Fall 2006 Dept Seminar - Envi Sci, UVA

Fall 2006 Department of Environmental Sciences Seminar Series

4 p.m., 108 Clark Hall (Refreshments in the foyer at 3:30 p.m.)

Version September 4, 2006

Thurs	7 Sept	Hank Shugart	University of Virginia	Russian Forests, New Satellites and Computer Models: Unraveling Regional Carbon Dynamics and Feedbacks
Thurs	14 Sept	Ralph Allen and Jeffrey Sitler	University of Virginia	Annual Safety Seminar and Environmental Compliance at UVA (Required)
Thurs	21 Sept	David Blowes (Host: Janet Herman)	University of Waterloo	Permeable Reactive Barriers for Treating Groundwater Contaminated by Dissolved Metals
Wed* 3:30	27 Sept	Edwardo Rhodes (Host: Vivian Thomson)	University of Indiana	Environmental Justice in America: A New Paradigm
Thurs	28 Sept	No Thursday seminar
Thurs	5 Oct	Craig Layman (Host: Carleton Ray)	Florida International University	A novel application of stable isotope ratios to depict food web structure: A case study from Bahamian tidal creeks
Thurs	12 Oct	Andrea Rinaldo (Host: Paolo D�Odorico)	University of Padua	Trees, Networks, and Hydrology
Wed* 3:30	18 Oct	Kristin Shrader-Frechette (Host: Vivian Thomson)	University of Notre Dame	Canaries in the Coal Mines of Industrial Pollution: Children and Environmental Justice
Thurs	19 Oct	Edward Proffitt (Host: Linda Blum)	Florida Atlantic University	Ill Winds: Hurricane effects on intertidal estuarine populations and species interactions in Florida and Louisiana
Wed* 3:30	25 Oct	Christopher Foreman (Host: Vivian Thomson)	University of Maryland	The Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice
Thurs	26 Oct	Gary Hufford (Host: Carleton Ray)	National Weather Service	Climate Change in Alaska with Emphasis on Bering Sea Ice
Thurs	2 Nov	Michael Fentster and Barry Knisley (Host: Robert Dolan)	Randolph-Macon College	Anthropogenic impacts on two rare tiger beetle species: Beach nourishment and impact of dams
Thurs	9 Nov	Madeline Schreiber (Host: Janet Herman)	Virginia Tech	Environmental Fate of Arsenic: Current Research on and Ancient Poison
Thurs	16 Nov	Jose Fuentes	University of Virginia	Phytogenic hydrocarbons: emissions, turbulent transport, and chemistry
Thurs	23 Nov	NO SEMINAR	Thanksgiving Break
Thurs	30 Nov	David Houseknecht (Host: Janet Herman)	U.S. Geological Survey	Oil in ANWR - Is it worth the risk?

*Co-sponsored by the Environmental Thought and Practice Program with support from the Environment, Conservation, and Culture Series � Note the seminars are on Wednesdays at 3:30, and refreshments will be available at 3:15.