spring Break
28 Mar. Jerry Meehl, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Future climate change: The IPCC process and results from global coupled climate models."
04 Apr. Astrid Ogilvie, INSTAAR.
"The fish can sing: Cod, climate and currents in Icelandic waters from the settlement to the future ."
11 Apr. Paul Goldberg, Boston University.
"Cave sediments and humans."
18 Apr. NO TALK, cancellation
25 Apr. Aslaug Geirsdottir, University of Iceland.
"Now you see it, now you don't: Holocene glacier and climate variability in Iceland."
02 May Bette Otto-Bliesner, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Glacial climates and abrupt climate change: Results from global coupled climate models."
Fall 2004
Talks organized by John Hoffecker and Tom Marchitto
30 Aug. James Syvitski ,
INSTAAR Director.
Institute Meeting (required attendance for Institute members)
06 Sep. NO TALK, Labor Day.
13 Sep. Joseph von Fischer,
Department of Biology & Natural Resource Ecology Lab, Colorado State
University.
"Less than 1% of soil volume is anoxic, but it matters for upland ecosystem
function."
20 Sep. Jocelyn Turnbull,
INSTAAR.
"Environmental applications of atmospheric 14CO2 measurements."
27 Sep. Tim Seastedt,
INSTAAR.
"Invasive plants: Causes or conseqences of environmental change in Colorado?"
04 Oct. Hans-Petter Sejrup,
University of Bergen.
"The Pleistocene development of the Norwegian Continental Margin: Depositional
environments, glacial history, and paleocenography."
11 Oct. John
Andrews, INSTAAR.
"Holocene records of ice-rafted detritus (IRD): existing models and
a new method."
Abstract
18 Oct. Neal Michelutti, Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta.
"Assessing recent and long-term environmental change on Baffin
Island with lake sedments."
25 Oct. Mike
Ryan, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
"Carbon allocation in forest ecosystems."
Abstract
*Special day and time, 4 pm
27 Oct. Laurens Ganzeveld , Atmospheric
Chemistry Division, Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry.
"Global modelling of reactive trace gas exchanges: Uncertainties and
challenges for non-vegetated and polar landscapes."
Abstract
01 Nov. Yusuke Kubo,
INSTAAR.
"Applications of stratigraphic simulation model 2D-SedFlux to tank experiments
and fields."
08 Nov. NO TALK, GSA Meeting.
15 Nov. NO TALK.
22 Nov. Richard
Madole, USGS.
"Genesis of the Great Sand Dunes, South-Central Colorado."
Abstract
29 Nov. John
Behrendt, INSTAAR.
"Shallow-source magnetic anomalies observed over the West Antarctic
Ice Sheet (WAIS) require extremely high magnetization in the present field direction. "
Abstract
06 Dec. Owen K. Mason,
University of Alaska-Anchorage.
"Increased coastal erosion in the western Arctic in the 21st Century?
Lessons from long-term records and engineering failures."
Spring, 2004
Talks organized by Cory Cleveland and Jason Briner
12 Jan. Cindy Nevison,
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).
"Stratospheric influence on the tropospheric seasonal cycles
of Nitrous Oxide and CFCs 11 and 12: Implications for N2O and O2 budget
studies." Abstract
19 Jan. NO TALK, Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
26 Jan. James Syvitski and Scott
Lehman, INSTAAR.
Discussion of INSTAAR's Strategic Plan, generated from the recently
completed Self Study (required attendance for Institute members).
02 Feb. Dr. Josh Schimel,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
"Linking microbial community composition and function at the
soil profile scale-stress and resource interactions."
09 Feb. Margaret Carreiro,
Department of Biology, University of Louisville.
"A tale of two cities: soil carbon and nitrogen cycling
in oak forests along urban-rural gradients in New York City and Louisville,
Kentucky." Abstract
16 Feb. NO TALK
23 Feb. Najat Bhiry,
INSTAAR Visiting Scientist, Université Laval.
