On Friday November 21, 2014 Rutgers Climate Institute hosted a one-day symposium to stimulate interaction and collaboration among the community of natural and social science researchers and university students from institutions in the greater NJ, NY and Philadelphia region interested in climate change. The symposium theme was Climate Change and The Tropics: Implications and Adaptation.
Program Committee
Heidi Hausermann, Department of Human Ecology
Ben Lintner, Department of Environmental Sciences
Pam McElwee, Department of Human Ecology
Laura Schneider, Department of Geography
Jim Wright, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Agenda and Presentations
Session I: Tropical Climate Dynamics and Impacts
9:15 AM: Welcome
Richard Edwards, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and
Chancellor Rutgers-New Brunswick
Morning Keynote: What Can We Say About the Climate of This Decade?
Mark Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, Columbia University (
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Cane presentation
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Watch the Welcome and Morning Keynote
Morning Panel: Assessing Climate Change in the Tropics
Moderator: Benjamin Lintner, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Panelists
Laia Andreu-Hayles, Assistant Research Professor, Columbia University (
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Andreu-Hayles presentation
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Mark Cane, G. Unger Vetlesen Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences, Columbia University
Thomas Knutson, Research Meteorologist, NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (
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Knutson presentation
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Laura Schneider, Associate Professor, Rutgers University (
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Schneider presentation
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Watch the Morning Panel
Session II: Climate Change in the Tropics: Addressing Vulnerability
Afternoon Keynote: Vulnerabilities and Inequalities: New Insights from the IPCC AR5
Petra Tschakert, Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University (
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Tschakert keynote
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Watch the Afternoon Keynote
Afternoon Panel: Climate Change Adaptation in the Tropics
Moderator: Laura Schneider Associate Professor, Rutgers University
Panelists
Sandra Baptista, Senior Research Associate, CIESIN, Columbia University (
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Baptista presentation
(2.73 MB)
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Nathan Engle, Environmental Specialist, The World Bank (
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Engle presentation
(6.83 MB)
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Heidi Hausermann, Assistant Professor, Rutgers University (
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Hausermann presentation
(4.62 MB)
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Petra Tschakert, Associate Professor, The Pennsylvania State University (
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Tschakert presentation
(11.20 MB)
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Watch the Afternoon Panel
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Poster Session
| Authors | Title (Abstract & Poster) |
| N. Abdul, R. Mortlock, J. Wright (All of Rutgers University - Earth & Planetary Sciences), R. Fairbanks (Rutgers University - Earth & Planetary Sciences and Columbia University) | document Younger Dryas Sea Level and Meltwater Pulse 1B Recorded in Barbados Reef-Crest Coral Acropora palmata (90 KB) |
| Alexis Berg (IRI, columbia University), Benjamin Lintner (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), Kirsten Findell (GFDL/NOAA), Sergey Malyshev (Princeton University), Pierre Gentine (Columbia University) | document Impact of soil moisture-atmosphere interactions on surface climate variability (89 KB) |
| Arielle J. Alpert (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), Anthony J. Broccoli (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), and Sarah B. Kapnick (Princeton University, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences) |
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Using a High-Resolution Global Climate Model to Simulate Extratropical Cyclones with Large Storm Surge Potential
(98 KB)
pdf poster (2.67 MB) |
| Jennifer Blake-Mahmud (Rutgers University, Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources), Lena Struwe (Rutgers University, Ecology, Evolution, & Natural Resources) | document Changing climate, changing sex: The impact of physical stress on sex determination in striped maples (86 KB) |
| Shankar Chandramowli (Rutgers University, Planning and Public Policy); Frank Felder (Rutgers University, Planning and Public Policy) |
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LP-CEM: A modeling tool for power systems planning incorporating climate change and macro-economic trends
(73 KB)
pdf poster (364 KB) |
| Jeana L. Drake (Rutgers University, IMCS), Morgan Schaller (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Paul G. Falkowski (Rutgers University, IMCS) |
