Extreme Weather and Climate Change: How can we Address Uncertainty?

The Climate Change Ahead: Global Change, Local Impacts, September 20, 2006
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey
This symposium brings together members of the Rutgers community whose research addresses climate change and its effects on people, ecology, and economy of local areas such as New Jersey. The three interdisciplinary, focusing themes of the symposium are: observations and modeling of large scale climate change, effects of global climate change on coastal environments, and effects of global climate change on terrestrial ecosystems and freshwater resources.

Presentations from this Symposium

Origins and Goals of the Symposium | Presentation PDF
Dr. Jennifer Francis, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

Global Climate Change: Causes and Consequences | Presentation PDF
Dr. Anthony Broccoli, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Modeling and Observations of Large-scale Climate Change | Presentation PDF
Dr. Alan Robock, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Feedbacks Between Climate and Biogeochemical Cycles | Presentation PDF
Dr. Paul Falkowski, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

A Tropical Pacific Role in Global and Regional Climate Change: Lessons From the Past | Presentation PDF
Dr. Yair Rosenthal, Department of Geological Sciences and Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

Climate Change in China in the Past 50 Years | Presentation PDF
Dr. Ming Xu, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Sciences, Rutgers University

Effects of Global Change on Coastal Environments | Presentation PDF
Dr. Oscar Schofield, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

Global Sea-Level Change and New Jersey: Should I Sell My Shore House | Presentation PDF
Dr. Kenneth Miller, Department of Geological Sciences, Rutgers University

Climate Change and Fish Dynamics: A Case Study of Atlantic Croaker | Presentation PDF
Dr. Kenneth Able, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University

Effects of Global Change on Terrestrial Ecosystems and Freshwater Resources | Presentation PDF
Dr. Christopher Weaver, Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University and EPA

Terrestrial Water Cycle and Climate Change - Linkages and Feedbacks | Presentation PDF
Dr. Ying Fan Reinfelder, Department of Geological Sciences and Department of Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University

Responses to Climate Change Depend on Our Institutions: The Case of U.S. Flood Control | Presentation PDF
Dr. Karen O’Neill, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University