Pacific Region Colloquium
The Pacific Region Colloquium, founded in February 1996 as the Western Region Colloquium, was a monthly speaker series that spanned the spectrum of earth and environmental science.
Background
The Pacific Region Colloquium, originally called the Western Region Colloquium, was founded in February 1996 as a monthly speaker series intended to bridge the gaps between the Water Mission Area's science disciplines. The colloquium featured speakers who presented information of broad interest spanning the spectrum of earth and environmental science.
The Pacific Region Colloquium is not currently hosting speakers. Past presentations are listed below, although videos of these seminars are currently unavailable. While we are working to restore access to the video archive, we do not have an estimate for how long this will take.
Past Colloquia
Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title |
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2018 | |||
8 January | Lauren Wye and Simon Lee | SRI International | Next generation InSAR system for UAS or crewed deployments enables on-demand observations of transient surface deformation |
2017 | |||
6 November | Jonathan Payne | Stanford | The Modern (6th) Mass Extinction: A Geological Perspective |
2 October | Isabel Montanez | UC Davis | Reconstructing CO2-Climate-Vegetation Feedbacks during Earth's Penultimate Icehouse |
22 September | Various speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral / New Researchers Colloquium |
11 September | Andrew Fisher | UC Santa Cruz | Enhancing Groundwater Recharge with Stormwater Mapping, Modeling, Measuring and Monetizing |
10 July | Andrew Ritchie | USGS-Santa Cruz | Measuring River Response to the World's Largest Dam Removal |
5 June | David Morrison | NASA-Ames | Defending the Earth against Asteroids |
8 May | Richard Lease | USGS Alaska Science Center | Patterns, Pulses, and Periodicity of Mountain Building Processes in Alaska |
3 April | Grant Hilderbrand | USGS Alaska Science Center | The Bear Necessities: Brown Bears in Diverse and Changing Alaskan Ecosystems |
6 March | Jeffrey Moore | NASA Ames | New Horizons, NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission |
6 February | Ken Newman | Fish and Wildlife Service | State-Space Modeling Delta Smelt Population Dynamics |
9 January | Tiziana Vanorio | Stanford | From Reactive Fluids to High Strain in Hydrothermal-Volcanic Areas |
2016 | |||
3 October | Nicholas Swanson-Hysell | UC Berkeley | Failed Rifting and Fast Drifting: North America's Midcontinent Rift and its Record of Rapid Paleogeographic Change |
23 September | Various speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral / New Researchers Colloquium |
8 August | Michael Manga | UC Berkeley | The Fascinating and Complex Dynamics of Geyser Eruptions |
11 July | Dawn Sumner | UC Davis | Oxygen Oases in Lakes May Have Heralded the Great Oxidation Event |
6 June | Laurel Larsen | UC Berkeley | Taking the Pulse of Earth's Surface Systems |
2 May | David Freyberg | Stanford University | Dam Decisions: What We Know and What We Don't |
4 April | Douglas Barnum | USGS | Is California's Salton Sea Dying? |
7 March | Alan Jones | Stanford | Lighting Up the Lithosphere: Information on the Continental Upper Mantle |
8 February | Lynn Rothschild | NASA Ames | Synthetic Biology and NASA's Missions: Low-Footprint Monitoring and Exploration |
11 January | Seth Shostak | SETI | Will We Find E.T. Before You Retire? |
2015 | |||
25 September | Various speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral / New Researchers Colloquium Presentation Panel |
14 September | Mary Power | UC Berkeley | The Thirsty Eel: Drought Impacts on Salmon and Cyanobacteria in River Food Webs |
10 August | Adrian Borsa | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Water, Drought, and Crustal Deformation in the Western USA |
6 July | Jonathan Payne | Stanford University | Seafood through Time: Ecology, Body Size, and Energetics |
8 June | Jennifer Wilcox | Stanford University | Carbon Capture and Storage and a Back-up Plan |
4 May | Tanja Bosak | MIT | Microbial sediments as records of evolution of life on Earth |
6 April | Claudia Faunt | USGS California Water Science Center | Groundwater in California's Central Valley |
9 March | John Piatt | USGS Alaska Science Center | Global Warming and the "Glacier Murrelet", a Pleistocene Relict Seabird of Beringia |
9 February | Kate Maher | Stanford University | Hydrologic Regulation of the Geologic Carbon Cycle |
5 January | Michael Cheadle | University of Wyoming | The Life and Death of Oceanic Core Complexes and the Largest Normal Faults in the World |
2014 | |||
8 December | Michael Wehner | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and University of California, Berkeley | Extreme Weather in a Changing Climate |
