Events

Dr. Miller & Dr. Holland will walk you through the latest IPCC (6th) assessment report and other recent developments in global CC policy. They’ll also explore the ways in which the global synthesis findings and assessment are communicated. Let's break apart the acronyms, and address how this plays out across the spectrum of climate change "beliefs" and action.

This event is both in-person and online. There are 15 seats available for in-person attendees but unlimited seats on Webex. 

Students in GES 350: Climate Change & Society in Maryland will present on state and local climate change issues. They will discuss Maryland's greenhouse gas emissions, how humans and local ecosystems are affected by climate change, and what people, government, and organizations are trying to do to lessen the impacts of climate change and prepare for its impacts.

Come hear Ms. Nancy McAllister unpack the basic science of climate change! Ms. McAllister is opening her regular Environmental Science and Conservation classroom specifically for this lecture. 

Join us tomorrow, March 13^th, for our next GES department seminar! We are joined with Rona Kobell, a science editor and film producer who has been covering the Chesapeake Bay area for nearly fifteen years. She will be discussing her newest film, “Eroding History,” which explores the climate crisis in redlined Black communities. Centering Black stories, the film sheds light on a great environmental injustice happening right now on our Eastern Shores. The seminar will be held at 12pm in the ITE building, room 229.

We encourage you to also join us Thursday, March 14^th for a screening of “Eroding History” inside the AOK Library Gallery. This will take place 4pm to 6pm and will offer time for a Q&A with the filmmakers. This event is in-person only. For more information on the film, visit the website for the Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative: https://www.ejji.org/film

A virtual room for the Wednesday seminar will be provided on Webex with the following link. We had a great turnout of attendees last week – thank you all very much for joining us! https://umbc.webex.com/umbc/j.php?MTID=m22f84ff7fedb5728a52da5125727f51d

The GES department invites you all to this Wednesday’s seminar hosted by Dr. Tess Thompson. An associate professor at Virginia Tech, Dr. Thompson will be sharing her research on stormwater management solutions while offering a historic overview of Maryland’s stormwater regulations. The seminar will be held at noon on March 6^th, 2024, in room 229 of the ITE building. Undergraduates, grad students, and GES faculty are all welcome to attend! Though this seminar will be available on Webex, we encourage students to attend in-person so that they may participate in Q&As and get an opportunity to mingle with other GES peeps. 

We are making an effort to record each of our spring session’s seminars and upload them to YouTube. Here is a recording of our previous seminar (Feb. 21) hosted by Mark Stewart, manager of Maryland’s Climate Change Program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7AXxq6EMP4&ab_channel=UMBCSocSci