The University of British Columbia

(All seminars are open to the public. For more information see the seminar overview page.
Also see the other seminars page.)

Thu May 17 3:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Lisa Erven of UBC
"An observational study of slope air and free air temperatures in Whistler Valley, British Columbia, Canada"
(SV: EOSC )

Tue May 22 10:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Valentina Radic of University of British Columbia
Modeling future sea level rise from the melt of glaciers: challenges and uncertainties
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Douw Steyn )

Wed May 23 10:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Valentina Radic of University of British Columbia
Research Overview
(Departmental Host: Douw Steyn )

Tue Jul 24 12:30 PM Room 200 Graduate Student Centre 6371 Crescent Rd.

Kristen FitzGerald Hodge of UBC
Field and experimental constraints on the deformation and breakup of injected magma
(SV: EOSC )

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PAST TALKS

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Mon Mar 26 11:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Shawn M. Milrad of Department of Geography, University of Kansas,
Research Overview: The New Normal? Trends, Impacts and Predictability of Extreme Weather
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Tue Mar 27 9:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr: Shawn M. Milrad of Department of Geography, University of Kansas
Research Vision: Precipitation modulation by the Saint Lawrence River Valley in association with transitioning tropical cyclones
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Tue Mar 27 4:00 PM Rm 203 Graduate Student Centre 6371 Cresent Rd.

Jian Guo of UBC
“Copper requirements and acquisition mechanisms in marine
(Departmental Host: phytoplankton” )

Thu Mar 29 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Mark Richards of UC Berkeley
Deep Crustal Magmatic Processes During Emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces
(Departmental Host: Emplacement of Large Igneous Provinces )

Mon Apr 02 11:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Nat Johnson of University of Hawai’i at Manoa
The roles of tropical convection in atmospheric predictability, variability, and change
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Tue Apr 03 9:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Nat Johnson
The impact of the MJO on wintertime circulation anomalies over the North American region
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Wed Apr 04 12:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Jim Maclewayne of Planetary Science Institute and Cambridge
How do snow avalanches really work?
(Departmental Host: Mark Jellinek )

Thu Apr 05 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Ian Eisenman of Caltech / UWashington
Response of the sea ice seasonal cycle to climate change
(Departmental Host: )

Tue Apr 10 10:30 AM EOS-Main 202

Jessica Norris of UBC, Department of Earth & Ocean Science
Evolution of Alteration & Mineralization at the Red Chris Cu-Au Porphyry Deposit, Northwestern British Columbia, Canada.
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Tue Apr 10 12:30 PM Leon's Lounge, Graduate Student Centre, 6371 Crescent Rd.

Thomas Nipen of UBC, Deptartment of Earth & Ocean Science, Atmospheric Science
“A Component-based Probabilistic Weather Forecasting System for
(Departmental Host: Operational Usage” )

Thu Apr 12 11:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Irina Marinov of Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
Why the Southern Ocean is special? Insights from global modeling of ocean physics, carbon and ecology.
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Fri Apr 13 10AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Irina Marinov of Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science, University of Pennsylvania
Response of the ocean carbon pumps and oxygen concentrations to changes in ocean stratification: preliminary results from Earth System models
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Mon Apr 16 10:00 AM EOS-Main 121

Kristen Van Esch of UBC, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences, Geological Engineering
FAILURE BEHAVIOUR OF BEDROCK AND OVERBURDEN LANDSLIDES OF THE PEACE RIVER VALLEY NEAR FORT ST. JOHN, BRITISH COLUMBIA
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Mon Apr 16 11:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Stephanie Waterman of National Oceanography Centre (UK) & Imperial College London
Scale Interactions in the Ocean Circulation: Two Observational Process Studies
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Tue Apr 17 10AM EOS-Main 330A

Dr. Stephanie Waterman of National Oceanography Centre (UK) & Imperial College London
Mixing rates and mechanisms in a Southern Ocean mixing hotspot
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: ATSC/OCGY Search Committee )

Thu Apr 19 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Linda Elkins-Tanton of Carnegie Institution of Washington
Formation of habitable planets: Where does the water come from?
(Departmental Host: Catherine Johnson )

Fri Apr 20 9:30 AM EOS-Main 202

Brendan Scorrar of University of British Columbia, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
"The Age and Character of Alteration and Mineralization at the Buckhorn Gold Skarn, Okanogan Count, Washington, USA."
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Mon Apr 23 4:00 PM 2012 Darcy Lecture Series EOS-Main 330A

S. Majid Hassanizadeh of Utrecht University
To be announced
( View Abstract ) (Departmental Host: Roger Beckie )

Wed Apr 25 4:00 PM Graduate Student Centre Rm 200 (6371 Crescent Rd)

Atoossa Bakhshaii Shahrbabaki of UBC, Department of Earth & Ocean Sciences
"Exploration of the Potential for Gene Expression Programming to Solve some Problems in Meterorology & Renewable Energy"
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Thu Apr 26 4:00 PM EOS-Main 330A

Paul Segall of Stanford
Volcano Deformation and eruption forecasting
(Departmental Host: Kathi Unglert )

Tue May 01 11:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Bill Landing of Florida State University
Fertilizing the photic zone: Where do the bioactive trace elements come from?
(Departmental Host: Kristin Orians, Jason McAlister )

Thu May 10 1:30 PM COPP - 4210

Jeffrey Charters of UBC
Biogeochemistry of dissolved Pb in the Northeast Pacific Ocean
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Fri May 11 9:00 AM EOS-Main 330A

Trevor Hirsche of UBC
A FIELD CELL AND HUMIDITY CELL STUDY OF MOLYBDENUM AND ZINC ATTENUATION IN NEUTRAL ROCK DRAINAGE FROM THE ANTAMINA MINE, PERU
(Departmental Host: EOSC )

Mon May 14 12:30 PM EOS-Main 330A

Yasha Podeswa of UBC
Active carbon transport and feeding ecology of pelagic decapods in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
(SV: EOSC )