CLaSP and SEAS have partnered to make a new graduate certificate program on climate change solutions. FMI: https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/academics/graduate-studies/climate-change-solutions-certificate/
There is now a Green Drinks chapter of Ann Arbor. The first happy hour for folks working on climate and environment is Tuesday, January 21.
Details at http://www.greendrinks.org/MI/Ann%20Arbor
SEAS’ Environmental Fellows Program is opening its application period for graduate students interested in professional development at environmental justice organizations across the United States.
The application period opens tomorrow (Friday), November 1. There will also be an information session next Monday, November 4, in Dana 2024. To RSVP for this session click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSej99p4VUMkwf1oKA9Vgih1ihNW2Fn2L3q0fizZMzcuZLn5Sg/viewform
More information about the program here: https://efp.seas.umich.edu/
About the program:
The Environmental Fellows Program (EFP) at the University of Michigan (U of M) School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS), in partnership with the Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA), is a 12-week summer fellowship opportunity that seeks to diversify the environmental field by cultivating the career aspirations of master’s and doctoral students from historically underrepresented groups by connecting students to work opportunities in environmental nonprofits, grant makers, and government sectors.
The University of Illinois is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professorship of tourism in its Department of Recreation, Sport and Tourism:
https://jobs.illinois.edu/academic-job-board/job-details?jobID=122891&job=college-of-applied-health-sciences-tenure-track-assistant-professor-in-tourism-department-of-recreation-sport-and-tourism-122891
The September 17 2019 issue of Nature features a couple of fascinating articles on climate change.
– An article about the “ecological grief” experienced by scientists witnessing the decline of the Great Barrier Reef: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02656-8
– A detailed look at where funding for mitigating and adapting climate change is coming from and going to: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02712-3
– An infographic with “The Hard Truths of Climate Change”: https://www.nature.com/immersive/d41586-019-02711-4/public/pdf/d41586-019-02711-4.pdf
– An editorial Paul Gilding (former director of Greenpeace) on why he is optimistic that, once we experience a climate emergency, governments will get serious about addressing climate change: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02735-w
Hey folks,
ESPA is in the process of helping a state legislator on a water infrastructure project related to climate change. The project will involve understanding technical aspects of the issue and identifying potential solutions. While the project timeline has not yet been established, we expect the project to take 4-8 weeks starting in the next month, and require 5 to 20 hours per week (average 10).
If you are interested in participating in this project, please send a short blurb on your interest in this initiative, a paragraph describing your research in non-technical language, and a PDF of your resume or CV to ESPAcomms@umich.edu.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out.
Best,
Charles Lu
Article on the potential of nonstate actors to unilaterally engage in solar geoengineering – pretty wild!
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09644016.2019.1648169
This article finds that “Global average mortality and loss rates have dropped by 6.5 and nearly 5 times, respectively, from 1980 to 1989 to 2007–2016.”
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959378019300378?dgcid=raven_sd_via_email
Fascinating to read what William Happer, the White House science advisor, objected to in a State department analyst’s testimony about the national security implications of climate change. It’s a chance to see a whole bunch of the arguments climate skeptics use and see exactly where it diverges from mainstream science.
NYTimes articles about the White House’s attempts to stop the testimony here: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/08/climate/rod-schoonover-testimony.html?emc=rss&partner=rss
Interesting set of NY Times articles about sustainable food, including recipes!