"The temporal and spatial impacts of fluctuating climates on
Nordic ecosystems development (e.g. evolution of peatland palsas of northern
Canada)." Abstract
01 Mar. Jeff Lukas, INSTAAR.
"Reward of the rings: Ancient trees provide multi-century records
of drought and streamflow in Colorado." Abstract
08 Mar. Greg Asner,
Carnegie/Stanford.
"Grazing systems in the global environment." Abstract
15 Mar. Alex Wolfe,
University of Alberta.
"An archaeometallurgical history of the southern Bolivian Andes:
the case for missing silver." Abstract
22 Mar. NO TALK, Spring Break
29 Mar. Mark Kessler,
INSTAAR.
"Sorted Patterned Ground." Abstract
05 Apr. Nichole
Barger, INSTAAR.
"Nitrogen dynamics of biological soil crusts on the Colorado Plateau." Abstract
12 Apr. Greg Tucker,
CU Geological Sciences/CIRES.
"Climate change and the dynamics of drainage basin evolution." Abstract
19 Apr. Joe Yaritt,
Natural Resources Department, Cornell University.
"Predictable (?) patterns of methanogenesis in wetlands of
the discontinuous permafrost zone." Abstract
26 Apr. NO TALK
03 May Adina Payton,
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University.
"Phosphorus Cycling in the Ocean: New Approaches." Abstract
Fall, 2003
Talks organized by Cory Cleveland and Jason Briner
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25 Aug. Jonathon A. Warrick, Coastal and Marine Geology, US Geological Survey, Menlo Park. "Land sources and ocean dispersal of river sediment in southern California." Abstract | Presentation (4.2 Mb PDF)
01 Sep. NO TALK, Labor Day Holiday
08 Sep. James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director. Institute Meeting (required attendance for Institute members).
15 Sep. Carrie Morrill, Advanced Study Program & Climate and Global Dynamics Division, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). "Holocene variations in Asian monsoon precipitation: Links to solar forcing and high latitudes." Abstract | Presentation (1.8 Mb PDF)
22 Sep. Tom Marchitto, INSTAAR."Atlantic-Pacific climate teleconnections at millennial time scales."Abstract | Presentation (3.1 Mb PDF)
29 Sep. Mervi Hjelmroos-Koski,
School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley."Worldwide
travelers without a passport." Abstract | Presentation
(2.6 Mb PDF)
06 Oct. Gaute Mikalsen,
Department of Geology, University of Tromsø, Norway. "High
resolution oxygen isotope records from North Norwegian fjords and shelf,
reflecting past and recent oceanographic changes in the Norwegian Current." Abstract | Presentation
(1.9 Mb PDF)
13 Oct. Jill Baron, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University. "Land use change and nitrogen emissions along the Colorado Front Range." Abstract | Presentation (2.4 Mb PDF)
20 Oct. John Miller, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "What a decade of global atmospheric 13-CO2 measurements tells us about the oceans and biosphere." Abstract
27 Oct. Peter Hess, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). "Global chemical modeling at NCAR." Presentation (4.8 Mb PDF)
03 Nov. NO TALK, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting.
10 Nov. Steve Schmidt, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Thriving microbial life beneath winter snow packs and alpine glaciers: Novel organisms and biogeochemical implications". Abstract | Presentation (3.4 Mb PDF)
17 Nov. Jason Neff, Geological Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Blowing in the wind: The biogeochemical implications of dust deposition and wind erosion in southwestern US ecosystems." Abstract
24 Nov. Bruce Hungate, Northern Arizona University. "Element cycling in response to atmospheric change: ecosystem impacts, global feedbacks." Abstract
01 Dec. James McGoodwin, Anthropology Department, University of Colorado at Boulder (and INSTAAR affiliate). "Climatic variability and Yup'ik Eskimo subsistence strategies." Abstract
08 Dec. NO TALK, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.
15 Dec. Russ Monson, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Carbon sequestration studies at the Niwot Ridge Ameriflux site."
Spring, 2003
Talks organized by Irina Overeem
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13 Jan. James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director, “Half-year
of INSTAAR activities."
20 Jan. NO TALK, Martin
Luther King Day.
