ESOC coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am Wednesdays in the ESOC Reading Room (Ekeley W230). Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest. Each week has a different host.

The Challenge of Planning for Extremes in Natural and Cultural Resources

Presented by Dr. William R. Travis, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center and Dept. of Geography, University of Colorado Boulder

Register in advance for this meeting: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIrceupqzIuEtLWej6caFLxLent3...

ABSTRACT:
Resource systems in our region and beyond seem to be awash in extreme weather and climate events, mega-drought in the Colorado River Basin, floods in Yellowstone and Death Valley, “heat domes”, “flash droughts,” and wildfire conditions that defy even the most carefully planned and conducted prescribed burns. Extreme events pose a number of distinct challenges to resources planning and management, starting with the analytical effort needed to assess and detect their physical characteristics (frequency, magnitude, etc.), evaluate the threat they pose to natural and cultural resources, their likely evolution in a changing climate, and how to configure these insights into management plans. Managers know that “unexpected” conditions may arise, surprises are likely, and they cope and adapt plans in various ways. The toolkit for dealing with extremes might benefit from lessons from other fields, ranging from aviation to nuclear safety, disaster analysis and reduction, and we will examine some of these approaches, but also apply the most common strategy of all: drawing lessons from recent cases. Webinar participants are encouraged to have a case of extreme conditions or surprising system behavior in mind to offer for discussion.

The NOAA Regional Collaboration Network invites you to join from 2:00 - 3:00pm ET (that's 12:00pm - 1:00pm MST) on Friday, September 9, for a special webinar designed to share experiences and information about NOAA’s role related to drought. From learning about the National Integrated Drought Information System, understanding flash drought, or how drought relates to salmon recovery - you will have the chance to hear straight from the experts on a wide array of drought-related topics! In addition, presenters will address questions from the audience.

Register here for the Three Minute Thesis Webinar on Drought.  After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

A recording will be available the week after the webinar on the Three Minute Thesis Recordings Archive page. 

Featured Speaker & Topics:

The National Integrated Drought Information System: Not Your Typical Dry Topic

Molly Woloszyn, Regional Drought Information Coordinator

National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

University of Colorado Boulder

NOAA Funding for Drought Research Veva Deheza, Executive Director 

National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

Implementing the NIDIS Tribal Engagement Strategy

Crystal Stiles, Tribal Engagement Coordinator

National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS)

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)

University of Colorado Boulder

U.S. Drought Monitor

Adam Hartman, Meteorologist

NOAA Climate Prediction Center

Indicators, Information, Impact

Christa Peters-Lidard, Director (Acting)

NASA Sciences and Exploration Directorate

NOAA Climate Prediction Center Drought Outlooks

Hailan Wang, Meteorologist

NOAA Climate Prediction Center

Flash Droughts

Jason Otkin, Associate Scientist 

Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies

University of Wisconsin - Madison

California Water, Drought, and Salmon Recovery

Evan Sawyer, Drought Coordinator

NOAA Fisheries - California Central Valley Office

Precipitation and Temperature Extremes within the Southwest Megadrought

Andy Hoell, Meteorologist 

NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory

For additional information, please reach out to bethany.perry@noaa.gov

Join us for a CGA get-together over breakfast this coming Monday, September 12th from 9-11am in CIRES' Fellows Room (S274), next to the south central staircase).  RSVPs are not required, so please feel free to swing by between those hours to grab some food and drinks from Panera Bread and/or socialize before your week gets going. You will have a chance to meet our CGA creator (Christine Wiedinmyer), along with the current CGA co-chairs (Garima and Sarah) and others that create our interesting and diverse CIRES postdoc/graduate student community.

Do you know Machine Learning? Would you like to teach it to your peers in an in-person interactive seminar? We are seeking a student or a postdoc who can present a seminar on Machine Learning with hands-on training on using popular python packages. If you are interested, please fill out THIS FORM.

ESOC coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am Wednesdays in the ESOC Reading Room (Ekeley W230). Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest. 

Each week has a different host, this week is host by visit fellow, Lingcao Huang.

Particle formation and growth
Eleanor Browne,
ANYL faculty, CU Boulder

"The Browne group uses a combination of laboratory experiments and field measurements to understand the sources and transformations of trace gases in the atmosphere with the ultimate goal of understanding the impacts of this chemistry on air quality, climate, and nutrient delivery to ecosystems. Here, I will discuss some of our recent work investigating particle formation and growth in an agricultural setting."

Please join the CMC for their monthly meeting. Join by Google Meet or phone: (US) +1 413-438-2196  (PIN: 863071092).

ESOC coffee hour occurs weekly from 9-10am Wednesdays in the ESOC Reading Room (Ekeley W230). Please email Claire Waugh (waughc@colorado.edu) for information.

ESOC researchers, post-docs and graduate students gather for conversation and to discuss research. Occasional guest speakers are invited to give short presentations on topics of interest. Each week has a different host.

This inaugural Center for Social and Environmental Futures (C-SEF) Get Serious* Seminar will take place in the CIRES Auditorium (CIRES 338) at 3 pm. A reception will follow in the CIRES Map Room (CIRES 340) at 4 pm. Everyone is welcome.

Join Environmental Studies Assistant Professor Cassandra Brooks and award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and author John Weller as they tell the inspiring story of the Ross Sea. Weller and Brooks worked alongside a global coalition of organizations, scientists, diplomats, and more than a million people, which eventually entrained the attention of world leaders from the White House to the Kremlin. The process took five years of intense international negotiations and more than ten years of scientific planning and public outreach. But the work paid off: on October 2016, the international community made history by adopting the world’s largest marine protected area in the Ross Sea, Antarctica – by consensus. This demonstrated international leadership and inspired hope that despite political tensions in other parts of the world, the Antarctic continues to be a great global commons dedicated to peace, science, and conservation.

*Conversations about environmental problems too often focus on sweeping and vague solutions. In contrast, C-SEF's Get Serious seminars will highlight people working on important but often-overlooked details of solving environmental problems. They will give students a sense of the many different possible ways to make a difference in sustainability.