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Effects of pCO2 on production of CaCO3 and associated proteins by Stylophora pistillata cell cultures
(94 KB)
pdf poster (3.63 MB) |
| Caroline M. Farkas (Rutgers University, Atmospheric Sciences), Michael D. Moeller (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), Frank A. Felder (Rutgers University, Center for Energy, Economic, and Environmental Policy), Kirk R. Baker (U.S. EPA), Mark Rodgers (Rutgers University, Industrial and Systems Engineering), Annmarie G. Carlton (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) | document Temporalization of Peak Electric Generation PM Emissions during High Energy Demand Days (102 KB) |
| Tabby Fenn (Rutgers University, Geography) | document Protected Forests in the New Jersey Highlands: Spatial Diversity and Related Management Challenges (89 KB) |
| Carrie Ferraro (Rutgers University, Marine Sciences), Janice McDonnell (Rutgers University, 4-H Youth Development), Kristin Hunter-Thomson (Rutgers University, 4-H Youth Development) |
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Climate & Environmental Change Teen Summit
(90 KB)
pdf poster (1.51 MB) |
| Wendy Flores (Rutgers Universty, Biological Sciences), and Kathleen Scott (Cell Biology and Neuroscience) |
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The Effect of Climate Change on Bird Ranges and Migration
(66 KB)
pdf poster (1.11 MB) |
| Michael Gallagher (Rutgers University, Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources), Nicholas Skoronski (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Kenneth Clark (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Michael Farrell (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Jan Christian Thomas (University of Edinburgh, BRE Center for Fire Safety Engineering), Eric Mueller (University of Edinburgh, BRE Center for Fire Safety Engineering), Mohammed El Houssami (University of Edinburgh, BRE Center for Fire Safety Engineering), Albert Simeoni (University of Edinburgh, BRE Center for Fire Safety Engineering), Robert Kremens (Rochester Institute of Technology, Center for Imaging Science), Warren E. Heilman (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), John Hom (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Matt Patterson (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Michael Kiefer (Michigan State University, Geography), Shiyuan Zhong (Michigan State University, Geography), Joseph J. Charney (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Xindi Bian (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), William Mell (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwestern Research Station), Joseph Restaino (USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwestern Research Station), Jason Grabosky (Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution), Rick Lathrop (Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution, and Natural Resources), Peter Smouse (Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution, and Natural Resources), Ed Green (Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution, and Natural Resources), Melanie Maghirang (USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station), Alexander Filkov (Tomsk State University, Physical and Computational Mechanics), and Andrew Rybak (Rutgers University, Ecology and Evolution, and Natural Resources) |
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Evaluation of satellite imagery derived and visual assessment methods for estimating wildland fire severity in the New Jersey Pinelands
(160 KB)
pdf poster (1.61 MB) |
| Jeanne Herb (Bloustein School), Richard Lathrop (CRSSA), Jennifer Rovito (Bloustein School), Jim Trimble (CRSSA), John Bognar (CRSSA), Lisa Auermuller (JCNERR), Marjorie Kaplan (Rutgers ClimateInstitute) |
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NJADAPT: All Climate Hazards Tool
(73 KB)
pdf poster (2.95 MB) |
| Briavel Holcomb (Rutgers University, Bloustein School), Adelle Thomas (College of the Bahamas) |
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Climate Change Adaptation in the Bahamas
(74 KB)
pdf poster (1.97 MB) |
| Emily Geoghegan, Joshua Caplan, Lyntana Brougham, Rachel Hager, Thomas Mozdzer (Bryn Mawr College, Biology) |
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Carbon fixation by the invasive common reed under current and near future CO2 and nitrogen conditions
(94 KB)
pdf poster (1.97 MB) |
| Miller, K.G., Browning, J.V, Stanford, S., and Sugarman, P.J., and members of the Sandy Hook drilling project |
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Why does Sandy Hook have that sinking feeling? Localization of sea-level changes
(85 KB)
pdf poster (66.50 MB) |
| Nicole S. Khan (Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences), Benjamin P. Horton (Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Sciences), Simon Engelhart (University of Rhode Island, Geosciences), Robert E. Kopp (Rutgers University, Geology), W. Richard Peltier (University of Toronto, Physics), Andrea Dutton (University of Florida, Geological Sciences), Gilles Brocard (University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science), Fred N. Scatena (University of Pennsylvania, Earth and Environmental Science), David Hill (Oregon State University, Civil and Construction Engineering) | document Holocene Sea-Level Database for the Caribbean Region (150 KB) |
