The 2022 Metcalf Institute Annual Public Lecture Series celebrated 25 years of bringing science to the conversation! This year’s speakers discussed the causes and consequences of coastal and inland flooding, including how climate change is affecting flooding, the inequitable impacts of flood events, and how communities are taking action. The weeklong series highlighted leaders in […]
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Two Sides of the Climate Coin: Sea Level Rise and Extreme Weather December 8, 2021 Watch the presentations Frank Carini, Editor, EcoRI, moderator Kate Michaud, Town Manager, Warren, RI Jon Nelson, Visiting Professor, Institute Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University Elder González Trejo, Sustainability Policy Associate, City of Providence, RI Coastal communities […]
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Watch online conversation with Pulitzer Prize finalist, author, and journalist Elizabeth Rush.
Continue reading "View Webinar of Rising Waters: Stories from America’s Frontline"Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World Jeff Goodell 2019 Annual Public lecture Series Rolling Stone Magazine University of Rhode Island, Annual Public Lecture Series, climate change, global warming, sea level rise, sinking cities, rising seas
Continue reading "Rising Seas, Sinking Cities, and the Remaking of the Civilized World"From the Ice Sheet to Your Doorstep – The Expanding Impacts of Global Loss Twila Moon 2018 Annual Public lecture Series National Snow and Ice Data Center Twila Moon, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island, Annual Public Lecture Series, glaciers, climate change, global warming, ice loss, sea level rise
Continue reading "From the Ice Sheet to Your Doorstep – The Expanding Impacts of Global Loss"Lesley Ann Dupigny Giroux 2018 Annual Public Lecture Series University of Vermont Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, University of Vermont, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island, URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences, climate change, extreme weather, hurricanes, flooding, wildfires, scientifc uncertainty, weather patterns, storms, heat waves, infrastructure damage, coastal flooding, eroison, sea level rise
Continue reading "Extreme Weather and Climate Change – What’s the Story?"How Will We Handle a World With No “Normal”? Amy Snover 2018 Annual Public Lecture Series University of Washington Amy Snover, University of Washington, extreme weather, sea level rise, hurricanes, infrastructure, flooding, climate change, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island, URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences, natural disasters
Continue reading "How Will We Handle a World With No “Normal”?"The bottom Line – Climate Change and the American Economy Amir Jina 2018 Annual Public Lecture Series University of Chicago extreme weather, Amir Jina, climate change, hurricane, Climate Impact Lab, forecast, weather, University of Rhode Island, Metcalf Institute, Lecture, University of Chicago, big data, flooding, storms, natural disasters
Continue reading "The bottom Line – Climate Change and the American Economy"Global Shipping & The Climate Challenge Regina Asariotis 2018 Metcalf/Dept of Marine Affairs Public Lecture United Nations on Trade and Development Regina Asariotis maritime industry, climate change, climate adaptation, climate resilient, united nations, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, UNCTAD, climate mitigation, Metcalf Institute, shipping, oceans, Ports, infrastructure, sea level rise, extreme weather, transportation, […]
Continue reading "Global Shipping & The Climate Challenge Regina Asariotis"Radley Horton 2017 Climate Change and the News Webinar Columbia University climate change, science, global warming, extreme weather, Radley Horton, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island, sea level rise, open circulation, adpatation, commiunication, flooding, nuisance flooding
Continue reading "Metcalf Institute Webinar"Amir Aghakouchak 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 370 | University of California – Irvine oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, sea level rise, Amir Aghakouchak, University of California Irvine, extreme weather, association of climate change […]
Continue reading "Increased Nuisance Flooding from Sea Level Rise"Joseph Romm 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 256 Climate Progress oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, Joseph Romm, sea level rise, American Progress, climateprogress, environmental journalism, Association of Climate Change Officers, AACO
Continue reading "Covering Climate Change"Ben McFarlane 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 27 Hampton Roads Planning District Commission oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, sea level rise, extreme weather, climate change adaptation, association of climate change officers, ben mcfarlane, flooding, rising […]
Continue reading "Case Studies in Adaptation to Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather"Steven Miller 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 29 Massachusetts Department of Transportation oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalsim, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, extreme weather, sea level rise, association of climate change officers, massachusetts department of transportation, steven miller, flooding, […]
Continue reading "Case Studies in Adaptation to Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather"Nancy Gassman 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 171 City of Fort Lauderdale, FL o ceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, City of Fort Lauderdale, sea level rise,nancy gassman, climate change adaptation, flooding, extreme weather, association […]
Continue reading "Case Studies in Adaptation to Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather"Quinton Zondervan 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 41 Climate Action Business Association oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalsim, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, adaptation, sea level rise, public health, extreme weather, association of climate change officers, ACCO, climate action business association, social […]
Continue reading "Managing Climate Risks: What’s at Stake"Ben Strauss 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 292 Climate Central oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, ben strauss, climate central, sea level rise, adaptation, extreme weather, URI graduate school of oceanography, association of climate […]
Continue reading "Projecting Sea Level Rise"Jacqueline Patterson 2015 Climate Change & the News: Planning for Sea Level Rise & Extreme Weather 82 NAACP oceanography, meteorology, climate change, global warming, journalism, news, training, science, communication, Metcalf Institute, URI, atmosphere, naacp, adaptation, jacqueline patterson, sea level rise, flooding, association of climate change officers, acco, rising seas summit
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