E2C THEMES FEATURING LDEO/CEI RESEARCH

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OVERVIEW OF EARTH2CLASS

• Using the Web Site

• Publications about Earth2Class

• History of Earth2Class

WORKING WITH DATA
Using Data Sets

• “EarthView Explorer”—Raymond  Sambrotto and O. Roger Anderson (May  and June 2000)

• “Introduction to CIESIN”—Alex deSherbinin (Sep 2000)

• "IRI and the Climate Groups’ Data Library”—Benno Blumenthal (Sep 2000)

• “Imaging the World” –Benno Blumenthal (Sep 2001)

• "Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Data Resources"—Joseph Schumacher (Mar 2002)

• "GeoMapApp" -- Andrew Goodwillie (Oct 2006)

• "Hudson River Project: Coordinated efforts bringing teachers and students together to study the Hudson River" -- Margie Turrin and Tim Kenna (Oct 2006)

LDEO Deep Sea Sample Repository and IODP East Coast Repository

• “Visit to the LDEO Deep Sea Sediment Collection”—Rusty Lotti  Bond(Mar 2000)

• “Tour of the Deep Sea Sample Repository”—Rusty Lotti Bond (Apr 2001)

• “LDEO Deep Sea Sample Repository”—Rusty Lotti Bond (Feb 2002)

• “Using the Deep Sea Sample Repository—Rusty Lotti Bond (Feb 2003)

• "A Visit to the LDEO Deep Sea Sample Repository" -- Rusty Lotti Bond (Oct 2004)

• "A Visit to the IODP East Coast Repository" -- Gar Esmay Oct 2004)

Remote Sensing

• “Using Satellite Data to Map the Sea Surface and Sea Floors”—Christopher Small (Apr 2000)

• “Remote Sensing of Our Planet”—Christopher Small  (Apr 2002)

• “Overview of Remote Sensing Techniques”—Christopher Small (Oct 2002)

• "Exploring the Southern Oceans with Ships and Satellites" -- Christopher Small (Mar 2004)

• "Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to Map Natural Hazards" -- Jeffrey Weissel (May 2004)

• "PIRANAs and PIRATAs: Remote Sensing of Plankton" -- Ajit Subramanian (Oct 2004)

• "Remote Sensing on Land and Under Lake Vostok's Ice" -- Michael Studinger (Apr 2005)

• "From Satellites to Microscopes: Studying Phytoplankton" with Ajit Subramanian and Andrew Juhl (Nov 2005)

• "Remote Sensing" of Lake Vostok with Michael Studinger (Feb 2006)

• "GeoMapApp" -- Andrew Goodwillie (Oct 2006)

• "Using Remote Sensing to Study Antarctica's Subglacial Lakes" -- Michael Studinger (Dec 2006)

• "Exploring Polar Regions with Geophysical Tools" -- Michael Studinger (Nov 2007)
   

GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS

Minerals and Rocks

• “Rocks, Minerals, and Crystals”—David Walker (Oct 2000)

• "Soluble Salts of the Earth: Caves and Nuclear Waste Disposal”—David Walker (Oct 2001)

• "Is the Earth's Core Leaking?" -- David Walker (Feb 2005)

• "ANDRILL: geologic drilling to produce stratigraphic records of the Antarctic" -- Trevor Williams (Sep 2006)

• "ANDRILL (Antarctic Drilling Project) Results" -- Trevor Williams (Dec 2007)

Seismology

• "How Predictable Are Natural Disasters ?”—Arthur Lerner-Lam (Jan 2000)

• “An Introduction to Natural Hazards and Society”—Arthur Lerner-Lam (Nov 2000)

• "Core/Mantle Studies”—Michael Passow based on the work of Paul Richards (Dec 2000)

• “Predicting Natural and Anthropogenic Disasters”—Arthur Lerner-Lam (Nov 2001)

• “Center for Hazards and Risk Research at Columbia University”— Arthur Lerner-Lam (Nov 2002)

• "Living with Earthquakes" -- Arthur Lerner-Lam (Oct 2003)

• "Big Booms! Volcanoes and Earthquakes" -- Arthur Lerner-Lam and Steven Goldstein (Nov 2004)

• "Earthquakes in the Eastern US - Is New York at Risk, and What Can We Do About it ?" -- Dr. Klaus Jacob (1st NYS Earth Science Teachers Conference, Aug 2004)

• "Earthquakes and Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading" -- Maya Tolstoy (Mar 2005)

• "Big Booms! Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Part 2" with Arthur Lerner-Lam and Steven Goldstein (Mar 2006)

Marine Geology

• "Sea Floor Structures and Evolution”—Christopher Small and Gregory Mountain (Apr 2001)

• “Probing Beneath the Surface--Hydrothermal Systems”—Gerardo Iturrino (Dec 2001) 

• “Shipboard Studies of Our Planet”—Gregory Mountain (Apr 2002)

• “Borehole Research and the Ocean Drilling Project”—Gerardo Iturrino (Sep 2002)

• “Natural Gas in Continental Margins” – Jeffrey Weissel (Mar 2003)

• "Structure and Composition of Earth's Crust" -- Gerardo Iturrino (Jan 2004)

• "Beneath the Ocean Floor: What Do We Know and How Do We Know It?" Gregory Mountain (Mar 2004)

