How Models Influence Environmental Policy Decision-Making: Lessons Learned from Models of Nutrient Loading and Hypoxia Damian Brady, School of Marine Sciences, UMaine Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center, New England Sustainability Consortium
Potential effects of climate change on stream organisms Bobbi Peckarsky, University of Wisconsin-Madison Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, School of Biology & Ecology While increasing temperatures have received much focus of the effects of climate change, associated increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, such as droughts and floods, may have important […]
Development of Citizen Science Programs and Evaluation of Outcomes Rebecca Jordan, Rutgers University Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, New England Sustainability Consortium
Engaging Future Vulnerability and Adaptation Using Landscape-scale Iterative Scenario-Building Dan Murphy University of Cincinnati Co-sponsored by the Mitchell Center, the Dept. of Anthropology, the Climate Change Institute, School of Forest Resources and the Ecology and Environmental Sciences Program
Keynote Speaker: William Clark Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government
Using virtual reality as a tool for improving wind energy visualization Nicholas Giudice, School of Computing and Information Science Dr Giudice will discuss the use of virtual reality as a tool for improving wind energy visualization. The seminar will explore the progress of one of SSI's Emerging Opportunities projects led by Nicholas Giudice, School of […]
Trading Dams: The Penobscot River Restoration Project and the Future of Dam Law Dave Owen, University of Maine School of Law Professor Owen is the Associate Dean for Research at the University of Maine School of Law. He is the faculty advisor to the Maine Law Review and serves on the Board of Directors of […]
We All Swim Downstream: Policy Solutions to Beach Water Pollution Jon Devine, Senior Attorney, Water Program, Natural Resources Defense Council Co-sponsors: Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, New England Sustainability Consortium
Building Capacity for Socio-Environmental Problem Solving: A Design for Learning and Adaptation at SESYNC Jonathan Kramer, National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) Jon Kramer is the Director of Interdisciplinary Science for SESYNC. Previously, Dr. Kramer served as the Director of the Maryland Sea Grant. Since 2000, he has worked to apply new approaches to link science […]
Ecosystem management in a changing climate: What do fishermen have to do with it? Robin Alden, Penobscot East Resource Center Robin Alden is Executive Director of Penobscot East Resource Center. Alden […]