26 September | Various speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral / New Researchers Colloquium Presentation Panel |
8 September | Chris Field | Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford University | Climate Change 2014: The IPCC Fifth Assessment Report |
11 August | David Lobell | Stanford University | Meeting the Climate Adaptation Challenge in Agriculture |
14 July | Amy Hodge Julie Sweetkind-Singer | Stanford University | Salmon Data on the Hook: Preserving Scientific Data for the Future |
9 June | Roland Burgmann | UC Berkeley | Periodic Deformation and Seismicity: From Tides to Seasonal Water Loads |
5 May | Arunas Kuciauskas | Naval Research Laboratory | Overview of the Naval Research Laboratory Satellite Website, Along with Examples of Low Cloud and Fog Products |
7 April | Sarah Andrews | Author | A Grand Life: The Story Eddie McKee, Grand Canyon Chief Naturalist 1929-1940 and Legendary Geologist |
10 February | Solomon M. Hsiang | University of California, Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy | Quantifying the Influence of Climate on Human Conflict |
2013 | |||
2 December | Bill Ellsworth | USGS, Menlo Park | Injection-Induced Earthquakes |
4 November | Ben Sleeter | USGS, Menlo Park | Projecting Future Land Use: Applications for Natural Resource Assessment |
12 September | Various speakers | USGS, Menlo Park | Annual Postdoctoral/New Researcher Colloquium Video of Part 1 Video of Part 2 |
8 July | Bill and Rosemary Alley | Authors | "Too Hot to Touch -- The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste" |
10 June | David Thau | Large-scale and Deep-time Geo Analysis with Google Earth Engine | |
13 May | Gordon Brown | Stanford University | Mineral-Aqueous Solution Interfacial Reactions and Their Impact on the Environment |
8 April | Paul Hsieh | USGS | The Science Behind the Taming of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill |
11 March | Mark Zoback | Stanford University | Fluid Injection and Induced Seismicity |
25 Februsry | Chad Frost and Steve Hipskind | NASA Ames | NASA Earth Systems Science and Technologies |
2012 | |||
22 October | Jim Estes | UC Santa Cruz | Apex predators and the tapestry of nature |
18 September | Various Speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral/New Researcher Colloquium Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 |
13 August | Christopher Wilmers | UCSC | Large predators responses to human activity from grizzly bears in Alaska to mountain lions in the Bay Area |
9 July | Ron Oremland | USGS | Arsenic and the meaning of life |
14 May | Guido Grosse | University of Alaska Fairbanks | Deep soil organic carbon in pan-arctic permafrost regions and vulnerability to disturbance |
9 April | Diane McKnight | University of Colorado at Boulder | Climate change and surface water quality: The challenges of too much summer |
12 March | Dorothy Merritts and Robert Walter | Franklin and Marshall University | Stream restoration in the Eastern USA: The legacy of water-powered mills |
13 February | Steve Bohlen | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | Modeling the Anthropocene |
2011 | |||
12 December | Kurt Cuffey | UC Berkeley | Ice, sea level, and contemporary climate change |
14 November | Bill Dietrich | UC Berkeley | The soil is not enough: The importance of runoff and rock moisture in near-surface weathered bedrock to vegetation communities, climate, and landscape evolution Not available at the request of the speaker |
3 October | Elizabeth Hadly | Stanford University | Mammalian response to climatic change |
12 September | Andy Fisher | UC Santa Cruz | Massive flows of fluid, heat, and solutes through most of the ocean crust |
23 August | Various speakers | USGS | Annual Postdoctoral/New Researcher Colloquium |
8 August | Robert Hazen | Carnegie Institute of Washington and George Mason Univ. | The co-evolution of the geo- and biosphere |
11 July | Anthony Colaprete | NASA | Water on the Moon: Recent discoveries |
6 June | Steve Perakis | USGS | Biogeochemical cycles of Pacific Northwest forests |
9 May | Dennis Baldocchi | UC Berkeley | Methane Emissions from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta |
4 April | Ripudaman Malhotra | SRI International | A cubic mile of oil |
7 March | Lorraine and Alan Flint | USGS | A general model for estimating groundwater recharge and runoff potential |
2010 | |||
8 November | Jill Baron | USGS Fort Collins Science Center Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory Colorado State University | Interactions of climate change and atmospheric nitrogen deposition |
13 October | Postdoctoral Associates | USGS Western Region | Postdoctoral Presentations Video of Presentations Panel Discussion |
