Copyright (c) 2013 Grand Valley State University All rights reserved. http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate Recent documents in Climate Change en-us Fri, 25 Jan 2013 22:21:17 PST 3600 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/103 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/103 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:21 PDT $30,000 (2009-2010)

]]> Alan Steinman http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/102 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/102 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:19 PDT Geology Department was awarded $84,029 from the National Science Foundation for a multi-proxy search for the deglacial deep sea carbonate preservation maximum in Antarctic ice.

]]> Figen Mekik http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/101 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/101 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:18 PDT The Regional Math and Science Center (RMSC) was awarded $5,000 from the Michigan Space Grant Consortium to provide a two-day workshop for middle- and high school teachers for professional development and training in the area of Earth Systems Science, specifically in the area of climate change.

]]> Karen Meyers http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/100 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/100 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:16 PDT Michael Chu of the Annis Water Resources Institute was awarded $241,911 from the National Science Foundation to develop improved methods to quantify multi-scale puddle-filling and puddle-merging (P2P) overland flow processes under control of microtopograpy. Chu transferred $101,007 to North Dakota State University when he left GVSU in 2008.

]]> Michael Chu http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/99 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/99 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:15 PDT John Koches of the Annis Water Resources Institute was granted a $15,000 subcontract with JRR, LLC to develop an urban canopy GIS data layer, model the ecological services the urban forest provides, and create a map portfolio and summary report for the City of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

]]> John Koches http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/98 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/98 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:12 PDT John Koches of the Annis Water Resources Institute was awarded $96,844 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to produce an inventory and analysis of historic wetlands and their functions in the Lower Grand River Watershed.

]]> John Koches http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/97 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/97 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:09 PDT Al Steinman of the Annis Water Resources Institute was awarded $2,520 from the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation to conduct a field-based inventory of the Spring Lake, Michigan shoreline to identify the locations of stormwater runoff and the most suitable areas for recommended best management practices (BMPs).

]]> Alan Steinman http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/96 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/96 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:57:06 PDT Carol Griffin of the Biology Department was awarded $10,000 from the National Forest Foundation as part of a $69,505 project to bring the Nordhouse Dunes Wilderness (Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan) up to and to exceed the minimum levels for wilderness stewardship established in the National Forest Foundation Wilderness Stewardship Challenge.

]]> Carol Griffin http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/95 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/95 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:56:57 PDT Shaily Menon of the Biology Department was awarded NSF-ROA (Research Opportunity Award) 2005-2006 - for work with ORNIS project in Peterson Lab, The University of Kansas Natural History Museum, ($32,554)

]]> Shaily Menon http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/94 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/94 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:56:47 PDT The Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) at Grand Valley State University-Muskegon was awarded $1,250 by the Michigan Department of Labor & Economic Development, Bureau of Energy Systems in support of a pilot half-day workshop to help identify opportunities to develop energy or fuel and compost from locally available biomass resources.

]]> Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC) at Grand Valley State University-Muskegon http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/93 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/93 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:56:35 PDT Elena Lioubimtseva of the Geography and Planning Department was awarded $128,677 over three years to evaluate the effects of institutional change on regional hydrometeorology, specifically to assess the vulnerability of the Eurasian semi-arid grain belt.

]]> Elena Lioubimsteva http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/92 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/92 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:56:14 PDT Dalila Kovacs of the Chemistry Department was awarded $24,395 from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to build a Green Chemistry Education Network to foster higher education curriculum development in green chemistry.

]]> Dalila Kovacs http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/91 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/91 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:53:36 PDT Claudia Sowa of the College of Education was awarded $17,537 from the Great Lakes Fishery Trust to establish an environmental stewardship and education network of university, school and community partners who will work together for environmental sustainability in the Lower Grand River Watershed.

]]> Claudia Sowa http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/90 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/90 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:10 PDT The relationship between people and their physical geological environment. Topics include geologic hazards, hydrology and human health, mineral and energy resources, and land use planning.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/89 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/89 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:09 PDT Introduction to the study of Earth materials and processes, including minerals, rocks, mineral deposits, weathering, erosion, volcanism, and mountain building. Lectures, laboratories, and field trips.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/88 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/88 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:07 PDT Introduction to geological structures, stratigraphic relations, and fossils as instruments for studying the physical and biological events of Earth history. Lecture, laboratories, and field trips.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/87 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/87 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:06 PDT Examination of current social issues from an economic perspective, such as drugs, rent control, environmental pollution, poverty, crime, and the distribution of medical care. Recommended for students interested in current issues.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/86 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/86 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:05 PDT Study of natural ecosystems, their interrelationships, and human impacts and evolution of humans and environmental determinants of their cultures. Land use, resource and energy utilization, population trends and causative factors, air and water pollution, and economic factors influencing decision-making are emphasized.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/85 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/85 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:04 PDT A study of the atmosphere, broad aspects of weather and climate, microclimatology, and the geography of climate and effects on terrain, vegetation, and people.

]]> http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/84 http://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/climate/84 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 10:28:03 PDT Survey of natural resource issues and environmental problems. The course will use an integrated approach involving concepts from natural and social sciences to provide a foundation for understanding past, present, and future natural resource issues including biodiversity, land use, water and air pollution, human population, energy use, and waste management.

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