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2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

Session No. 34
Sunday, 7 November 2004: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

P3. Geoscientific Aspects of Human and Ecosystem Vulnerability

U.S. National Committee for Geosciences; GSA Critical Issues Caucus; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; GSA Geology and Society Division

 

Susan W. Kieffer and Grant Heiken, Conveners
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Start Time
 
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1
1:35 PM
SAGA OF THE LIFEBOAT NIMBY: GARRETT HARDIN AND THE STEWARDSHIP OF THE COMMONS
ZEN, E.-an, Dept. of Geology, Univ of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 and PALMER, Allison R., Institute for Cambrian Studies, 445 N. Cedarbrook Rd, Boulder, CO 80304-0417, ezen@geol.umd.edu, ezen@geol.umd.edu
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1:55 PM
VULNERABILITY AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE ADDED STRESS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
WUEBBLES, Donald J. and HAYHOE, Katharine, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Univ of Illinois, 105 S. Gregory Street, Urbana, IL 61801, wuebbles@uiuc.edu, wuebbles@uiuc.edu
3
2:15 PM
CONSEQUENCES OF, AND RESPONSES TO, NATURAL HAZARDS AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES DURING A >40 CENTURY PERIOD ON EGYPT'S NILE DELTA MARGIN
STANLEY, Jean-Daniel, Geoarchaeology Program, Smithsonian Institution, Room E-205, NMNH, Washington, DC 20560, stanley.daniel@nmnh.si.edu, stanley.daniel@nmnh.si.edu
4
2:35 PM
IN THE NECK OF THE HOURGLASS
CHESWORTH, Ward, Univ of Guelph, Guelph, ON, wcheswor@lrs.uoguelph.ca, wcheswor@lrs.uoguelph.ca
5
2:55 PM
WILL THE 21ST CENTURY BECOME THE CLIMATE CENTURY?
GLANTZ, Michael H., National Ctr for Atmospheric Rsch, 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, glantz@ucar.edu, glantz@ucar.edu
 
3:15 PM
Break
6
3:30 PM
FOSSIL FUELS AND THE FUTURE: YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'VE GOT 'TIL ITS GONE (OR DO WE?)
FINLEY, Robert J., Illinois State Geol Survey, 615 E Peabody Dr, Champaign, IL 61820-6918, finley@isgs.uiuc.edu, finley@isgs.uiuc.edu
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3:50 PM
RESOURCE REALITY: SCIENCE, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, AND HUMAN NATURE
LANDON, Susan M., Petroleum Geologist, Denver, CO 80218 and DICKINSON, Tamara, National Rsch Council, Washington, DC 20001, susanlandon@att.net, susanlandon@att.net
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4:10 PM
EARTH MOVING CAN BE DANGEROUS TO OUR HEALTH
HOOKE, Roger LeB., Department of Geological Sciences, Univ of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5790, rhooke@acadia.net, rhooke@acadia.net
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4:30 PM
WHY MODERN HUMANS INEVITABLY TRASH ECOSYSTEMS (AND ULTIMATELY UNDERMINE THEMSELVES): A THERMODYNAMIC INTERPRETATION
REES, William E., School of Community and Regional Planning, Univ of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2, wrees@interchange.ubc.ca, wrees@interchange.ubc.ca
10
4:50 PM
QUANTIFYING VULNERABILITY
KIEFFER, Susan W., Department of Geology, Univ. of Illinois, 1301 West Green St, Urbana-Champaign, IL 61901 and MATSON, Pamela, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford Univ, Stanford, CA 94305, skieffer@uiuc.edu, skieffer@uiuc.edu
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5:10 PM
GEOLOGIC FIELD WORK IN A CITY…..ARE YOU CRAZY?
HEIKEN, Grant, 331 Windantide Place, Freeland, WA 98249-9683, heiken@whidbey.com, heiken@whidbey.com
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