• "IODP: The Integrated Ocean Drilling Project" -- Gerardo Iturrino  (Sep 2004)

• "Earthquakes and Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading" -- Maya Tolstoy (Mar 2005)

• "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's Latest Discoveries" with Gerardo Iturrino (May 2006)

• "Gas Hydrates" -- Jill Weinberger  (Sep 2007)

• "Downhole Logging" -- Gilles Guerin (Oct 2007)

Impact Craters

• “Impact Craters Under the Sea”—Dallas Abbott (Dec 2002)

• "Historic Impact Craters" -- Dallas Abbott (Apr 2004)

• "New Revelations about Impact Craters" -- Dallas Abbott (May 2005)

• "Recent Impact Craters and Human History" -- Dallas Abbott (Apr 2006)

• "New News about Impact Craters" -- Dallas Abbott (Apr 2007)

CLIMATE, ENVIRONMENT, AND OCEANS

Climate

• “North Atlantic Oscillation and Climate Variability”—Martin Visbeck (Feb 2000)

• “Earth’s Variable Climate Spectrum”—Joseph Ortiz (Apr 2000)

• “Perspectives on Paleoclimate - The Growth of a Modern Science”—Joseph Ortiz (Jan 2001)

• “The North Atlantic Oscillation”—Martin Visbeck (Feb 2001)

• “Air-Sea Interactions: "Why Is Europe Warmer than Canada? The Gulf Stream vs. Atmospheric Winds"—Martin Visbeck (Jan 2002)

• “Developing Knowledge of Climate over the Past 150 Years”—Alexey Kaplan (Feb 2002)

• “Cores and Climates”—Gerard Bond (Feb 2003)

• "Studying Climate Change Using the LDEO Deep Sea Sample Repository”-Gerard Bond and Rusty Lotti Bond (Sep 2003)

• "What Can Ocean Temperatures Tell Us about Climate in the Southern Hemisphere?" -- Martin Visbeck (Nov 2003)

• "Uncovering the Secrets of Lake Vostok" -- Michael Studinger (Nov 2003)

• "Remote Sensing on Land and Under Lake Vostok's Ice"-- Michael Studinger (Apr 2005)

• "NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Educational Global Climate Model" with Mark Chandler and Steve Richards (Sep 2005)

• "Could Global Warming Mean Less Sunshine and Less Rainfall" with Beate Liepert (Jan 2006)

Environment

• “Examples of Hydrological Research”—Upmanu Lall (May 2001)

• “Digging Up the Dirt on the Hudson River”—Robin Bell (Mar 2002)

• "Case Studies of Water Resource Problems"—Upmanu Lall (May 2002)

• "The River Runs through It: The Hudson River and Our Lives”—Robin Bell and Martin Visbeck (Jan 2003)

• “Water Resource Issues” – Upmanu Lall (Apr 2003)

• "The New York Bioscope Initiative" – Fred Koontz (Apr 2003)

• "Arsenic in Bangladesh Water Supplies”– Alexander Van Geen (May 2003)

• "From Forest Primeval to Urban Landscape: Marsh Archives of the Hudson River" -- Dorothy Peteet (Feb 2004)

• "The Plumeflow Project" -- Martin Stute (Jan 2006)

• "Hudson River Project: Coordinated efforts bringing teachers and students together to study the Hudson River" -- Margie Turrin and Tim Kenna (Oct 2006)

Ocean Winds

• “Old Technology to New: Assembling a 100-Year Record of Ocean Winds from Ships and Satellites”—Donna Witter (Mar 2000)

• “Circulation and Winds: Exploring the Oceans with Satellites”—Donna Witter (Mar 2001) 

MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL BIOLOGY

• "Learning from Tree Rings" -- Nicole Davi (Dec 2003)

• "PIRANAs and PIRATAs: Remote Sensing of Plankton" -- Ajit Subramanian (Oct 2004)

• "Tree Rings and Climate Change" -- Nicole Davi (Jan 2005)

• "From Satellites to Microscopes: Studying Phytoplankton" with Ajit Subramanian and Andrew Juhl (Nov 2005)

• "Corals, Climate, and Sea Level Changes" -- Lida Teneva (Feb 2008)

• "Transects and Tree Rings at LDEO" -- Brendan Buckley (May 2008)

LAMONT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IPY (INTERNATIONAL POLAR YEAR)

• "ANDRILL: geologic drilling to produce stratigraphic records of the Antarctic" -- Trevor Williams (Sep 2007)

• "Exploring Polar Regions with Geophysical Tools" -- Michael Studinger (Nov 2008)

• "ANDRILL (Antarctic Drilling Project) Results" --Trevor Williams (Dec 2008)
  and Teleconference with Louise Huffman and ANDRILL Teachers & Scientists from Antarctic

LAMONT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IODP (INTEGRATED OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM)

• "IODP: The Integrated Ocean Drilling Project" -- Gerardo Iturrino  (Sep 2004)

• "Integrated Ocean Drilling Program's Latest Discoveries" with Gerardo Iturrino (May 2006)

• "Gas Hydrates" -- Jill Weinberger  (Sep 2007)

• "Downhole Logging" -- Gilles Guerin (Oct 2007)