27 Jan. Russ Graham, Denver
Museum of Nature and Science, “The Colorado Ice Bison and biogeography
of late Quaternary Bison in North America." abstract
03 Feb. Detlev Helmig,
INSTAAR and Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (PAOS), "New
insights into snow-photochemical processes and snow-atmosphere gas exchange
(if you ever wonder what may happen in your freezer if the light stays on)." abstract | Presentation
(2.2 Mb PDF)
10 Feb. Gene Wahl, Environmental and
Societal Impacts Group, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), "Quantitative
climate interpretation from pollen, and data-model comparisons." abstract
17 Feb. NO TALK, Presidents Day
24 Feb. John Berendt, INSTAAR, “Air
magnetic data of the west antarctic ice-sheet.”
03 Mar. Jerry Peterson, Assoc.
Vice Chancellor for Research, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, "'Cosmic
rays and errors in computer memory chips." abstract
10 Mar. Chris Jenkins, INSTAAR, “The
Importance of Being Uncertain.” Presentation
(0.8 Mb PDF)
17 Mar. Tad Pfeffer, INSTAAR, "On
the length scale of snow slope rills."
24 Mar. NO TALK, Spring break
31 Mar. Eric Leonard,
Geology Department, Colorado College, "Neogene tectonic uplift,
erosion and isostasy on the Colorado Piedmont." abstract | Presentation
(1.4 Mb PDF)
07 Apr. Stephen J. Mojzsis,
Department of Geological Sciences and NASA Center for Astrobiology,
Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, "Investigating early terrestrial
atmospheres and biospheres in the chemistry of sulfur isotopes." abstract
14 Apr. Sally MacIntyre,
Institute for Computational Earth System Science (ICESS), University
of California, "Thermal structure, internal waves and turbulence
in small and moderate sized lakes with implications for biology." Presentation
(3.4 Mb PDF)
21 Apr. Irina Overeem,
INSTAAR, "Quantifying stratigraphic variability; a case-study
of the New Jersey shelf over the last 21,000 years." abstract | Presentation
(1.4 Mb PDF)
28 Apr. Larry Benson,
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver Federal Center, "Cosmogenic dating
of Pre-Pinedale, Pinedale, and Post-Pinedale moraines in North Central
and Southwestern Colorado." abstract | Presentation
(1.9 Mb PDF)
05 May Susan Zager,
VECO Polar Resources, "Overview of VECO operations and services." (VECO
is the National Science Foundation's Arctic logistics contractor, annually
supporting over 100 grants and 500 scientists throughout the Arctic). Presentation
(1.3 Mb PDF)
08 May Special
Thursday talk in RL-1, rm 269, noon - 1 pm, Wes LeMasurier,
Department of Geology at CU Denver, "Cenozoic reactivation of the
West Antarctic Rift System in Marie Byrd Land." abstract
12 May Snehalata Huzurbazar,
Department of Statistics, University of Wyoming, "An Overview
of statistical methods: what statistics can and cannot do." abstract
19 May James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director, "Predicting the distribution and properties of buried submarine topography on continental shelves - New Navy sonars require geological insight."
Fall, 2002
Talks organized by Irina Overeem
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04 Sep. Special Wed session
(12-1 PM): James Syvitski, Director INSTAAR, “Global
Change is much more than Climate Change".
09 Sep. Diane McKnight, INSTAAR, “Ecological response to nitrogen deposition and climate change in alpine lakes in the Colorado Front Range". Presentation (1.5 Mb PDF)
16 Sep. Larry Barber, USGS, “Sex, Drugs, and Water : Emerging contaminants in the Boulder Creek Watershed". Presentation (1.1 Mb PDF)
23 Sep. Donna Francis, Harvard University, "Chironomids as indicators of past climate change in the Arctic." Abstract
30 Sep. Inge Aarseth, visiting scientist, University of Bergen, Norway, “Holocene lacustrine shorelines in bedrock and Late Pleistocene rock platforms in and around Bergen, Norway”. Presentation (3 Mb PDF)
07 Oct. Tim Kittel, National Center for Atmospheric Research, INSTAAR affiliate, "Historical and Future Climates of the Rocky Mountains". Presentation (0.5 Mb PDF)
