In many ways, the human species is unique, but in others entirely predictable. On the one hand, the human species is clearly the most ecologically dominant in Earth history, but on the other, our internal biology is quite unremarkable. So, how did we get to be where we are? To understand how the human species came to be so dominant requires understanding how human ecology evolved from subsistence-level hunting and gathering societies, to industrialized market economies.

Number of participants: 35

Number of people actively debating: 14

The main goal of the conference is to share scientific knowledge and foster collaborations between research communities and air pollution management agencies in Southern California. Typically, the conference gathers 100-150 participants each year, and it is hosted by one of the Southern California major campuses. The conference always attracts attendants from a broad spectrum of research areas including Atmospheric Chemistry, Environmental Sciences, Physics, Engineering, Earth System Sciences, Energy Sciences, Environmental Toxicology, etc. 

Joint Seminar
Organized by CEE and ESS Departments

ABSTRACT

Kei Yoshimura

Associate Professor
The University of Tokyo

A 140-year long historical water isotope simulation with the 20th century reanalysis and its comparison with climate proxy data

Ryouta O'ishi

Project Researcher
The University of Tokyo

Influence of Dynamics Vegetation Change to Climate in the Last Glacier Maximum and Mid-Holocene Using a GCM with Dynamical Vegetation

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The Department offices will be closed in recognition of the winter holiday break.