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approaches for understanding global change at all scales using
the tools of both the social and bio-physical sciences.
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Recent Events
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Spring 2008 College of Social Science Commencement Speaker
Jean Palutikof held round table discussion Thursday May 1
Dr. Palutikof is Head of the Technical Support Unit for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) working group 2, based in the Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research at the UK Government Meteorological Office. The IPCC team was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for the "assessment of current scientific understanding of the impacts of climate change on natural, managed and human systems, the capacity of these systems to adapt and their vulnerability." The award is shared with former US Vice President Al Gore.
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Dr. Ademola Braimoh, Executive Director of the Global Land Project's Sapporo Nodal Office, seminar April 15, 2008
Dr. Braimoh addressed " Land Use Change and Environmental Sustainability: Examples from recent resarch of the GLP" (http://www.globallandproject.org/). |
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Wetland and Water Resource Modeling and Assessment: A Wateshed Perspective was released by Taylor and Francis. Jiaguo Qi is a contributing editor, and several chapters were contributed by Center Faculty and Students, including Joe Messina, Stuart Gage, Nate Torbick, Perry Varnakovida, Nathan Moore |
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NEW AWARDS
- December 2007. National Areonautics and Space Administration, MAIRS (Monsoon Asia Integrated Regional Study) : Jiaguo Qi named project scientist for this collaboration with the Land-Cover Land-Use Change (LCLUC) program.
- 10/1/2007. National Institutes of Health: "Dynamic Ecological Simulation Model of Tsetse Transmitted Trypanosomosis in Kenya", Joseph Messina, Primary Investigator. See article in MSU News.
- 8/15/2007. National Science Foundation, Coupled Human/Natural Systems: "Dynamic Interactions Among People, Livestock and Savanna Ecosystems Under Climate Change", David Campbell, Primary Investigator
WORKSHOPS
NEESPI Workshop, Urumqi China, Sept 16-20, 2007
NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Environmental Problems of Central Asia and Their Economic, Social and Security Impacts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, October 1-5, 2007
CLIP Workshops in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, June and July 2007. The purpose of the workshops was to present current research findings on the impacts of land use and global climate change on the locate climate of East Africa, to examine implications for agricultural production, and discuss possible adaptation strategies by farmers and herders. Participants came from Ministries (Agriculture, Livestock, Environment, etc.), NGOs and universities. It was the first time that the participants had seen results of climate models at a more meaningful resolution for their countries, i.e. at a level sufficient to identify how different areas will be affected. It was also the first time that they had information on the possible impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity.
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