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SRI external seminar Abstract In recent years, there has been growing attention to climate services. While relatively new, the term is used by many actors, carrying different visions of what it involves, pursues and encompasses. We identified four evolving frameworks around climate services: as a market, as a technological innovation, as a tool for decision-making...
ICAS External seminar Abstract Forests play an important, but poorly understood, role in the carbon balance of the atmosphere. Volatile organic carbon emitted from the biosphere can be oxidized rapidly – even within the forest canopy. This oxidation chemistry contributes to tropospheric ozone pollution and the production of secondary organic aerosol. The molecular identity and...
SRI External Seminar Abstract Without a clear definition on its sovereign status, the Antarctic region has been governed by the Antarctic Treaty system for the last sixty years. Focusing on scientific research and environment protection, the Treaty system has been able to maintain inside and outside legitimacy. However, commercial activities such as fishing and tourism...
GCRF-AFRICAP seminar GCRF-AFRICAP is a major programme to make agriculture and food production in sub-Saharan Africa more productive, sustainable and resilient to climate change. Abstract Dr Coulson will present on his recently published book Increasing Production from the Land: A Sourcebook on Agriculture for Teachers and Students in East Africa (co-authored by Antony Ellman and Emmanuel...
Abstract The Greenland Ice Sheet is expected to contribute increasingly to global sea level rise by the end of this century, and potentially several meters in this millennium, but still with considerable uncertainty. The rate and amount of Greenland melt will impact regional sea levels. The Last Interglacial (~129,000 to 116,000 years ago) is recognized...