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Reforesting the Earth through Societal Corporatism: A Natural Climate Solution

Blake Hall -- Room 131 93 Lipman Dr, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Speaker: Tom Rudel, Prof Emeritus, Rutgers University Abstract:  The contours of the collective action necessary to limit climate change remain difficult to discern. In this context, corporatist political processes, fueled by crisis narratives, have shown some promise as political devices for facilitating natural climate solutions. Corporatist processes have, historically, brought together political competitors like employers and labor unions within an ...

Clearing the Air: Indoor Environments and Health and Justice – Session 1: An Introduction to Indoor Environments and Health

College Ave Student Center 126 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Event Format: In-person Abstract: This year, Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease (CEED) is offering a series of webinars dealing with the health impacts of indoor environments in partnership with parents, nonprofit leaders, advocates, policymakers, academics, health professionals and other researchers.  Sponsored by Rutgers Center for Environmental Exposures and Disease. More information here. Register here. Location: College Avenue Student Center

The Asian Water Tower Under Global Warming

ENR-223 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Event Format: In-person Speaker: Tandong Yao, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences Sponsored by Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences. Location: ENR building, room 223

ECE Colloquium – Prof. Jinjun Xiong

CoRE-101 96 Frelinghuysen Rd, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Wednesday, November 8, 2023. 10:15 AM. ECE Colloquium - Jinjun Xiong, SUNY-Buffalo. Sponsored by Rutgers School of Engineering Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. More information here. Location: CoRE Building Lecture Hall, room 101

Carboxylation chemistry and biology: Adaptation of plants to extreme CO2 sources in Yellowstone NP

CCB-1303 123 Bevier Road, Piscataway, NJ, United States

Tuesday, October 31, 2023. 11:00 AM. Carboxylation chemistry and biology: Adaptation of plants to extreme CO2 sources in Yellowstone NP. Marie-Claire ten Veldhuis, TU Delft. Sponsored by Rutgers Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology. More information here. Abstract: Carboxylation reactions are those which combine CO2 with something else to make a useful natural or a synthetic chemical product. They are ...

The Future of the Other Amazon: Social – Ecological Adaptation and Literature

AB-4052 15 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, United States

Speaker: Jorge Marcone, Rutgers University.  Abstract: National imaginaries of the so-called Andean countries show a consistent preference for partial representations of the Amazon. This is true as well of images of Amazonia globally. Literary studies, surprisingly, are responsible for this incompleteness. Indigenous art, nevertheless, flourishes in interculturalism. And the archive of 20th-century non-indigenous Amazonian fiction proves to be a site ...

Understanding Weather Hazards Impacting the Eastern US through Analysis of Cyclone Tracks, With a Focus on Storm Surge

ENR-223 14 College Farm Rd, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

Friday, November 3, 2023. 2:30 PM. Understanding Weather Hazards Impacting the Eastern US through Analysis of Cyclone Tracks, With a Focus on Storm Surge. James Booth, City University of New York. Sponsored by Rutgers Department of Environmental Sciences. More information here.  Abstract: This talk will focus on hazards generated by hurricanes and extratropical cyclones along the US east coast. Overall, ...