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SCIENTIFIC READINGS: MARI/CCPO Seminar Series Fall 2015
Course: OEAS 795/895 Advanced/Special Topics (one credit);
CRNs: 20055 (795) and 21528
Course title: Contemporary Scientific Reading: CCPO/MARI Seminar;
Instructors: Dr. Eileen Hofmann, Dr. Hans-Peter Plag;
Term: Fall 2015.
Day and Time: Mondays, 2:00-2:50 PM.
Location: CCPO Seminar Room.
- Week 1: No readings
- Week 2: Discussion.
Hansen et al., 2015. Ice melt, sea level rise and superstorms: evidence from paleoclimate data, climate modeling, and modern observations that 2oC global warming is highly dangerous. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 15, 20059-20179, doi:10.5194/acpd-15-20059-2015. See the paper.
Mooney, C., 2015. What live peer review looks like when the fate of the planet is at stake. The Washington Post, August 172015. Read the article.
- Week 3: No class
- Week 4: Malcolm J Bowman, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University: Can we Continue to Live at the Edge of the Sea (with reference to future extreme events and climate change)?:
D. Hill, M.J. Bowman, and J.S. Khinda (eds.), 2012. Storm Surge Barriers to Protect New York City: Against the Deluge, Amer. Soc. Civil Eng., 259.
Colle, B.A., Buonaiuto, F., Bowman, M.J., Wilson, R.E., Flood, R., Hunter, R., Mintz, A. and D. Hill, 2008. Simulations of Past Cyclone Events to Explore New York City's Vulnerability to Coastal Flooding and Storm Surge Model Capabilities. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 89(6), 829 - 41.
Also of interest is the interview Bowman had with Dan Rather, soon after Sandy hit in October 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e_32Ge0kWAM.
- Week 5: Patricia Yager, University of Georgia: Climate Change and the Coastal Antarctic Ecosystem: Results from the Amundsen Sea Polynya International Research Expedition (ASPIRE).
Yager, Patricia L., et al., 2012. ASPIRE: the Amundsen Sea Polynya international research expedition. Oceanography, 25(3), 40-53.
Mu, L., S. E. Stammerjohn, K. E. Lowry, and P. L. Yager, 2014. Spatial variability of surface pCO2 and air-sea CO2 flux in the Amundsen Sea Polynya, Antarctica. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 2(1), 000036.
- Week 6: James Maughan, CH2M HILL, University of Massachusetts Lowell,
and US Dept. of Transportation: ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS TO ACHIEVE: ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH PROTECTION; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; AND A BETTER PROPOSED ACTION.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 2009. MEMORANDUM OPINION. (pdf)
City of Newport News, 2009. News Release: King William Reservoir Activity Suspended. (pdf)
Corrie E. Clark, Andrew J. Burnham, Christopher B. Harto, Robert M. Horner, 2012. The Technology and Policy of Hydraulic Fracturing and Potential Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Development. Environmental Practice, 14(4), doi:10.10170S1466046612000415 (pdf)
City of Newport News to City Council: 120-Day Report on King William Reservoir Project (pdf)
- Week 7: Ryan Carnegie,Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Rise of a Marine Superbug: Understanding the Origins of Perkinsus marinus as the East Coast's Most Significant Oyster Pathogen.
Carnegie, R.B., Burreson, E. M., 2011. Declining impact of an introduced pathogen: Haplosporidium nelsoni in the oyster Crassostrea virginica in Chesapeake Bay. Mar Ecol Prog Ser, 432, 1–15, doi: 10.3354/meps09221. pdf
ROY, B. A., KIRCHNER, J. W., 2000, EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS OF PATHOGEN RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE. Evolution, 54(1), 51–63. pdf
- Week 8: No class.
- Week 9: Dr. Diane Horn from Birkbeck
College, University of London: Planning for Sea Level Rise: Lessons from London (Which has been Lucky).
R. J. DAWSON, J. W. HALL, P. D. BATES and R. J. NICHOLLS, 2005. Quantified Analysis of the Probability of Flooding in the Thames Estuary under Imaginable Worst-case Sea Level Rise Scenarios. Water Resources Development, 21(4), 577-591.
Ranger, N., Reeder, T., Lowe, J., 2013. Addressing 'deep' uncertainty over long-term climate in major infrastructure projects: four innovations of the Thames Estuary 2100 Project. EURO J Decis Process, 1, 233-262, DOI 10.1007/s40070-013-0014-5.
- Week 10: Sandra Fatorić, North Carolina State University: Living with Climate Change: Participatory Climate Adaptation in the Mediterranean Climate Regions.
Frazier, T. G., Wood, N., Yarnal, B. 2010. Stakeholder perspectives on land-use strategies for adapting to climate-change-enhanced coastal hazards: Sarasota, Florida. Applied Geography, 30(4), 506-517.
Mozumder, P., Flugman, E., Randhir, T., 2011. Adaptation behavior in the face of global climate change: Survey responses from experts and decision makers serving the Florida Keys. Ocean and Coastal Management, 54(1), 37–44.
- Week 11: Johanna Rosman, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina: Turbulence in the Coastal Ocean: So Important and Yet So Elusive.
Trowbridge, J., Elgar, S., 2001. Turbulence Measurements in the Surf Zone. J. Phys. Oceanography, 31, 2403-2417.
Ivey, G. N., Winters, K. B., Koseff, J. R., 2008. Density Stratification, Turbulence, but How Much Mixing? Annu. Rev. Fluid Mech., 40, 169-84.
- Week 12: Melissa Kenney, University of Maryland: Multidisciplinary Insights to Solve Difficult Environmental Problems.
Kenney, M., Janetos, T., 2014. National Climate Assessment Indicator System: Proposed Implementation of a Pilot Indicator System. Memo. (pdf)
Janetos, A. C., Kennedy, M., 2015. Developing better indicators to track climate impacts. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, ?, 403.
Moss, R., P. L. Scarlett, M. A. Kenney, H. Kunreuther, R. Lempert, J. Manning, B. K. Williams, J. W. Boyd, E. T. Cloyd, L. Kaatz, and L. Patton, 2014: Ch. 26: Decision Support: Connecting Science, Risk Perception, and Decisions. In J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. U.S. Global Change Research Program, 620-647. doi:10.7930/J0H12ZXG. (pdf).
- Week 13: Robert Condon, University of North Carolina Wilmington: Jellyfish May Not be Increasing Globally.
Duarte, C. M., Fulweiler, R. W., Lovelock, C. E., Martinetto, P., Saunders, M .I., Pandolfi, J. M., Gelcich, S., Nixon, S. W., 2014. Reconsidering Ocean Calamities. BioScience, Advance Access published December 31, 2014.
- Week 14: Mike Dinniman, CCPO: Ocean Modeling of Antarctic Ice Shelves: Why Do We Care and the Tricky Business of Modeling How It Might Change.
Pritchard, H. D., Ligtenberg, S. R. M., Fricker, H. A. , Vaughan, D. G. , van den Broeke, M. R., Padman, L., 2012. Antarctic ice-sheet loss driven by basal melting of ice shelves, Nature, 484, 502-505, doi:10.1038/nature10968. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
- Week 15: James Haluska, CCPO: TBD.