Modelling a “Frozen” Ice Age Paul Miller, assistant professor and coastal meteorologist in the Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, is using popular culture as an entry point by which his students can understand complex environmental interactions in a fun and meaningful way. In this fall’s “Modelling the Marine Atmosphere” course, he taught students how to run a meteorological modelling experiment based on the movie, “Frozen.” Read the full article at the link above.

One-Hundred Years of Feast or Famine for Antarctic Penguins New research reveals how penguins have dealt with more than a century of human impacts in Antarctica and why some species are winners or losers in this rapidly changing ecosystem. Michael Polito, assistant professor in LSU’s Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences and co-authors published their findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on Monday, Dec. 2.

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CC&E NEWS & ACCOLADES Remarkable: Tribute to Wake D'Elia LSU Professor: UN Climate Change Conference Report Foretells Oxygen Loss in the World’s Oceans Short but Powerful: Students Tell Our Environmental Story on Film  LSU Undergraduate Receives 2019 Western Dredging Association Scholarship

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Nina Lam Ushers in the New Year with National Fellowship and Two Grants  Nina Lam is focused on the future of improving emergency operations for coastal resiliency nationwide. In 2019, she received several significant recognitions of her research acumen, including being selected as a fellow by the American Association of Geographers, or AAG, and awarded two research grants from the National Science Foundation.

Gallery: LSU College of the Coast & Environment December 2019 Graduation Graduates of the College of the Coast & Environment are well prepared to tackle a rapidly changing physical environment that is reshaping and expanding the coastal and environmental workforce. It is our pleasure to have concluded a joyous 2019 with the following graduates of our December diploma ceremony.

LSU CC&E in Galapagos Starting to miss that warmer weather? Check out this article (hyperlinked above) and video about LSU CC&E's study abroad class, "Ecology of the Galapagos Islands," to keep you in the summer spirit! For more information about signing up for this course in the spring, email Dr. Dan Holstein at dholstein1@lsu.edu.

Coastal News Around Campus Voices from the Water: Collecting Stories on How Offshore Oil and Gas Industry Affects People in Plaquemines Parish-College of Humanities & Social Sciences We Need Gulf of Mexico Coral Reefs to Protect Us from Storm Surge in the Future—But Will They?-College of Humanities & Social Sciences Harnessing a Tweet Storm: Using Fairness-aware Artificial Intelligence and Social Media to Improve Hurricane Resilience, and More-College of Engineering LSU Biochemical Researcher Receives DOE Early Career Award to Reveal Nature’s Blueprint for Energy Conversion Through Photosynthesis-College of Science

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