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GCSC Seminar: Joerg Schaefer “Ice Sheets, Glaciers and Society: past and present cryospheric change and its impact on society”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Ice Sheets, Glaciers and Society: past and present cryospheric change and its impact on society” Joerg Schaefer, Columbia University, Earth & Environmental Sciences. 4:00 pm, 210 ASB The response of ice-sheets and mountain glaciers to changing climate has become a forefront problem in Earth Sciences, relevant for our society in a warming world. Fluctuating ice-sheet […]

Stegner Center Green Bag – Cagan H. Sekercioglu

Moot Courtroom, S.J. Quinney College of Law (Level 6) 383 South University St., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Why Birds Matter: Conserving the World’s Birds and Their Ecosystem Services 12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m., S.J. Quinney College of Law Moot Courtroom (Level 6) Studying birds’ ecological functions and ecosystem services enables us to understand the environmental consequences, of bird declines and extinctions, for ecosystems and for the people that benefit from birds’ services. […]

GCSC Seminar: Wendy Wischer, “Transcending data through creative expression”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Transcending data through creative expression” Wendy Wischer, University of Utah, Art & Art History. 4pm, 210 ASB Abstract:  The focus of my creative research is to produce artwork in a variety of media from sculptural objects, to installations, to video, sound and public works.  Much of the artwork is based on blurring the separation between […]

Panel: Global Water Sustainability

ARCH 127 375 S. 1530 E., Salt Lake City, UT

A panel of water experts will discuss global water issues. Presented in conjunction with Utah Presents. Held in ARCH 127 Panel participants: Brenda Bowen, moderator Associate Professor, Geology & Geophysics University of Utah Director, Global Change & Sustainability Center University of Utah Mina Girgis Producer & CEO The Nile Project John Mbaku Professor of Economics […]

GCSC Seminar: Brett Clark

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Pacific Northwest salmon, commodification, and the marine nutrient-land exchange” - Brett Clark, U of Utah, Sociology February 14, 2017, 4:00 pm, 210 ASB Abstract: Salmon historically have transferred marine nutrients and energy to terrestrial ecosystems. A turning point in this marine-land exchange was the commodification of salmon and the construction of dams, as the economic-productive […]