Projects to Help Vulnerable Communities Battle a Changing Climate Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $5 million in funding for six projects that will increase the use and utility of DOE research to improve climate resilience, particularly in vulnerable communities, in conjunction with the White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities….
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Moisture Sources of Precipitation in the Great Lakes Region: Climatology and Recent Changes
Zhao Yang, Yun Qian, Pengfei Xue, Jiali Wang, T. C. Chakraborty, William J. Pringle, Jianfeng Li, Xiaodong Chen Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: Yes, Multisector Dynamics, Earth System Model Development, and Regional and Global Model Analysis https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100682 Abstract Given the critical role of precipitation on hydroclimate, we quantified…
Faculty Openings in Resilient and Adaptive Environmental Engineering- University of Waterloo
In 2020, our Canadian Engineering Deans, laid out a grand challenge comprised of six, complex and socially motivated problem areas that inherently require an understanding of multiple perspectives and disciplines, and the pursuit of which should drive fundamental innovations, as well as discovery and transfer of new knowledge for society’s…
Asian-Australian summer monsoons linkage to ENSO strengthened by global warming
Chenxi Xu, S.-Y. Simon Wang, Krishna Borhara, Brendan Buckley, Ning Tan, Yaru Zhao, Wenling An, Masaki Sano, Takeshi Nakatsuka & Zhengtang Guo https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-023-00341-2 Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: Yes, Regional and Global Model Analysis Abstract The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) used…
Pre-Tenure Faculty Position in Freshwater, Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability
Stanford University invites applications for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor focusing on Freshwater.Freshwater resources are increasingly being taxed by the regional impacts of climate, land-use, and populationchanges. The greater frequency and magnitude of floods and droughts has taken its toll in many regions.Around the world, groundwater storage is declining, pollution is…
Interacting Effects of Watershed and Coastal Processes on the Evolution of Compound Flooding During Hurricane Irene
Mithun Deb, Ning Sun, Zhaoqing Yang, Taiping Wang, David Judi, Ziyu Xiao, Mark S. Wigmosta Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: Yes, Multisector Dynamics, Earth System Model Development, and Regional and Global Model Analysis DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EF002947 Abstract In low-lying estuarine regions, compound flooding (CF) is caused by the…
Engineering Faculty Positions, Open Rank- Dartmouth University
Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering is engaged in an expansion of our research and academic enterprise We are seeking exceptional teacher-scholars to join us as colleagues in open-rank, tenure-line positions across the following areas: Successful candidates will have a doctorate in a related field of engineering or science; demonstrated potential…
University of Illinois- Cluster Hires in Support of a Sustainable, Just, and Resilient Society in the Face of Environmental and Social Change
This network of clusters will establish a cohort of new professors who can transform our institution’s ability to address the grand challenges facing society in Illinois and around the world such as ameliorating the impacts of climate change on food security, human health, and ecosystem integrity, developing alternative technologies for…
Assessing the Influence of a Bias Correction Method on Future Climate Scenarios Using SWAT as an Impact Model Indicator
Tássia Mattos Brighenti, Philip W. Gassman, William J. Gutowski, Jr. and Janette R. Thompson Department of Energy, Office of Science, Earth & Environmental Systems Modeling Program Acknowledged Support: Yes, Multisector Dynamics and Regional and Global Model Analysis https://doi.org/10.3390/w15040750 Abstract In this study, we evaluate the implications of a bias correction…
Tenure-track Position in Water Systems Engineering at UC Davis
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California, Davis, invites applications and nominations for a tenure-track position in water resources engineering at the rank of Assistant Professor with an anticipated start date of Fall 2024. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a significant independent research program…