The Jenkins Room

Title: Rising Snowfall in Alaska Linked to Tropical Warming Abstract: Future precipitation changes in a warming climate depend regionally upon the response of natural climate modes to anthropogenic forcing. North Pacific hydroclimate is dominated by the Aleutian Low, a semi-permanent wintertime feature characterized by frequent low-pressure conditions that is influenced by tropical Pacific Ocean temperatures.  Instrumental records [...]

Title: Predictability and uncertainty: two temperature tales Abstract: As the climate changes, it is imperative that we improve our understanding - and, ideally, prediction - of regional temperature variability. To do so, it is necessary to merge insights from observations, dynamical models, and statistical models. In this talk, I will take this combined approach to discuss questions [...]

The Earth Systems Science Department presents its final seminar of the quarter on Science Implications of the 21st Century Maritime Energy and Technology Transition. Engage with guest lecturer James Corbett as he delves into understanding how changing social and technological systems can inform strategic research design. Issues of scale, longitudinal trends, feedback, and interactions will [...]

Title: The effects of fire on soil carbon dynamics Abstract: Fire is a common, widespread phenomenon in many parts of the world, and has multiple, complex effects on soil chemical and physical processes. Fire can transform the chemical composition of bulk soil organic matter (SOM) and its soluble component and convert organic matter into more [...]