GSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington, USA - 2017

Session No. 92
Monday, 23 October 2017: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Ballroom 6A (Washington State Convention Center)

P2. Landscapes in the Anthropocene I

GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Geology and Public Policy Committee; Geology (journal)
José Antonio Constantine, J. Wesley Lauer and Rónadh Cox, Conveners
 
8:00 AM
Introductory Remarks
8:05 AM
COUNTING ATOMS TO PLACE HUMAN IMPACTS IN A GEOLOGIC CONTEXT
BIERMAN, Paul R.1, CORBETT, Lee B.1, SHAKUN, Jeremy D.2 and SCHMIDT, Amanda H.3, (1)Department of Geology, University of Vermont, Delehanty Hall, 180 Colchester Ave, Burlington, VT 05405, (2)Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, (3)Geology, Oberlin College, Geology Department, Rm. 403, 52 W. Lorain St, Oberlin, OH 44074, pbierman@uvm.edu
8:35 AM
THE SCIENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: A LOOK AT OUR CHANGING LANDSCAPE
WUEBBLES, Donald J., Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, 3052 Natural History Bldg., 1301 W. Green St., Urbana, IL 61801, wuebbles@illinois.edu
9:05 AM
THE CHANGING DYNAMICS OF SNOW PROCESSES IN THE MOUNTAINOUS WESTERN US
LETTENMAIER, Dennis, Geography, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, dlettenm@ucla.edu
9:35 AM
DO FOREST-SNOW FEEDBACKS MITIGATE OR EXACERBATE A MOUNTAIN’S HYDROLOGIC RESPONSE TO A WARMING WORLD?
LUNDQUIST, Jessica D., University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Box 352700, Seattle, WA 98195, jdlund@uw.edu
 
10:05 AM
Diiscussion and Break
10:20 AM
BRINGING OUR SOIL BACK TO LIFE:  SOLVING OUR OLDEST AND MOST RECENT PROBLEMS
MONTGOMERY, David R., Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, bigdirt@uw.edu
10:50 AM
TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO MEET WATER QUALITY OBJECTIVES IN MIDWESTERN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES UNDERGOING RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: SOUND SCIENCE IS FUNDAMENTAL TO SOUND POLICY
FOUFOULA-GEORGIOU, Efi, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, 5400 Engineering Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, efi@uci.edu
11:20 AM
THE STATE AND TRAJECTORY OF GLOBAL FRESH WATER: THE CASE FOR CAUTIOUS PESSIMISM
VOROSMARTY, Charles, Environmental Initiative of the Advanced Science Research Center, The City Universty of New York, New York, NY 10031; Civil Engineering, The City College of New York, New York, NY 10031, charles.vorosmarty@asrc.cuny.edu
 
11:50 AM
Concluding Remarks and Discussion