Latest CWC News
Media Coverage of CWC and related projects
Bryan Mark quoted in Reuters and various Peruvian papers (July 14, 2008)
Bryan Mark is quoted by various Peruvian news agencies regarding the melting of Peru's glaciers and the impact on water resources. Click the following links - hope your spanish is good! Search for Bryan Mark in the text.
Click here for the Reuters quotes
Brent Sohngen quoted in Columbus Dispatch (July 8, 2008)
From the Dispatch: Scroll down about two-thirds into the text and you'll see that Prof. Sohngen is quoted extensively.
Taotao Qian member of team awarded "CCSM Distinguished Achievement Award 2008" (May 16, 2008)
From the CCSM email list:
A SSC meeting was held last Wednesday at which we considered the nominations for the CCSM Distinguished Achievement Award. I am pleased to announce that the winners for 2008 are the Land Model Working Group for their cooperative work in producing the CLM3.5 version of the land component. This version is a considerable improvement over CLM3, and the SSC thought this a very nice example of a group of scientists working cooperatively together.
Kudos for this achievement goes to the Land WG cochairs: Dave Lawrence of NCAR and Steve Running of the University of Montana, and to the following coauthors on two papers recently published in J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences, 113, documenting the CLM3.5:
Congratulations, Peter Gent, SSC Chair.
Gordon Bonan, NCAR, Aiguo Dai, NCAR, Scott Denning, Colorado State Univ, Bob Dickinson, Georgia Tech, Peter Lawrence, Univ of Colorado , Sam Levis, NCAR, Guo-Yue Niu, Univ of Texas, Austin , Keith Oleson, NCAR, Taotao Qian, NCAR, now Ohio State Univ , Reto Stockli, CSU, now ETH, Zurich, Switzerland , Peter Thornton, NCAR, Zong-Liang Yang, Univ of Texas, Austin ,
Mike Bevis, Jason Box, and Ian Howat quoted in Nature, Howat co-authored in Science (May 9, 2008)
Prof. Ian Howat has co-authored two papers in this week's issue of the very prestigious journal, Science. He and his colleagues discuss the importance of understanding Greenland's ice flows. Likewise, this importance for a broader understanding of Greenland's ice and its mass are discussed in a Nature article where Profs. Bevis, Box, and Howat are quoted. Congratulations!
Click here for Howat co-authored Science publications (scroll down)
Prof. C.K. Shum, OSU Distinguished Scholar Award (April 8, 2008)
Prof. C.K. Shum has won an Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar Award. This is a richly deserved and wonderful accomplishment. You are encouraged to read the OSU statement on C.K.'s work (see link below) - this is a well written presentation. Because many CWC researchers know C.K., we all can easily say that he is a most collegial researcher.
OLENTANGY RIVER WETLANDS FEATURED IN ANNUAL REPORT (April 2, 2008)
The Wilma H. Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at Ohio State released its 2007 Annual Report to the public on Monday (3/31) that features more than 50 color photographs and research, teaching, service and development activity summaries. The report is available online or it can be mailed to you by request to mitsch.1@osu.edu. Also described are international collaborations in four countries, and college courses, formal tours and presentations that took place at the wetlands.
A press release is available by clicking here: Press Release
Andy Keeler's work featured in the press (Feb. 2008)
Andy Keeler authored a just-released paper on how federal climate change policy will affect state regulation of electric utilities. The report was commissioned by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. A press release is available.
Andy Keeler gave an invited presentation to the Oregon Public Utility Commission Hearing on Climate Change policy in Salem, Oregon on Friday, February 1. Keeler's presentation of 2 1/2 hours covered the important design considerations in likely federal climate policy, as well as likely impacts on regulation and technology choice in Oregon and the western US. It was attended by all of Oregon's utility commissioners, senior staff, state legislators, utility executives, and the head of the state's global warming commission.
Andy Keeler has been commissioned by the Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements to be lead author on a paper on structuring relationships between rich and poor countries to achieve objectives related to greenhouse gas mitigation, adaptation, and economic development. Keeler and Alex Thompson of OSU's Political Science Department will take a multidisciplinary approach based on economics, rational choice theory, and international law. The results will be part of the Harvard Project's engagement of governments and the key stakeholders in the run-up to the COP-15 negotiations in Copenhagen in late 2009.
Thompsons Awarded the Dan David Prize (Feb. 2008)
Ellen Mosley-Thompson and Lonnie Thompson have been awarded the Dan David Prize for their excellence in understanding climate change. For more information, please see the Dan David Prize web pages and 2008 Laureates. Congratulations to Ellen and Lonnie!
CWC Website (Feb. 2008)
The first draft of the CWC Website has been launched!
The web pages are growing quickly and, in fact, will soon move to cwc.osu.edu. Your additions, edits, and thoughts are welcomed. Please contact the people listed on the Contacts page. As an example of the new additions, we will soon add a section where affiliates will be able to login, edit their profile and project information, and understand their budgets. The entire CWC budget will also be transparent and viewable to affiliates through this login procedure.
OAA Approves the CWC (June 2006)
The Climate, Water, and Carbon Program is a Targeted Investment in Excellence funded by OSU's Office of Academic Affairs (OAA). Learn more about OAA's TIEs. Important related documents:
CWC TIE Proposal (Jan. 2006)
Proposal that led to the formation of the CWC
The Climate, Water, and Carbon Program is a coalition of several OSU
colleges, schools, and centers designed to specifically address the
following three questions: (1) are we causing an abrupt climate change
today?, (2) do we have enough freshwater?, and (3) what adaptive strategies
can be implemented to offset the impact of fossil fuel combustion on
biogeochemical cycles affecting climate change and water resources?
Download the proposal submitted to OAA's TIE
initiative.