| Paola Moffa-Sanchez (Rutgers University, Marine Sciences), Andreas Born (Bern University), Ian Hall (Cardiff University), David Thornalley (University College London), Stephen Barker (Cardiff University) |
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Solar forcing of North Atlantic climate over the last millennium
(101 KB)
pdf poster (4.89 MB) |
| Samiah Moustafa (Rutgers University, Geography), Asa Rennermalm (Rutgers University, Geography), Laurence Smith (UCLA, Geography), Mark Miller (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), and John Mioduszewski (Rutgers University, Geography) | document Bimodal albedo distributions in the ablation zone of the southwestern Greenland Ice Sheet (91 KB) |
| Thien Khoi Nguyen (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) and Annmarie Carlton (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) | document The effects of aerosol water on regional climate change in the southeastern United States (93 KB) |
| Ju Young Park (Rutgers University, Economics) |
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Is There a Price Premium for Energy Efficiency Labels? Evidence from the Introduction of a Label in Korea
(65 KB)
pdf poster (504 KB) |
| Youngseok Park (Rutgers University, Economics) |
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Cheap Talk and Climate Change: A Theory of Discordant Climate Change Policies
(82 KB)
pdf poster (250 KB) |
| Shane Patel, Rutgers University, Materials Science & Engineering |
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Fossil Fuel Divestment and its Lessons Learned in the Fight Against Climate Change
(45 KB)
pdf poster (472 KB) |
| Juan D Perez Arango (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) and Benjamin Lintner (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) | document Analysis of Droughts in Tropical South America linked to ENSO occurrence. (73 KB) |
| Max Pike (Rutgers University, Atmospheric Science), Benjamin Lintner (Rutgers University, Atmospheric Science), Matthew Niznik (Rutgers University, Atmospheric Science) |
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Application of self-organizing maps to observed and simulated daily precipitation over the tropical and southern Pacific Ocean
(111 KB)
pdf poster (1.61 MB) |
| Jessica Pilarczyk (Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science), Lea Soria (Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore), Adam Switzer (Nanyang Technological University, Earth Observatory of Singapore), Fernando Siringan (University of Philippines – Diliman, Marine Science Institute), Nicole Khan (Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science), Hermann Fritz (Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering), Benjamin Horton (Rutgers University, Marine and Coastal Science) | document Characterizing the 2013 Typhoon Haiyan deposit from the Leyte Gulf, Philippines: Implications for long-term typhoon records (107 KB) |
| Kirk Raper, Tracy Quirk, David Velinsky (Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University), Danielle Kreeger, Angela Padeletti (Partnership for the Delaware Estuary), and Martha Maxwell-Doyle (Barnegat Bay Partnership) |
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Intensive Long-Term Monitoring in Tidal Wetlands of Delaware and Barnegat Bays
(83 KB)
pdf poster (1.22 MB) |
| Beth Ravit, (Rutgers University, Center for Urban Environmental Sustainability), Judith Weis (Rutgers University, Newark, Biological Sciences) |
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Are Hudson-Raritan Estuary tidal marsh restorations designed to be resilient to climate change?
(90 KB)
pdf poster (1.19 MB) |
| Rezwan Razani (Cornell University, Art, Architechture and Planning) |
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Carbon Free Coaching Clinic
(66 KB)
pdf poster (645 KB) |
| Allyson Salisbury (Rutgers University, Environmental Science), Han Yan (Rutgers University, Landscape Architecture), Dr. Frank Gallagher (Rutgers University, Landscape Architecture), Dr. Jason Grabosky (Rutgers University; Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources) |
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Using photosynthetic capacity to understand the role of urban brownfields as a carbon sink
(95 KB)
pdf poster (2.41 MB) |
| Neha Sareen (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), Annmarie G Carlton (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences), and Barbara J Turpin (Rutgers University, Environmental Sciences) | document Identifying precursors and aqueous organic aerosol formation pathways during the SOAS campaign (96 KB) |
| Asher Siebert (Rutgers University, Geography) |
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Analysis of Future Potential of Index Insurance in West Africa using CMIP 5 GCM results
(81 KB)
pdf poster (5.53 MB) |
| Marian Ahn Thorpe (Rutgers, Dept of Anthropology) | document Reducing Emissions and Negotiating Rights: Free, Prior, and Informed Consent in Panama's Indigenous Forests (74 KB) |
| Sarah Watson, (Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy), George T. DiFerdinando, Jr., MD, MPH. (Rutgers Center for Public Health Preparedness), and Marjorie B. Kaplan, Dr.P.H. (Associate Director, Rutgers Climate Institute) |
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Stakeholder Views of Public Health Climate Change Preparedness in New Jersey
(93 KB)
pdf poster (102 KB) |
