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Data synthesis to assess the effects of climate change on agricultural production and food security
Date:30
Sunday
June
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: David Makowski
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Climate change is having an impact on agricultural production and food
security ... Read more
Plan A+ - How geoengineering using stratospheric aerosols could play a role in climate policy
Date:16
Sunday
June
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 13:00-14:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/98884644964?pwd=SUF0cnVEZndYWmw1azFPQlhrTStuQT09
Lecturer: Dr. Peter Irvine
Organizer: Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative (SAERI)
Contact: yuval.rosenberg@weizmann.ac.il
Details: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/98884644964?pwd=SUF0cnVEZndYWmw1azFPQlhrTStuQT09
Mee ... Read more
Floods in a warming climate: what are the missing puzzle pieces?
Date:19
Sunday
May
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Efrat Morin
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Flood is the outcome of complex processes interacting at a range of scales. Floo ... Read more
Lake Kinneret in a Changing Environment
Date:12
Sunday
May
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Yael Amitai
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Located in a highly sensitive subtropical climate area and a densely populated a ... Read more
Benthic side control on the chemical composition of the ocean
Date:07
Sunday
April
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Zvi Steiner
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The sediment – bottom-water interface is suggested as a key control on
the ch ... Read more
Large scale circulation adjustments to aerosol-cloud interactions and its radiative effect
Date:31
Sunday
March
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Guy Dagan
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The impact of anthropogenic aerosols on clouds is a leading source of uncertaint ... Read more
EPS AI discussion seminar - Neural General Circulation Models for weather and climate predictions
Date:25
Monday
March
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 16:00
Location: also via zoom: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/95890082380?pwd=TnZxc1NoSkxUbjM3SVB0dVpCdVRtZz09
Lecturer: Janni Yuval
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
EPS Departmental Seminar; Challenges and opportunities in global storm resolving climate models
Date:25
Sunday
February
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Title: EPS Departmental Seminar
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Ilai Guendelman
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
The geologic history of marine dissolved organic carbon from iron (oxyhydr)oxides
Date:11
Sunday
February
2024
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Title: EPS Department Seminar
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Nir Galili
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
The Southern Lights — Rhodopsin Complexes Discovered in an Algae Near Antarctica Can Help Unravel the Secrets of the Brain
Date:16
Monday
October
2023
Colloquium
Time: 11:00-12:15
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Lecturer: Dr. Moran Shalev-Benami
Organizer: Department of Chemical and Structural Biology
Contact: sarah.amzallag@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Rhodopsins are a ubiquitous family of light sensing/signaling proteins. In recen ... Read more
Quantifying the Global and Regional Contribution of Terrestrial Carbon Pools to the Land Sink
Date:10
Sunday
September
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Yinon Bar-On
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Terrestrial sequestration of carbon has mitigated ≈30% of
anthropogenic carbo ... Read more
Ultra-Repellent Aerophilic Surfaces Underwater”
Date:30
Wednesday
August
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Lecturer: Dr. Alexander B. Tesler
Organizer: Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
Contact: ana.naamat@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Wetting describes the ability of liquids to maintain contact with a solid surfac ... Read more
A Neolithic Tsunami Event along the Eastern Mediterranean Littoral: A Transdisciplinary Research at the Coast of Dor Israel
Date:09
Sunday
July
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Gilad Steinberg
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Tsunami events in antiquity had a profound influence on coastal societies. Six t ... Read more
Vision and AI
Date:01
Thursday
June
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 12:15-13:15
Title: Spaceborne multi-view computational tomography (CT)
Location: Jacob Ziskind Building
Lecturer: Yoav Schechner
Organizer: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
Contact: karina.avadia@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: We describe new computer vision tasks stemming from upcoming multiview tomograph ... Read more
Determining past lake temperatures in saline lake systems using fluid inclusions: an example from the Dead Sea
Date:21
Sunday
May
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Niels Brall
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: In recent decades, various temperature proxies have been developed and further e ... Read more
Projecting the impacts of climate change on human society
Date:14
Sunday
May
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Ram Fishman
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Mortality – and survival through microbial interactions - in abundant marine cyanobacteria
Date:02
Tuesday
May
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Prof. Daniel Sher
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: david.zeevi@weizmann.ac.il
Oceanic Internal Gravity Waves: sources, sinks, and interactions with the eddy field.
