Dr. David McLagan has opened a lecture in his ENSC 480 Wildfire Science and Management course to the public. Please join his guest speakers on the topic: Culture burning and the barriers that remain.
Combining global earth observations and numerical simulations, the successful applicants will explore the sensitivity of terrestrial carbon fluxes to climate extremes. Both projects provide opportunities for developing a wide range of technical skills, such as working on a high-performance computer, processing large data sets, conducting numerical simulations, and carrying out statistical analysis. For complete details click here!
Assistant Professor
School of Environmental Studies
School of Computing
Arts and Sciences
My research explores the role of the terrestrial carbon cycle in the Earth system and how interactions among physical, chemical, and biological processes shape climate dynamics. My previous work has focused on understanding and improving the representation of the land surface and terrestrial carbon cycle in Earth system models, using numerical modelling, global Earth observations, and machine learning. Building on this foundation, my research is now expanding toward a broader exploration of Earth system dynamics, with a focus on how interactions and feedbacks among the carbon cycle, climate, and other components of the Earth system generate nonlinear behaviour, emergent phenomena, and potentially abrupt transitions. This work combines Earth system modelling with reduced-complexity dynamical models, dynamical systems theory, and computational and machine learning methods to better understand the mechanisms underlying climate variability, stability, and tipping points.
Dr. Orihel and her team of graduate students are involved with the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup initiative, read about their work in the Queen's Gazette here!
Dr. Hird's comments are included in a Global News piece on single-use plastics in the food service industry. Check out the video clip below:
Kingston businesses prepare for plastic ban - Kingston | Globalnews.ca
In the October 13th edition of "The Conversation", Adaku has contributed her thoughts on major contributors to the devastating floods Nigeria has seen in over a decade. Read more about this issue here.
You can also see Adaku's interview (starts at around the 5:45 mark) on DW News Africa here
Dr. David McLagan is looking to fill a couple of positions for his FEWA lab research group!
Our first School Colloquium will take place Thursday, October 20th from 2:30-4 pm featuring Dr. McLagan on Introducing the FEWA Lab: Fire, Earth, Water, Air (FEWA) Contaminant Biogeochemistry Research Group within the School of Environmental Studies and Dept.
Dr. Barb Zeeb is looking to take on a new Masters student this coming Summer 2023!
If you are interested, click here for more details!