14 Oct. Mark F. Meier, INSTAAR, “Sea-level rise: a splendid interdisciplinary enigma”. Presentation (0.8 Mb PDF)
21 Oct. Yu Ching, Ohio State University, visiting scientist, "Persistant Organic Pollutants in polar regions".
28 Oct. NO TALK, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Denver).
01 Nov. Special Fri session (12-1 PM): Steve Goodbred, State University of New York, Stony Brook, "The Ganges-Brahmaputra sediment dispersal system: Controls, responses, and stratigraphy during the Late Quaternary". Presentation (3.6 Mb PDF) | Abstract
04 Nov. Ted Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center, “The Larsen B breakup; the climate and the stability of the major ice shelves around Antarctica”.
04 Nov. Special Mon afternoon session (4-5 PM): Pierre Francus, University of Massachussets, “Image analysis, sediments and paleoenvironmental reconstruction”.
11 Nov. Joe Stoner, INSTAAR, "Holocene paleomagnetism in the Arctic: New frontiers in geophysics and chronostratigraphy." Abstract
18 Nov. Ted Habermann, NESDIS / NGDC, "Geospatial Databases: The Foundation for Environmental Data Management”. Abstract
25 Nov. Scott Peckham, INSTAAR, "TopoFlow: A new distributed hydrologic model based on ARHYTHM and RiverTools." Abstract | Presentation (0.9 Mb PDF) | Peckham animation (1.6 Mb .mov Quicktime)
02 Dec. Lothar Schrott, Univ. of Bonn, Germany, INSTAAR visiting scientist, "Hydrological significance of permafrost in the semi-arid Andes". Abstract
09 Dec. NO TALK, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (San Francisco)
16 Dec. Deborah Martin, USGS, “Geomorphic impacts of wildfire in the semi-arid West”.
Spring, 2002
Talks organized by J. Scott Stewart
Dates shown in red
are non-Monday talks by candidates for the Quantitative Paleoclimate position.
Some of these non-Monday talks are at INSTAAR; others are on main campus.
Jan. 14 Tim Seastedt, INSTAAR Acting Director, General INSTAAR
Meeting.
Jan. 21 NO TALK, Martin Luther King Holiday.
Jan. 25 Friday
4 PM, Main Campus, Duane Physics G-125
Michael Mann, Environmental Studies, Univ of Virginia, "Climate during
the past millennium."
Jan. 28 Michael Mann, Environmental Studies, Univ of Virginia, "The role of external forcing in climate changes of the past few centuries".
Jan. 31 Thursday
4 PM, East Campus, INSTAAR, RL1 Rm 269
Tim Barrows, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National
University, "The last Ice Age in Australia--Applications of exposure
dating using cosmogenic isotopes."
Feb. 01 Friday
4 PM, Main Campus, Geological Sciences, Benson Rm 380
Tim Barrows, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National
University, "Sea-surface temperatures From the Australian margin during
the last 150,000 Years--Insights into the future."
Feb. 04 Gerard Roe, Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, "Climate feedbacks on the evolution of mountain ranges."
Feb. 05 Tuesday
4 PM, Main Campus, Geological Sciences,
Benson Rm 380
Gerard Roe, Quaternary Research Center, Univ of Washington, "Understanding
the Ice Ages: A review and some recent results."
Feb. 07 Thursday
4 PM, East Campus, INSTAAR, RL1 Rm 269
Tom Marchitto, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
Univ, "Reconstructing glacial-interglacial carbonate ion excursions in
the deep Pacific."
Feb. 08 Friday
4 PM, Main Campus, CIRES Auditorium
Tom Marchitto, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
Univ, "Late Holocene cycles in upper North Atlantic Deep Water temperature
and salinity."
Feb. 11 Ulysses Ninnemann, Lamont Doherty
Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, "Drake Passage ocean circulation and
climate changes during the Last Deglaciation ." Abstract
Feb. 12 Tuesday
4 PM, Main Campus, Benson Rm 380
Ulysses Ninnemann, Lamont
Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia Univ, "Mode changes in Southern Ocean
circulation over the Last Glacial Cycle: North Atlantic and Southern Ocean
influences ."
