“Food for life”: Andean Growers and Consumers at the Center of Climate Change Mitigation
“Food for life”: Andean Growers and Consumers at the Center of Climate Change Mitigation
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Dr. Lowitt Arranging an Upcoming Film Screening
Dr. Kristen Lowitt is arranging a free public screening and discussion of the film Lake Superior Our Helper: Stories from Batchewanaung Anishinabek Fisheries on Thursday Feb 23 at 6 pm at the Screening Room, 120 Princess St, Kingston.
SES Colloquium Series Event
Title: How do biases in the climate forcing affect land carbon balance projections?
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New MES Student Opportunity - Sustainable Food Systems and Fisheries!
Dr. Kristen Lowitt in the School of Environmental Studies at ϳԹԴ is currently in search of a Masters student to join an existing research project about resilience and alternative food networks. Click here for more details!
Public Seminar: ENSC 480 Wildfire Science and Management
Dr. David McLagan has opened a lecture in his ENSC 480 Wildfire Science and Management course to the public. Please join his guest speakers on the topic: Culture burning and the barriers that remain.
SES Seeking PhD and MES applicants for climate change modelling research!
Combining global earth observations and numerical simulations, the successful applicants will explore the sensitivity of terrestrial carbon fluxes to climate extremes. Both projects provide opportunities for developing a wide range of technical skills, such as working on a high-performance computer, processing large data sets, conducting numerical simulations, and carrying out statistical analysis. For complete details click here!
Christian Seiler
Christian Seiler
Assistant Professor
School of Environmental Studies
School of Computing
Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
My research explores the role of the terrestrial carbon cycle in the Earth system and how interactions among physical, chemical, and biological processes shape climate dynamics. My previous work has focused on understanding and improving the representation of the land surface and terrestrial carbon cycle in Earth system models, using numerical modelling, global Earth observations, and machine learning. Building on this foundation, my research is now expanding toward a broader exploration of Earth system dynamics, with a focus on how interactions and feedbacks among the carbon cycle, climate, and other components of the Earth system generate nonlinear behaviour, emergent phenomena, and potentially abrupt transitions. This work combines Earth system modelling with reduced-complexity dynamical models, dynamical systems theory, and computational and machine learning methods to better understand the mechanisms underlying climate variability, stability, and tipping points.
PhD Opportunities; click here for more information
Contact
- Office: Biosciences Complex, Room 3128
- Phone: 613-533-6000 ext 75661
- Email: christian.seiler@queensu.ca
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Dr. Orihel and her team in the Gazette!
Dr. Orihel and her team of graduate students are involved with the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup initiative, read about their work in the Queen's Gazette here!
Dr. Hird on Global News!
Dr. Hird's comments are included in a Global News piece on single-use plastics in the food service industry. Check out the video clip below:
SES PhD Adaku Echendu featured in The Conversation and on DW News Africa!
In the October 13th edition of "The Conversation", Adaku has contributed her thoughts on major contributors to the devastating floods Nigeria has seen in over a decade.
You can also see Adaku's interview (starts at around the 5:45 mark) on