Date:30
Sunday
April
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Roy Barkan
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The global oceanic overturning circulation and the transport of heat and dissolv ... Read more
Innovation & Public Policy to Solve Climate Change
Date:19
Sunday
March
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 13:00-14:00
Title: SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Mr. Ram Amar
Organizer: Feinberg Graduate School
Contact: daphna.yahav@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Prof. Ron Milo
The lecture will be held at the Benoziyo Biochemistry Buil ... Read more
Reactive oxygen species regulation of cell to cell systemic signaling and acclimation in plants during stress
Date:14
Tuesday
March
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Dr. Yosef Fichman
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: merav.hagag@weizmann.ac.il
Details: The lecture will be delivered at the Benoziyo Biochemistry Auditorium and via Zo ... Read more
Abstract: Reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a key role in systemic cell to cell signaling ... Read more
Ph.D. Defense Seminar -Temporal and spatial genetic diversity of a wild wheat population under climate change
Date:06
Monday
March
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 15:00-16:00
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Tal Dahan-Meir
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: tal.dahan@weizmann.ac.il
Forecasting surface weather and storm tracks at one-month leads: role of the stratosphere and the Madden Julian Oscillation
Date:05
Sunday
February
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Chaim Garfinkel
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The traditional approach to weather forecasting on one- to two-week timescales u ... Read more
Silver mines, the rise of money and the advent of democracy
Date:02
Thursday
February
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 14:00
Title: EPS Department and
Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Prof. Francis Albarède
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Over the last 2½ millenia, the world economy depended on prevailing currencies: ... Read more
A meta'omics perspective on the functional potential and regulation of metabolic activity in the global ocean microbiome
Date:31
Tuesday
January
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Prof. Shinichi Sunagawa
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: david.zeevi@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Dr. David Zeevi
Insolation Forcing and Eastern Mediterranean aridity: Evidence from the Dead Sea and implications for climate projections
Date:29
Sunday
January
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Yochanan Kushnir
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The Mediterranean region stands out among other subtropical regions in its proje ... Read more
Persistent and concurrent weather extremes in present and future climates
Date:22
Sunday
January
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Kai Kornhuber
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Recent severe summertime weather extremes in the Northern hemisphere
extratropi ... Read more
The Israeli Climate Tech Ecosystem
Date:15
Sunday
January
2023
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 13:00-14:00
Title: SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Mr. Uriel Klar
Organizer: Feinberg Graduate School
Contact: daphna.yahav@weizmann.ac.il
Estimating Climate Change Mitigation Potential Through Dryland Forestation Actions
Date:18
Sunday
December
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 13:00-14:00
Title: SAERI - Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative Seminar Series
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Shani Rohatyn-Blitz, PhD
Organizer: Feinberg Graduate School
Contact: daphna.yahav@weizmann.ac.il
Environmental viruses in biogeochemical cycles
Date:22
Tuesday
November
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Dr. Ella Sieradzki
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: david.zeevi@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Dr. David Zeevi
Abstract: Viruses are the most abundant and diverse biological entities on Earth and can h ... Read more
What is the Science behind Climate Change?