Feb. 18 Susan Avery, Director of CIRES and Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder, "Water,
Science, and the New West."
Abstract
Feb. 25 Wes Lemasurier, Department of Geology, Univ. of Colorado at Denver, INSTAAR Affiliate," A 35 M.Y. history of uplift and erosion of the Marie Byrd Land Dome: Implications regarding glacial history and possible Mid-Cenozoic plate motion in West Antarctica". Abstract
Mar. 04 Robert Howarth, Cornell Univ, "Human acceleration of the nitrogen cycle: national and global drivers and trends."
Mar. 11 Michael Richter, University Erlangen-Nurnberg (Germany), "Climate interpretation by phytoindication in high mountains in Central Asia and Latin America."
Mar. 18 Steve Solomon, Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic), Bedford Institute of Oceanography, "Coastal storms, sea ice, and coastal stability in the Canadian Beaufort Sea region."
Mar. 25 NO TALK, Spring Break
Apr. 01 Chris Jenkins, INSTAAR, "A global GIS of seabed materials."Abstract
Apr. 08 Ned Andrews,USGS, "Influence of ENSO on flood frequency along the California Coast." Abstract
Apr. 15 Lothar Schrott, INSTAAR visiting scientist, Department of Geography, University of Bonn, "Sediment storage in alpine catchments: Quantification and variability."Abstract
Apr. 22 John Hoffecker, INSTAAR, "The Last Glacial Maximum and the peopling of the New World."Abstract
Apr. 29 Jon Landvik, Agricultural University of Norway, INSTAAR Visiting Scientist, "Svalbard during the last glaciation: Old controversies revisited."
Fall, 2001
Talks organized by J. Scott Stewart
Aug. 31 James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director,
INSTAAR General Meeting (special Friday session).
Sept. 03 NO TALK (Labor Day Holiday).
Sept. 10 Mark Losleben, INSTAAR. "Mountain snowpack and variability in three western United States mountain ranges." Losleben Abstract
Sept. 17 Lisa Morgan, US Geological Survey, "New discoveries in Yellowstone Lake: Results from high-resolution sonar imaging, seismic reflection, and submersible surveys." Morgan Abstract
Sept. 24 Scott Peckham, INSTAAR, "Fluvial landform modeling."
Oct. 01 James Syvitski, INSTAAR, "INSTAAR Turns 50: A very brief history" and "Developing a community sediment model for education and research in the 21st Century."
Oct. 08 Jim Maslanik, Aerospace Engineering and PAOS"Development and applications of a small unpiloted aerial vehicle for polar research." Maslanik Abstract
Oct. 15 Tad Pfeffer, INSTAAR, "100 years of Arapahoe Glacier observations (in 3 steps)."
Oct. 22 Ida Lonne, The University Courses
on Svalbard (UNIS), Norway, "Glacial ghosts: Investigating faint traces
of High Arctic glaciations."
Oct. 29 Ute Herzfeld, Heisenberg Fellow (German Science Foundation) and INSTAAR, "Mapping and monitoring changes in the Antarctic Ice Sheet from combined RADARSAT SAR and GEOSAT to ERS radar altimeter data analysis."Herzfeld Abstract
Nov. 05 Kevin Bishop, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, "Natural dynamics and unnatural impacts in Boreal catchments: A hydrologists perspective on acidification, mercury, and forestry in the humic waters of northern Sweden."
Nov. 12 Cancelled
Nov. 19 Judith Curry, Aerospace Engineering and PAOS, "Applications of SHEBA data to improving climate models."
Nov. 26 Detlev Helmig, INSTAAR, "The ups and downs of the atmosphere: An introduction to the research of surface-atmosphere interactions in a new group at INSTAAR."
Dec. 03 Robert Anderson, University of California, Santa Cruz (and INSTAAR visiting scientist), "Evolution of a tectonically active coastline: Lessons from Santa Cruz, California."
Dec. 10 NO TALK (AGU Fall Meeting)
Dec. 17 Herman Sievering, University of Colorado at Denver and INSTAAR Affiliate, "Atmospheric nitrogen contribution to forest N cycling and growth: Niwot Spruce-Fir-Pine case study."
