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SCIENTIFIC READINGS: MARI/CCPO Seminar Series Spring 2016
Course: OEAS 795/895 Advanced/Special Topics (one credit);
CRNs: 26368 (795) and 26370 (895)
Course title: Contemporary Scientific Reading: CCPO/MARI Seminar;
Instructors: Dr. Eileen Hofmann, Dr. Hans-Peter Plag;
Term: Spring 2016.
Day and Time: Mondays, 2:00-2:50 PM.
Location: CCPO Seminar Room.
- Week 1: Discussion
- Week 2: No readings - Holiday
- Week 3: Gavin Smith, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill: Adapting to Climate Change: Lessons from natural hazards planning.
Smith, G., Lyles, W., Berke, P., 2013. The role of the state in building local capacity and commitment for hazard mitigation planning. Intern. J. Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 31(2), 178-203. pdf.
Smith, G. P., Wenger, D., 2014. Sustainable Disaster Recovery: Operationalizing An Existing Chapter 14 in a book. pdf.
Gavin Smith's talk is based the book "ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: LESSONS FROM NATURAL HAZARDS PLANNING", Edited by Bruce C. Glavovic (Massey University, New Zealand) and Gavin P. Smith (University of North Carolina, USA). Published by Springer (2014).
This book identifies lessons learned from natural hazard experiences to help communities plan for and adapt to climate change. Written by leading experts, the case studies examine diverse experiences, from severe storms to sea-level related hazards, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, floods, earthquakes and tsunami, in North America, Europe, Australasia, Asia, Africa and Small Island Developing States. The lessons are grouped according to four imperatives: (i) Develop collaborative governance networks; (ii) build adaptive capabilities; (iii) invest in pre-event planning; and (iv) the moral imperative to undertake adaptive actions that advance resilience and sustainability.
This book is distinctive in providing climate change policy-makers, scholars, students and practitioners with a rigorous understanding of lessons learned from natural hazards planning scholarship and experience that can help to overcome barriers and unlock opportunities for building communities that are sustainable and resilient to climate change.
Among other things, this book will provide readers with insights into:
- Lessons learned from natural hazards planning scholarship and experience applied to integrating natural hazards risk management and climate change adaptation.
- Lessons learned from real-world natural hazard and disaster experiences around the world with a focus on insights from disaster risk reduction (hazard mitigation) and disaster recovery.
- Planning for natural hazards and climate change adaptation.
- Role of governance in building resilience, sustainability and adapting to climate change.
- Real-world experiences and practical lessons drawn from a diverse set of international case studies.
Readers will be able to answer vital questions, such as: What are the root causes of increasing climate change risk? What are the key considerations for reducing climate change impacts? What barriers do communities face in their endeavour to adapt to climate change? What role should key actors, including government at different levels, the private sector, civil society and the research community, play in building adaptive capacity? What can be done to recover from the adverse impacts of natural hazards, disasters and climate change?
- Week 4: Richard Zimmerman, Old Dominion University: Modeling the Impacts of Water Quality and Climate Change on Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) in Chesapeake Bay.
Zimmerman, R. C., Hill, V. J., Gallegos, C. L., 2015. Predicting effects of ocean warming, acidification, and water quality on Chesapeake region eelgrass. Limnol. Oceanogr., 60, 1781&mdash1804. doi: 10.1002/lno.10139
- Week 5: A. Brad Murray, Duke University: Coastline Shapes Respond to Changing Storms: Morphodynamics, Coupled with Human Dynamics.
Moore,L. J., McNamara, D. E., Murray, A. B., Brenner, O., 2013. Observed changes in hurricane-driven waves explain the dynamics of modern cuspate shorelines. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 5867—5871, doi:10.1002/2013GL057311.
Murray, A. B., Gopalakrishnan, S., McNamara, D. E., Smith, M. D., 2014. Progress in coupling models of human and coastal landscape change. Computers &Geosciences, 53, 30—38.
Johnson, J. M., Moore, L. J., Ells, K., Murray, A. B., Adams, P. N., MacKenzie III, R. A., Jaeger, J. M., 2014. Recent shifts in coastline change and shoreline stabilization linked to storm climate change. Earth Surf. Process. Landforms, DOI: 10.1002/esp.3650.
- Week 6: Eileen Hofmann, Old Dominion University: USECoS: Seasonal and Interannual Variability of Nitrogen Fluxes Along the Mid-Atlantic Bight
Hofmann, E. E., Cahill, B., Fennel, K., Friedrichs, M. A. M., Hyde, K., Lee, C., Mannino, A., Najjar, R. G., O’Reilly, Wilkin, J. E., Xue, J., 2011. Modeling the Dynamics of Continental Shelf Carbon. Annu. Rev. Mar. Sci., 3, 93-122.
- Week 10: Sophie Nowicki, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center: WHY IS PROJECTING THE SEA LEVEL CONTRIBUTION FROM ICE SHEETS SO TRICKY?
Alley, R.B., Anandakrishnan, S., Christianson, K., Horgan, H. J., Muto, A., Parizek, B. R., Pollard, D., Walker, R. T., 2015. Oceanic Forcing of Ice-Sheet Retreat: West Antarctica and More. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 43, 207—231. DOI: 10.1146/annurev-earth-060614-105344.
- Week 11: Nicolas Cassar, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University: The Relation of Net Community Production to Plankton Diversity at the Western Antarctic Peninsula
Cassar, N., Wright, S. W., Thomson, P. G., Trull, T. W., Westwood, K. J., de Salas, M., Davidson, A., Pearce, I., Davies, D. M., Matear, R. J., 2015. The relation of mixed-layer net community production to phytoplankton community composition in the Southern Ocean. Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 29, doi:10.1002/2014GB004936.
- Week 12: Sara Maxwell, Dept. of Biological Sciences, ODU: Using Spatial Ecology of Marine Predators to Inform Management
and Sustainability of Ocean Ecosystems
Costa, D. P., Breed, G. A., Robinson, P. W., 2012. New Insights into Pelagic Migrations: Implications for Ecology and Conservation. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Evol. Syst., 43, 73—96, DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102710-145045.
Maxwell, S. M., Breed, G. A., Nickel, B. A., Makanga-Bahouna, J., Pemo-Makaya, E., Parnell, R. J., Formia, A., Ngouessono, S., Godley, B. J., Costa, D. P., Witt, M. J., Coyne, M. S., 2011. Using Satellite Tracking to Optimize Protection of Long-Lived Marine Species: Olive Ridley Sea Turtle Conservation in Central Africa. PLoS ONE, 6(5), e19905. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0019905.
Week 13: Donglai Gong, Virginia Institute of Marine Science: Comparing the Impact of Arctic and Mid-Atlantic Submarine Canyons on Shelf-basin Exchange
Allen, S. E., de Madron, X. D., 2009. A review of the role of submarine canyons in deep-ocean exchange with the shelf. Ocean Sci., 5, 607—620.
Week 13: Putting Climate in Context: The Social Science Role in Developing Decision-Relevant Science for Climate Adaptation
Dow, K., Berkhout, F., Preston, B. L., Klein, R. J. T., Midgley, G., Shaw, M. R., 2013. Limits to adaptation. Nature Climate Change, 3, 305-307.
Lackstrom, K., Kettle, N. P., Haywood, B., Dow, K., 2013. Climate-Sensitive Decisions and Time Frames: A Cross-Sectoral Analysis of Information Pathways in the Carolinas. Weather, Climate, and Society, 6, 238-252, DOI: 10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00030.1.