Stony Brook University (SBU) –
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
Joint Symposium on Climate Change
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wang Center, Lecture Hall 2
Stony Brook University
BNL
** Registration is strongly suggested to secure a seat. Contact Gina at ggartin@notes.cc.sunysb.edu **
8:30 a.m. Registration, Coffee and Breakfast
9:00 a.m. Jeff Levinton, Ecology and Evolution (E&E)
Introduction and Logistics
Eric Kaler, Provost, Stony Brook University (SBU)
Welcome Remarks
Fritz Henn, Associate Director, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Welcome Remarks
Session 1 Chairperson: Minghua Zhang
School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS)
9:10 – 9:40 a.m. Chris Gobler (SoMAS)
Consequences of climate change for ocean organisms
9:40 – 9:50 a.m. Jeff Levinton, Ecology and Evolution (E&E)
Regional climate change and estuaries
9:50 – 10:00 a.m. Stephen Baines (E&E)
Watershed biogeochemistry, aquatic ecosystem dynamics and regional climate
10:00 – 10:05 a.m. Lucian Wielopolski (BNL)
Non-destructive soil analysis and its impact on the Soil Sampling Paradigm
10:05 – 10:10 a.m. Jeff Fitts (BNL)
Geologic CO2 storage: Is it viable?
10:10 – 10:15 a.m. Alison Liu (BNL)
Plants adapt to the elevated ambient temperature and CO2 concentration through epigenetic regulation of the gene expression
10:15 – 10:35 a.m. Coffee Break
Session 2 Chairperson: Pete Daum
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
10:35 – 11:05 a.m. Minghua Zhang (ITPA/SoMAS)
An overview of physical processes in the Community Climate System Model (CCSM) running at the NY Blue
11:05 – 11:10 a.m. Andy Vogelmann (BNL)
Clouds and Climate
11:10 – 11:20 a.m. Steve Schwartz (BNL)
Why hasn’t the Earth climate warmed as much as expected?
11:20 – 11:30 a.m. Yangang Li (BNL)
FASTER project to improve climate models
11:30 – 11:35 a.m. Lawrence Kleinman (BNL)
Aircraft Field Campaigns
11:35 – 11:45 a.m. Yin-Nan Lee (BNL)
Aerosols during VOCALS
11:45 – 11:50 a.m. Bob McGraw (BNL)
Statistical analysis of aerosol mass spectra
11:50 – 11:55 a.m. Ernie Lewis (BNL)
Production and hygroscopic behavior of atmospheric aerosol particles
11:55 – 12:00 noon Arthur Sedlacek (BNL)
Evolution of the optical properties of aerosol
12:00 – 12:10 p.m. Jian Wang (BNL)
Cloud activating properties of atmospheric aerosols
12:10 – 12:20 p.m. Discussions
12:20 – 1:30 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
Session 3 Chairperson: Jeff Levinton
Ecology and Evolution (E&E)
1:30 – 2:00 p.m. H. Resit Akcakaya, Lilliana Davalos, Catherine Graham (E&E) Quantifying the influence of climate change on the distribution and persistence of species
2:00 – 2:10 p.m. Dianna Padilla (E&E)
Invasion of aquatic species and climate change
2:10 – 2:20 p.m. Jessica Gurevitch (E&E)
Plant species and climate change
2:20 – 2:30 p.m. Steve Munch (SoMAS)
Changes in lifespan, and population growth with temperature
2:30 – 2:40 p.m. Jackie Collier (SoMAS)
Climate and changes in microbial community composition and function
2:40 – 2:45 p.m. Ruth Coffey (SoMAS)
Ground water and climate – marine perspective
2:45 – 2:50 p.m. Tsvi Pick, Geosciences (GEO)
Ground water and climate – land perspective
2:50 – 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
Session 4 Chairperson: Creighton Wirick
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
3:20 – 3:50 p.m. Alistair Rogers (BNL)
What have FACE experiments told us about the response of ecosystems to rising [CO2], and what do we still need to learn?
3:50 – 4:00 p.m. Rob Armstrong (SoMAS)
Climate change and marine biogeochemical cycles
4:00 – 4:10 p.m. David Black (SoMAS)
The Paleo perspective on climate change
4:10 – 4:20 p.m. Edmund Chang, (ITPA/SoMAS)
Storm track variability in global warming
4:20 – 4:30 p.m. Pat Wright (E&E)
Changes of storms in Madagascar
4:30 – 4:40 p.m. Keith Jones (BNL)
Dormant hydrate systems in oceans and their potential climate impact
4:40 – 4:50 p.m. Discussions
4:50 – 5:00 p.m. Minghua Zhang(ITPA/SOMAS)
Concluding Remarks
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Reception
*This conference was organized by Pete Daum, Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Jeff Levinton, Department of Ecology and Evolution (E&E), Stony Brook University, and Minghua Zhang, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), Stony Brook University. It is sponsored by the joint SBU-BNL Center for Impacts of Regional Climate Change (CIRCC) and the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS).
Photos from the event are on Google Photos