Dec. 24 NO TALK (Winter Holidays)
Spring, 2001
Talks organized by Dominic Ferretti
Jan. 01 NO TALK (New Years Day).
Jan. 08 Scott Elias, INSTAAR, "Beringian Paleoenvironments."
Jan. 15 NO TALK (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day).
Jan. 22 James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director, INSTAAR General Meeting.
Jan. 29 Alex Wolfe, INSTAAR, "Assessing the ecological response of alpine lakes to nitrogen deposition in Rocky Mountain National Park: An application of paleolimnology."
Feb. 05 Vera Markgraf, INSTAAR, "The Southern Westerlies and Interhemispheric Correlation."
Feb. 12 Elise Pendall, INSTAAR, "Soil Carbon Cycling under Elevated Atmospheric CO2."
Feb. 19 Mark Dyurgerov, INSTAAR, "The contribution of mountain and subpolar glaciers to sea level rise appears to be increasing; can we predict this for XXI century?." Abstract
Feb. 26 NO TALK, (speaker had to cancel on short notice)
Mar. 05 Shad O'Neel, INSTAAR, "Dynamics at the terminus of a tidewater glacier."
Mar. 12 Peter Molnar, CIRES, "The closing of the Indonesian Seaway as the Missing Link between El Niño and Pliocene Aridification of East Africa, if not the key to the Ice Ages."
Mar. 19 Helmut Elsenbeer, University of Cincinnati, "Soils and Land-Use History in the Southern Alps." Abstract
Mar. 26 NO TALK (Spring Break)
Apr. 02 Russ Graham, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, "Triggers, Thresholds, Russian Roulette, and Pleistocene Extinctions!". Abstract
Apr. 09 John Hoffecker, INSTAAR, "East European Environments and the Ecology of the Neanderthals." Abstract
Apr. 16 Canceled due to unexpected problem.
Apr. 23 David Anderson, NOAA, "Comparing Marine Geologic Estimates of Sea Surface Temperature."
Apr. 30 Scott Lehman, INSTAAR, ""Radiocarbon activity, the ocean and Earth's magnetic field."
Fall, 2000
Talks organized by Dominic Ferretti
Sep. 06 James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director, INSTAAR General Meeting.
Sep. 25 Tad Pfeffer, INSTAAR, "Columbia Glacier update."
Oct. 02 Ed Dlugokencky, NOAA/CMDL, "Constraints on the global methane budget determined from NOAA/CMDL measurements."
Oct. 09 Clara Deser, NCAR, "Arctic Sea Ice and Atmospheric Circulation Variability."
Oct. 16 Tim Barrows, INSTAAR, "The timing and impact of the last glacial maximum in Australia."
Oct. 23 Mark Pagani, Colorado State University, "The evolution of atmospheric carbon dioxide."
Oct. 30 Joseph McAvoy, "Cactus Hill Virginia-The oldest archeological site in North America."
Nov. 06 John Behrendt, INSTAAR, "Comparison of sub-glacial volcanic features beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet interpreted from aero-magnetic and radar-ice soundings with similar but more accessible structures in Iceland."
Nov. 13 Hector Galbraith, Galbraith Environmental Sciences, "Global Climate Change Effects on Coastal Bird Communities."
Nov. 20 John Andrews, INSTAAR, "The inter Heinrich event, records from the North Labrador sea; D-O oscillation?"
Nov. 27 David Lubinski, INSTAAR, "Freshwater and Atlantic Water inflows to the northern Barents and Kara seas since the late deglacial: Foraminifera and stable isotopes."
Dec. 04 Olga Solomina, Inst. of Geography, Russian Academy of Science, "Neoglacial events and modern glacier retreat in the mountains of the Former Soviet Union."
Dec. 11 Dale Toetz, INSTAAR "Structure and function of an alpine wetland, Green Lakes Valley,Colorado."
Dec. 18 NO TALK (AGU Fall Meeting).
Dec. 25 NO TALK (Christmas Day).
