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The University of Miami is hosting a series of presentations and conversations focused on anti-racism and climate justice. ALL are welcome in the audience - UM community and beyond - please join us!
The conversation series includes three more webinars that will explore various aspects of injustices through the lens of climate change:
- Miami Climate Justice Leadership | Monday, February 22, 2021 6:30-7:30 pm ET
- Miami Climate Justice Activism | Monday, March 22, 2021 6:30-7:30 pm ET
- Energy and Housing Justice in a Changing Climate | Monday, May 3, 2021 6:30-7:30 pm ET
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The VoLo Foundation is hosting the 2021 Florida Climate Week, which will bring region-specific and topic-specific content on the impacts and solutions of climate change in the state of Florida. We will be hosting virtual and FREE sessions from organizations around the state.
Applications to host a virtual event are now open. The information can be found under the “Partners” tab on the website.
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If the Legislature approves the new program, “Resilient Florida” will use revenues from the state documentary stamp tax to pay for the debt service on $1 billion in bonds for projects that address the impacts of climate change.
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New Website Tells Climate Story from Visual Perspective
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Gray Read from Florida International University has developed the website Climate Powers of 10. Using data from recent, peer-reviewed sources, the website tracks the full sweep of climate history and possible futures and makes the information accessible to students and general readers.
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If you have any climate-related research, news items, or events that you would like to submit for consideration in the next newsletter, please email them to info@floridaclimateinstitute.org
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Other Upcoming Events & Webinars
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Job, Internship, and Fellowship Opportunities
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National/International and Partial Remote
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Oklahoma State University | Stillwater, OK
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Jiangxiao Qiu, former FCI Global Climate Fellow, was awarded a $500,000 grant by The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to examine how climate change is threatening subtropical grasslands and the ways they sustain agriculture, wildlife biodiversity, and ecosystems and their benefits to humans.
Thomas Ruppert, Esq., Coastal Planning Specialist and Jerry Murphy, J.D.; CFM, received an award from the Association of State Floodplain Managers to lead a project to update the legal materials shared by ASFPM with its members and Certified Floodplain Managers.
CONGRATULATIONS!
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Christ, B., Bartels, W.L., Broughton, D., Seepaul, R., & Geller, D. (2020). In pursuit of a homegrown biofuel: Navigating systems of partnership, stakeholder knowledge, and adoption of Brassica carinata in the Southeast United States. Energy Research & Social Science, 70.
Colverson, K. E., Harris, L. C. -, Galie, A., Moore, E. V., Munoz, O., McKune, S. L., et al. (2020). Evolution of a gender tool: WEAI, WELI and livestock research. Global Food Security, 26.
Elko, N., Briggs, T. R., Benedet, L., Robertson, Q., Thomson, G., Webb, B. M., et al. (2020). A century of U.S. beach nourishment. Ocean & Coastal Management, 199.
Ghotbi, S., Wang, D., Singh, A., Mayo, T., & Sivapalan, M. (2020). Climate and Landscape Controls of Regional Patterns of Flow Duration Curves Across the Continental United States: Statistical Approach. Water Resour. Res., 56(11).
Lowe, R., Lowe R, Ryan, S. J., Ryan SJ, Mahon, R., Mahon R, et al. (2020). Building resilience to mosquito-borne diseases in the Caribbean. PLoS Biol, e3000791.
Mack, L., Boote, K. J., Munz, S., Phillips, T. D., & GraeffHönninger, S. (2020). Adapting the CROPGRO model to simulate chia growth and yield. Agron.j., 112(5), 3859–3877.
Morbidelli, R., García-Marín, A. P., Mamun, A. A., Atiqur, R. M., Ayuso-Muñoz, J. L., Taouti, M. B., et al. (2020). The history of rainfall data time-resolution in a wide variety of geographical areas. Journal of Hydrology, 590.
Núñez-Regueiro, M. M., Branch, L. C., Derlindati, E., Gasparri, I., Marinaro, S., Nanni, S., et al. (2020). Open Standards for conservation as a tool for linking research and conservation agendas in complex socio-ecological systems. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 44, 6–15.
Serra, R., Kiker, G. A., Minten, B., Valerio, V. C., Varijakshapanicker, P., & Wane, A. (20 20). Filling knowledge gaps to strengthen livestock policies in low-income countries. Global Food Security, 26.
Shin, Cocke, S., Baigorria, G. A., Romero, C. C., Kim, B. - M., & Kim, K. - Y. (2020). Future Crop Yield Projections Using a Multi-model Set of Regional Climate Models and a Plausible Adaptation Practice in the Southeast United States. Atmosphere, 11(12).
Wilson, S. T., Al-Haj, A. N., Bourbonnais, A., Frey, C., Fulweiler, R. W., Kessler, J. D., et al. (2020). Ideas and perspectives: A strategic assessment of methane and nitrous oxide measurements in the marine environment. Biogeosciences, 17, 5809–5828.
Wu, X., Bi, N., Syvitski, J., Saito, Y., Xu, J., Nittrouer, J. A., et al. (2020). Can Reservoir Regulation Along the Yellow River Be a Sustainable Way to Save a Sinking Delta? Earth's Future, 8(11).
Zolnikov, T. R., Garces, K. P., Bolter, K., McGuigan, K., & King, R. K. (2020). Enhancing public health preparedness, response, and recovery capabilities through the Florida Hurricane Response Hub. Climate Risk Management, 30.
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About Us
The Florida Climate Institute (FCI) is a multi-disciplinary network of national and international research and public organizations, scientists, and individuals concerned with achieving a better understanding of climate variability and change.
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