Over the weekend, Dr. Hesham El-Askary , Associate Professor and Director of Hazards, Global and Environmental Change and Computational Science Programs, gave an insightful lecture for teens attending the Orange Public Library Foundation’s STEAM for Teens program (STEAM stands for S cience, T echnology, E ngineering, A rts, and M ath). For his lecture,
Congratulations to Professor El-Askary, whose work has been published in the new textbook titled Regional Climate Change in the Mediterranean. Professor El-Askary co-authored six chapters which appear in the third volume of the series. The chapters are dedicated to case studies in Agriculture, Forests and Ecosystem Services, specifically in the Mediterranean region. Topics span from
Chapman University will be screening The Island President documentary addressing climate change and rising sea levels. The Island President is the story of President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives, and his efforts to confront climate change and rising sea levels. A rise of three feet in sea level would submerge the 1,200 islands of the
Schmid College of Science and Technology continues its Science Forum Series next Wednesday with Dr. Rosalee Hellberg, Assistant Professor, Microbial Food Ecology. This talk will provide an overview of the potential effects of climate change and variability on food safety and food-borne illness. Numerous environmental factors, including temperature, acidity, oxygen availability and rainfall can impact
Assistant Professor Jason Keller, Ph.D., along with a team of scientists, has been awarded a three-year, $1 million federal grant to study peatland warming. Their work is part of a long-term study organized by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and aimed at tracking bogs’ decomposition and impact on global warming. Chapman’s share of
The Schmid College of Science at Chapman University has been awarded a major grant to study the agricultural impact of climate change in California, Arizona and New Mexico. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the $848,000 three-year grant will support advanced computational modeling to project the effects of climate change, allowing scientists and
Chapman’s “Beyond Copenhagen” International Conference on Climate Change officially kicks off tonight with the screening of some spectacular nature footage in the Folino Theater, Marion Knott Studios, at 7 p.m. MacGillivray Freeman Films will be screening selected clips from Into the Arctic, their upcoming IMAX release which is currently in production, followed by their full-length Oscar-nominated The