ORD’s VELMA watershed modeling team is estimating environmental impacts of alternative future land use and climate change scenarios out to year 2100 for Puget Sound’s major river basins. VELMA is simulating how these scenarios impact terrestrial runoff and loadings of nutrients and toxins to the Puget Sound National Estuary.
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VELMA Watershed Modeling in the Puget Sound
Identify Critical Nanotechnology Opportunities for Addressing Climate Change
Draft Agenda (Eastern Standard Time)
- 1:00 – 1:10 PM – Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Jacob Jones, lead of the NNCI Research Community for Nanotechnology Convergence
- 1:10 – 1:25 PM – Review of NNI’s Nano4Earth Kick-Off Workshop by Dr. Matthew Hull, Director, Nanoscale Characterization and Fabrication Laboratory (Virginia Tech)
- 1:25 – 1:40 PM – Introduction to the NSF Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) Report, “The Role of Engineering to Address Climate Change” by Professor Khara Grieger, Ph.D., Environmental Health and Risk Assessment (NC State University)
- 1:40 – 1:45 PM – Enter Break-Out Rooms and Introductions
- 1:45 – 2:30 PM – Breakout Sessions (See below for topics)
- 2:30 – 2:55 PM – Report outs from Breakout Groups, which will feed into the workshop report
- 2:55 – 3:00 PM – Closing
Breakout Sessions
Attendees will meet in small groups to provide important stakeholder perspectives on a variety of specific questions. Discussion topics are broken down according to the categorization in the ERVA report and include:
Nanotechnology for
| Energy storage, transmission, and critical materials |
| Greenhouse gas capture and elimination |
| Resilient, energy-efficient, and healthful infrastructure |
| Water, ecosystems, and geoengineering assessment |
Our Changing Precipitation: What’s on the Horizon for Science and Application of Climate Change Information for Water Infrastructure Managers
An interdisciplinary conversation among thought leaders to provide participants an idea of what is on the horizon for helping communities build resilience of water management infrastructure and how we can move forward as a nation.
Our Changing Precipitation: From Science to Application: Climate Science, Hydrology, and Planning – Part 2
Learn about some of the ways researchers are helping communities consider climate change in local planning. Participants will gain insights into approaches for evaluating climate change impacts on hydrology for planning.
Understanding Global Climate Change and How It Affects Air Quality and Human Health
Dr. Jason West, Professor Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will present “Understanding Global Climate Change and How It Affects Air Quality and Human Health.” The talk will provide a deeper dive into climate science, and approaches to studying the interactions between climate change and air quality. Registration is required and can be obtained via: niehs.nih.gov/