Spring, 2000
Talks organized by Elise Pendall
Jan. 31 James Syvitski, INSTAAR General Meeting
Feb. 07 John Behrendt, INSTAAR, "Aeromagnetic and radar ice sounding evidence for interaction of the ice with bedrock beneath the divide of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Including removal of subglacially erupted volcanic edifices."
Feb. 14 Dan Muhs, USGS, "Paleoclimatic implications of late Quaternary loess in North America."
Feb. 21 Sarah Spaulding, CA Academy of Science, "Diatom biogeography: the juncture of evolutionary history and modern environmental conditions."
Feb. 28 Patrick Bourgeron, INSTAAR, "Conducting large-scale conservation evaluation and conservation area selection using a knowledge-based system and GIS framework."
Mar. 06 Mark Meier, INSTAAR, "Glacier wastage and climate change: some new and not completely understandable results."
Mar. 13 Eric Steig, University of Pennsylvania, Talk Topic: Lessons learned from the study of debris-covered glaciers.
Mar. 20 Ed Brook, Washington State University, Talk Topic: Global methane on glacial-interglacial timescales: bipolar perspectives from ice cores.
Mar. 24 Marika Holland, Talk Topic: Modeling sea-ice variability and its impacts on North Atlantic climatic variability.
Apr. 03 Pieter Tans, NOAA, "What can stable isotopes tell us about the recent global carbon cycle?"
Apr. 10 Scott Lehman, INSTAAR, "An improved radiocarbon calibration for the period 15,000 - 10,000 calendar years BP from Cariaco Basin."
Apr. 17 Greg McCabe, USGS, "Decadal variability in the strength of ENSO teleconnections with precipitation in the western United States."
Apr. 24 Tore Vorren, INSTAAR Visiting Scientist, "Trough mouth fans - origin, paleoclimate and ice sheet monitors."
May 01 Jennifer Y. King, USDA, "Methane Emission and Below Ground Carbon Cycling in Arctic Tundra Ecosystems."
May 08 Dennis Ojima, Colorado State University, "Balancing the carbon checkbook in the conterminous US: Validating the terrestrial carbon biogeochemical flux."
Fall, 1999
Talks organized by Elise Pendall
Sep. 13 James Syvitski, INSTAAR General Meeting
Sep. 20 Bill Manley, INSTAAR, "GIS Analysis of Modern and LGM Glacier-Climate Relationships, Alaska."
Sep. 27 Mark Dyurgerov, INSTAAR, "Health of glaciers; climate-sea-level interrelations and a few words about volcanic eruptions"
Oct. 04 John Hoffecker, INSTAAR, "Early Middle Pleistocene Adaptation in Europe: The Zooarchaeology of Treugol'naya Cave (Northern Caucasus, Russia)."
Oct. 11 Giff Miller, INSTAAR, "Megafauna extinction and monsoon failure in Pleistocene Australia: in search of the smoking gun."
Oct. 18 Klaus Wolter, NOAA, "Niwot Ridge Climate - Canary in the Coalmine or just Whistling in the Wind."
Oct. 25 Ingibjörg S. Jónsdóttir, INSTAAR Visiting Scientist, "Research expeditions along the Northeast and Northwest Passages: new approach in terrestrial ecological studies in the Arctic."
Nov. 01 Bob Stallard, USGS, "Global Change Research in Panama - Future of the Canal to Ocean Circulation to FACE Rings."
Nov. 08 Bill Bowman, INSTAAR, "Are alpine plants passive players, or critical components in a stressful system?"
Nov. 15 Alan Townsend, INSTAAR, "Tropical Deforestation to Cattle Pasture: Biogeochemical Effects from Local to Global Scales."
Nov. 22 John Andrews, INSTAAR, "A comparison of marine sediment properties between "cold" East Greenland and "warm" Iceland."
Nov. 29 Ólafur Ingólfsson, INSTAAR Visiting Scientist, "Antarctic glacial history since the Last Glacial Maximum."
Dec. 06 Tim Seastedt, INSTAAR, "Wasting tax dollars and the environment? Weed (mis?)management in Boulder County."