Date:22
Tuesday
November
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: Gerhard M.J. Schmidt Lecture Hall
Lecturer: Prof. Peter Rez
Organizer: Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science
Contact: ana.naamat@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Not a day goes by when we don’t hear about the “climate crisis”; some effe ... Read more
TBA - M. Magaritz Memorial Lecture: Climate Intervention
Date:20
Sunday
November
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: David Fahey
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Climate change challenge and innovative approaches - from batteries to agriculture - towards a more sustainable future
Date:08
Tuesday
November
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 09:30
Location: Dolfi and Lola Ebner Auditorium
Lecturer: Steven Chu
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
How members of the public can engage in effective political action for the climate
Date:04
Sunday
September
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 18:00-19:00
Title:
SAERI Zoom Lecture- Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative lecture series
Location: lecture delivered via Zoom
Lecturer: Dr. Seth Wynes
Organizer: Feinberg Graduate School
Contact: daphna.yahav@weizmann.ac.il
Details:
Host: Prof. Ron Milo, SAERI Scientific Director
The lecture will take plac ... Read more
How microbial interactions shape the exo-metabolic landscape of the ocean
Date:12
Tuesday
July
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Dr. Constanze Kuhlisch
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: david.zeevi@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Prof. Assaf Vardi
Abstract: Algal blooms are events of high primary productivity and rapid population growth ... Read more
Complex biogenic crystals made by unicellular algae are constructed with simple principles
Date:29
Tuesday
March
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Title: Member Seminar
Location: Nella and Leon Benoziyo Building for Biological Sciences
Lecturer: Emanuel Avrahami
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: david.zeevi@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Dr. Assaf Gal
Abstract: Coccoliths are exoskeletal plates, made of highly complex microscopic calcite (C ... Read more
Decadal Climate Predictions Using Sequential Learning Algorithms
Date:27
Sunday
March
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Golan Bel
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Decadal Climate Predictions Using Sequential Learning Algorithms
Ensembles of c ... Read more
A geologic perspective on anthropogenic climate change
Date:20
Sunday
March
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 13:00-14:00
Title: SAERI ZOOM Lecture- Sustainability and Energy Research Initiative lecture series
Location: via Zoom only
Lecturer: Prof. Itay Halevy
Organizer: Feinberg Graduate School
Contact: daphna.yahav@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Prof. Ron Milo, SAERI Scientific Director
The lecture will take place ... Read more
Four disruptive technologies that are revolutionizing sensing of the oceans
Date:20
Sunday
March
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: Sussman Family Building for Environmental Sciences
Lecturer: Emmanuel Boss
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The maker movement (cheap electronics + sharing), automated microscopy, autonom ... Read more
Sediment geochemistry in large lakes, and what it can tell us about the ancient oceans
Date:27
Sunday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Sergei Katsev
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: The Great Lakes of the Earth are freshwater seas, and many of the geochemical pr ... Read more
Diverse mechanisms of adaptive flexibility discovered by multi-species analysis of stomatal development
Date:24
Thursday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/98989152393?pwd=a050Mm4rSlEwb2hLN1FiKy9oT24xdz09 Password: 002663
Lecturer: Dr. Ido Nir
Organizer: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Contact: merav.hagag@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Host: Prof. Asaph Aharoni
Abstract: An essential trait of plants is the ability to change intrinsic programs to alig ... Read more
Distributed views across media: From space to ocean-depths
Date:13
Sunday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Yoav Schechner
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: By economy of scale, imaging sensors can now be deployed densely and operated in ... Read more
Agricultural strategies, subsistence and climate of Indus and subsequent cultures (~2900 BCE-1800 CE) from north-western India
Date:10
Thursday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:30-12:30
Lecturer: Dr. Shalini Sharma
Organizer: Scientific Archeology Unit
Contact: lior.regev@weizmann.ac.il
Details: Join Zoom Meeting
https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/6168548886
Meeting ID: 616-854-88 ... Read more
Amplified warming of extreme temperatures over tropical land
Date:08
Tuesday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Michael P. Byrne
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Extreme temperatures have warmed substantially over recent decades and are expec ... Read more
M. Magaritz Memorial Lecture: The storyline approach to the construction of useable climate information at the local scale.
Date:01
Tuesday
February
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Lecturer: Ted Shepherd
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Details: The standard approach to the production of climate information is probabilistic ... Read more
Stormy weather: past and future hazards from a weather system perspective
Date:23
Sunday
January
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00-12:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Jennifer Catto
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Natural hazards such as extreme wind, rainfall and ocean waves can have severe i ... Read more
Three arguments for increasing weather persistence in boreal summer – and why we should care.
Date:11
Tuesday
January
2022
Lecture / Seminar
Time: 11:00
Location: https://weizmann.zoom.us/j/7621438333?pwd=c0lpdlQzYSthellXWG9rZnM0ZDRFZz09
Lecturer: Dim Coumou
Organizer: Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Contact: dalia.madhala@weizmann.ac.il
Abstract: Persistent summer weather can have significant socio-economic impacts. Prolonged ... Read more