"Slippery when wet: Exploring the hydrosphere beneath the Antarctic ice sheet" Dr. Matthew R. Siegfried, Department of Geophysics, Colorado School of Mines Beneath the Antarctic ice sheet lies an almost entirely unexplored water system of interconnected streams, rivers, and lakes …
"The moral field of environmental engineers in late-twentieth-century United States" Ryan Hearty, PhD Candidate, History of Science and Technology, Johns Hopkins University According to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, environmental engineers are uniquely equipped to address several …
Register here The COVID-19 pandemic has done more than affect the health of people. It has disrupted economies and societies exposing structural inequalities and local insecurities. Collaborative initiatives are trying to understand conditions of and solutions for COVID …
Socio-Environmental Rights in Columbia: Insight from Black and Indigenous Leaders Register here Description: Colombia is a dangerous place for environmental leaders. Just in 2020, sixty-five environmentalists were killed. Ethnic groups are increasingly at risk as extractive economies expand into their …
Dr. Tyler Mackey, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico Perennially ice-covered lakes serve as liquid water oases in Antarctic polar deserts. Lake beds are covered with thick microbial mats where enough light penetrates for seasonal photosynthetic …
CSU students who participated in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow, Scotland (COP26) will talk about their experiences at the conference, outcomes from COP26, why there is reason for optimism around climate change solutions and the …
Biodiversity loss and the climate change crises must be tackled together or neither will be resolved, according to experts of two intergovernmental science policy bodies (IPBES-IPCC). Narrowly focused actions to combat climate change can directly and indirectly harm nature, and …
How can humanity creatively identify the paths we might take in the next 50 years or more? What can creativity and storytelling do to expand the range of what we consider as possible in the future? Keys will demonstrate how …
Climate change has already impacted water resources in Colorado, with rising temperatures, shifts in precipitation and snow pack, extreme droughts and flooding. Today planning for the uncertainties associated with future climate change and water use is central to all, affecting …
University Distinguished Professor of Economics and SoGES Senior Scholar Edward Barbier will present a seminar on his forthcoming book Economics for a Fragile Planet (Cambridge March 2022) as part of the Department of Economics’ 2021-2022 Seminar Series. The event is co-sponsored …