4 October | Frank Chapelle | USGS South Carolina Water Science Center | Healing springs, groundwater geochemistry, and the history of bottled water |
9 August | Ken Miller | Rutgers | 100 million years of sea-level change: Should I sell my beach house? |
12 July | Jean Bahr | University of Wisconsin | Geoscientists in an emerging green economy |
7 June | Maggi Kelly | University of California, Berkeley | Modeling forest structure with LiDAR for fire management in the Sierras |
10 May | Chuck Meertens | UNAVCO | Hydrological effects on GPS ground deformation observed in the EarthScope Plate Boundary Observatory |
12 April | Susan Petty | AltaRock Energy | Current status of enhanced geothermal system (EGS) technology development |
8 March | Michael Manga | UC Berkeley | Earthquakes and water (and why the LUSI mud volcano eruption was not triggered by an earthquake) |
8 February | David Schimel | National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) | The design of NEON and the future of ecological forecasting |
2009 | |||
7 December | Steve Gorelick | Stanford University | Oil panic and the global crisis: Predictions and myths |
23 November | David Rogers | College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales, Australia | The art-science of earthquakes |
9 November | David Montgomery | University of Washington | Dirt - The erosion of civilizations |
21 September | Western Region post-docs and new researchers | USGS | Western Region Postdoctoral/New Researcher Colloquium |
13 July | James Workman | DamBroker, San Francisco, CA | Heart of Dryness: How the last bushmen can help us endure the coming age of permanent drought Video Interview |
15 June | Carol Kendall | USGS, Menlo Park, CA | Drive-by extinctions: The role of vehicle exhaust in urban runoff and ecosystem degradation |
11 May | Elisabeth Holland | National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO | Changing climate, carbon and nitrogen cycles |
13 April | John Slack | USGS | Probing the redox state of Proterozoic seawater: Geochemical, biological, and economic implications Not available |
9 March | Philip Mote | WA State Climatologist, University of Washington | Climate change: Past, present, and future in the next 50-100 years in the West |
9 February | Mary Lou Zoback | RMS | Risk management: A perspective from the private sector |
12 January | Robert Glennon | University of Arizona, James E. Rogers College of Law | Unquenchable: America's water crisis and what to do about it |
2008 | |||
Dec 2 2008 | Margaret Leinen | Climos, Chief Scientist | Mitigating climate change: Will direct removal of CO2 be necessary? |
Sep 15 2008 | Western Region Post-docs | USGS, Western Region | Annual Post-doc Colloquium |
Aug 25 2008 | Dr. Paul Winchester, MD | Clinical Professor, Indiana Univ. School of Medicine and Director, Neonatal Intensive Care, St. Francis Hospital. | Environmental Contaminants in our Drinking Water, Breast Milk and Our Babies: How Worried Should We Be? |
Jan 14 2008 | Scott W. Tinker | Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, University of Texas, Austin | Global Energy: Myths and Realities |
2007 | |||
Dec 03 2007 | Lisa Lucas | USGS, Menlo Park | The Wiggles Matter: Significance of high-frequency processes to surface water quality |
Nov 5 2007 | Bob Smith | University of Utah | Geodynamics and seismic/geodetic imaging of the Yellowstone hotspot |
Oct 15 2007 | Sally Benson | Stanford University | Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage in Deep Geological Formations |
Jul 9 2007 | Dr. Sankar Chatterjee | Paul Whitfield Horn Professor of Geosciences, Texas Tech University | Feathered dinosaurs from the 'Cretaceous Pompeii' of China and the origin of avian flight |
May 21 2007 | Brad Reed | USGS, Flagstaff | National Phenology Network |
Apr 23 2007 | Dominique Weis | Univ. of BC | The structure of mantle plumes -- insights from geochemical and isotopic studies in Hawaii |
Mar 19 2007 | Barbara Sherwood-Lollar | Univ. of Toronto | Life's Chemical Kitchen: Support of Deep Terrestrial Subsurface Life by Abiogenic Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons |
Feb 15 2007 | Brooks Hansen | Science Magazine | The Future of Scientific Publications |
2006 | |||
Nov 13 2006 | Diane Boyer | USGS, Tucson, AZ | In Search of Dam Sites: The USGS Expedition of 1923 in the Grand Canyon |
Oct 10 2006 | Jon Christensen & Richard White | Stanford Univ. | The Checkerspot Butterfly and Serpentine |
Sep 11 2006 | Fran Hostettler | USGS Menlo Park, CA | Trains, Pains, and the Legal System: Forensic Geochemistry of Two Oil Spills Affected By Methanogenic Biodegradation |
Aug 14 2006 | Margaret Torn | Lawrence Berkeley National Labs | Climate change feedbacks and the future role of soils |
