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Neil Swart Canadian Centre for Climate Modelling and Analysis, Environment and Climate Change Canada Wednesday, February 22, 2017 Snacks/Discussion begin at 15:00, Talk at 15:30 Location: Grad House, David Clode Room

Details and dates for the CCSS seminars for early 2017 will be posted soon. Don’t forget to sign up for the mailing list to receive the latest announcements. We are also planning a pub night for mid-January. Stay tuned for more information.

Can we still limit the global warming to 1.5ºC? Kasia Tokarska School of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of Victoria Wednesday, December 07, 2016 Snacks/Discussion begin at 15:00, Talk at 15:30 Location: Grad House, David Clode Room RSVP The Paris Agreement commits its signatory countries to hold the global mean warming well below 2ºC, and… Continue reading Seminar by Kasia Tokarska on December 07, 2016

Climate Change and Health: Impacts, Implications and Responses Trevor Hancock School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria Thursday, December 01, 2016 Snacks/Discussion begin at 15:00, Talk at 15:30 Location: Cadboro Commons, Campus View RSVP Climate change has been called “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century” by the first Lancet… Continue reading Seminar by Trevor Hancock on December 1, 2016

Physical oceanography of British Columbia’s central coast near Calvert Island from 2012 – 2016 Jennifer M. Jackson, Hakai Institute Thursday, November 17, 2016 Snacks/Discussion begin at 15:00, Talk at 15:30 Location: Grad House, David Clode Room RSVP Since 2012, the Hakai Institute has been collecting year-round oceanographic data from British Columbia’s central coast near Calvert… Continue reading Seminar by Jennifer Jackson on November 17, 2016

Understanding the Dynamics of the Nocturnal Boundary Layer: an Illustration of Idealized Modelling Amber Holdsworth, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Snacks/Discussion begin at 15:00, Talk at 15:30 Location: Grad House, David Clode Room RSVP In the evening when the Earth’s surface is no longer heated from above the ground cools… Continue reading Seminar by Amber Holdsworth on November 2, 2016

Responding to the Climate Change Challenge  is a Social Imperative and an Economic Opportunity Thomas Pedersen, School of Earth and Ocean Sciences Wednesday, July 13, 2016 Abstract: Fossil fuel combustion and associated release of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere is warming Earth. The warming is particularly profound in high northern latitudes but its impacts are… Continue reading Seminar by Tom Pedersen on July 13, 2016

Changing extremes – is it real, or just imagined? Francis Zwiers, PCIC Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Abstract: Today’s electronic and print media are replete with stories about extreme weather and climate events from all over the world. These stories draw our attention because of their immediacy and the devastating impacts of these events, which often… Continue reading Seminar by Francis Zwiers on March 30, 2016

Understanding and Tracking Some Critical Methane Interactions between Geo-, Hydro-, Cryo- and Atmosphere Michael Whiticar Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Location: Grad House Abstract Although atmospheric CO 2 (~402 ppm, ~850 PgC) seems to occupy most of the Greenhouse Gas conversation, it is still important to consider atmospheric methane (1.84 ppm, ~3.7 PgC). From a Global… Continue reading Seminar by Michael Whiticar on March 16, 2016