Geography, Environmental Sciences, and Marine Resource Management

Educators and researchers in GEM study and teach all aspects of coupled earth systems, focusing on human interactions with terrestrial and marine processes, from mountaintops to mid-ocean.

Teaching and Research Faculty

Andrea Allan, Andrea Balbas, Larry Becker (emeritus), Laurie Becker, Lynette de Silva, Kelsey Emard, Erica Fleishman, Matthew Goslin, Hannah Gosnell, Michael Harte, Demian Hommel, Julia Jones, Robert Kennedy, Tara Massad, Tyler McFadden, Park Muhonda, Peder NelsonFelicia Olmeta Schult (OSU Extension Service), Laura Peters, Mark Raleigh, Mary Santelmann (emeritus), Jim Thatcher, Jenna Tilt, Jamon Van Den Hoek, Kuuipo Walsh, James Watson, Aaron Wolf, David Wrathall, Kaplan Yalcin

 

Geography & Geospatial Sciences Seminar

Spring Term 2026

Fridays from 1 to 2 p.m.
Burt Hall, Room193

Climate and the Environment: From Science to Action

GEOG 4/5/607 Spring Seminar Series

  • April 3 – Chris Jordan
    • Research Fish Biologist and Program Manager, NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center

    • Salmon and steelhead riverscapes in a changing climate - what does resilience look like in a non-stationary world?

  • April 10 – Steven Bograd*
    • Senior Climatologist,  NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Climate-Ecosystem Group

    • Climate and Ecosystem Linkages in Eastern Boundary Upwelling Systems

  • April 17 – Eric Mijts*
    • Senior Coordinator, University of Aruba

    • Education and research for sustainable development in small island states

  • April 24 – Dennis Baldochhi*
    • Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biometeorology, UC Berkeley

    • How a Global Network of CO2 and H2O Flux Measurements has Contributed to our Understanding of Global Change Biology

  • May 1 – Martha Bell
    • Associate Professor of Geography and Environment, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP)

    • Living (un)productively with climate: Hydraulic infrastructure and the construction of risk over time. Case studies from 19th -21st century Peru

  • May 8 – Stephanie Betts*
    • CEO of The Skeena Group LTD, United Kingdom

    • Planetary Adaptation: replicating nature’s eco-systems with a multi-layered approach

  • May 15 – Rohini Swaminathan*
    • Head of the Geospatial Unit, UN World Food Programme

    • Understanding Children's Climate Risk

  • May 22 – Abby Knipp
    • South Coast Organizer, Rogue Climate

    • Youth, Place, and Power: Growing Climate Justice from the Ground Up

  • May 29 – Abby Swann - 
    • Professor, University of Washington - deforestation, rainfall, climate

    • Quantifying the role that terrestrial ecosystems play in Earth's climate

  • June 5 – Qinghua Ding*
    • Professor, UC Santa Barbara

    • How far ahead can winter atmospheric river landfalls on the U.S. West Coast be predicted?

*speakers will be on Zoom, audience in person

For accommodation requests, please contact Julia Jones (julia.jones@oregonstate.edu)


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