Jun 12 2006 | Rob Dunbar | Stanford Univ. | Tropical temperatures, global warming, and land use change: A view from the Coral Reef |
May 19 2006 | John Kelmelis | Senior Counselor for Earth Science, USGS/US Dept. of State | Earth Science Findings with Foreign Policy Implications |
Apr 10 2006 | Patty Fryer | Univ. of Hawaii | Subduction, Seismicity, and Serpentinization: Capturing a Subduction Event |
Mar 13 2006 | Nina G. Jablonski | CA Academy of Sciences | The Evolution of Human Skin Color |
Feb 13 2006 | Claire Kremen | Univ. of Berkeley ESPM | Managing for Ecosystem Services: Wild Bees and Crop Pollination in Northern CA |
2005 | |||
Dec 12 2005 | Dr. Katheryn Moran | Univ. of Rhode Island | Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX): A North Pole Discovery |
Nov 14 2005 | Prof. Pamela Matson | Stanford Univ. | Agricultural Intensification in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico: Will it "Save Land for Nature"? |
Oct 03 2005 | Todd Dawson | U.C. Berkeley, CA | Redwood forests, fog water subsides, and the land-sea interface |
Sep 06 2005 | Jake Lowenstern | USGS, Menlo Park | Intrusion, Deformation and Gas Discharge at the Yellowstone Caldera |
Aug 15 2005 | Joel E. Cohen | Rockefeller Univ., & Columbia Univ. | Human Population Trends, Human Carrying Capacity and Sustainability |
Jul 11 2005 | Michael Alley | Virginia Tech | Rethinking the Design of Presentation Slides |
Jun 06 2005 | Adina Payton | Stanford Univ. | High Productivity During Cretaceous Ocean Anoxic Events |
Apr 11 2005 | Jeremy Jackson | Scripps Institution of Oceanography | Brave New Ocean |
Mar 14 2005 | Elliot Sclar | Columbia University | You Won't Always Get What You Pay For: The Economics of Privatization |
Feb 14 2005 | Christina Ravelo | UC Santa Cruz | Global Warming: Lessons from the Pliocene Warm Period |
Jan 10 2005 | Robert Webb | USGS, Tucson | Grand Canyon Downcutting: Has it occurred in the Holocene? |
2004 | |||
Nov 15 2004 | Dr. Jayne Belnap | USGS, Utah | Soils, crusts, dusts and the role of microbiotic crusts in resource management and ecosystem recovery |
Oct 18 2004 | Roland Burgmann | UC Berkeley, CA | I Feel the Earth Move Under My Feet: Crustal Deformation in the Bay Area |
Sep 13 2004 | Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki | USGS, Menlo Park, CA | Tephrochronology: The Study of Ancient Volcanic Ash Layers, and their Use in Deciphering Geologic History |
Jul 19 2004 | Dr. Jay Lund | Univ. of California, Davis | Large-scale optimization for California water supply, flood control, and conflict resolution among multiple uses |
Jun 14 2004 | Dr. James Deacon | University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Connectivity in the Desert Aquatic Ecosystems: The Devil's Hole Story |
May 10 2004 | Steven Ingebritsen | USGS, NRP, Menlo Park, CA | Crustal Permeability As A Dynamic Parameter |
Apr 12 2004 | Dr. Deborah Kelley | School of Oceanography, Univ. of Washington | Atlantis Massif 30 N The Lost City Hydrothermal Field: A New Submarine Ecosystem |
Mar 08 2004 | Prof. Marion Diamond | UC Berkeley | Benefits of Enrichment at Any Age |
Feb 23 2004 | Stephanie Prejean | USGS, Anchorage, AK | New Insight into the Processes that Trigger Earthquakes in the Long Valley Caldera, California |
Jan 12 2004 | David Morrison | Nasa-Ames | Asteroid and comet impacts on Earth - a hazard for the future? |
2003 | |||
Nov 10 2003 | Jim Estes | USGS, Western Ecological Research Center, Santa Cruz Field Station | The recovery and subsequent collapse of kelp forest ecosystems in western Alaska |
Aug 11 2003 | Charlie Paull | Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute | New Views on the Distribution and Geologic Controls of Chemosynthetic Biologic Communities |
Jul 14 2003 | John Barron | USGS Volcano Hazards | The evolution of the climate of coastal Northern California during the past 15,000 years |
Apr 14 2003 | Chris Potter | NASA | Integrated Studies of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Surface Hydrologic Budgets for California |
Mar 10 2003 | Tomas Roffe | USGS, Bozeman, MT | Charismatic megafauna and nefarious microfauna of Yellowstone: the Brucellosis Controversy |
2002 | |||
Nov 18 2002 | Timothy Rood, Calthorpe Assoc.; David Howell, USGS; Eric Yurkovich, USGS; Daniel Bosch, Robert Mondavi Family of Wines; Skip Pack, Dynamic Graphics; David Ramsey, USGS; Peter Dartnell, USGS; Joel Robinson, USGS | GIS at the USGS and Beyond | |
Sep 09 2002 | John Takekawa | USGS/WERC | Foraging Ecology and Contaminant Risks of Diving Ducks in San Francisco Bay Estuary |
Jul 08 2002 | Mark Marvin-DiPasquale | USGS, Menlo Park | Mercury contamination of ecosystems and the role of microbiology |
Apr 22 2002 | Frank Sulloway | UC Berkeley | Birth Order Family Dynamics and Creative Lives: From Darwinian Evolution to World History |