[ECOLOG-L] FW: Reactions to the thread: Government request for the destruction of archives, please consider writing

[Joy Cytryn]

Feedback from the librarian at Stamford from whom I originally posted this 
thread..  

-Original Message-
From: Mr. James R. (Librarian) Jacobs  
Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2018 1:29 PM
To: Joy Cytryn 
Cc: Cindi Katz ; Athanasios Koutavas 

Subject: Re: Reactions to the thread: Government request for the destruction of 
archives, please consider writing

Hi Joy,

Thanks for contacting me. NARA’s official response makes it seem like it’s 
business as usual that there’s nothing to be alarmed about. And in some 
respects, I guess that’s right. However, what I’m learning as I dig into this 
is that: 

1) many more records across the Federal govt are listed as “temporary” than I 
originally thought. Somewhere between 1-5% are ever actually deemed 
“permanent." In essence, all records are temporary. Most records are innocuous, 
but some, like those referencing the lawsuit Cobell v. Salazar, the largest 
class-action lawsuit in history against the US government over Indian trust 
funds, was designated under the label Energy & Minerals rather than BIA for 
some reason. Was this done on purpose? I don’t know, but would think that those 
files would be of high research value. I also talked with a former county 
supervisor in Mendocino, CA who thought that some of those records, if 
destroyed, could end up opening up much more logging and off-shore oil 
extraction in his area with historical precedent being erased.

2) that the scheduling process is not nearly as public and transparent as it 
needs to be, and that decisions seem to be more frequently based on "Adequate 
from the standpoint of legal rights and accountability" or "significant actions 
of Federal officials”, 

3) that, rather than an expansive idea of research value or public policy 
history, agencies and NARA have a very narrow definition of research value. 

4) And sadly, this seems to be a regular bureaucratic occurrence (banality of 
evil right?!), not necessarily some nefarious political machination to delete 
history — though many are seeing this within the context of the recent ICE 
request to destroy documents on detainee deaths and rapes and the recently 
leaked DoJ memo advising silence and delaying tactics on Fish & Wildlife FOIA 
requests. Preservation of history and precedence need to be the primary reasons 
for records schedules, but instead, the primary seems to be based on whether or 
not it is "Adequate from the standpoint of legal rights and accountability” 
(CYA)  or covers "significant actions of Federal officials” (also CYA).

Unfortunately, the way the process is set up currently, if there’s an 
agency(ies) records for which your work depends, it’s up to you the researcher 
to delve into the agency's schedules, track on the Federal Register for 
announcements of scheduling changes, and let the agency know when files deemed 
“temporary” or “having little or no research value” are actually important. My 
hope is that any larger response would include suggestions for making these 
decisions more transparent, open and public, and that there be some sort of 
process put in place so that records deemed temporary could, instead of being 
destroyed, be tranferred to libraries and archives if at all feasible. This 
should be seen as a teaching moment for both NARA and the 
academic/library/archives communities. Please feel free to forward this to any 
listservs you know that are currently talking about this issue.

best,

James Jacobs

> On Oct 28, 2018, at 9:51 AM, Joy Cytryn  wrote:
> 
> Mr. Jacobs,
> This has produced quite a storm on a number of listservs.  This is a post 
> from Arian Ravanbakhsh the Supervisory Records Management Policy Analyst in 
> the Office of the Chief Records Officer. 

https://records-express.blogs.archives.gov/author/arianravanbakhsh/People 
on the left have expressed concern about the current administrations stand on 
public access and retention of information, especially in light of the changes 
at the EPA.   Is there concern about the material scheduled for destruction 
that Russ Kick has pointed to or in your opinion is this just smoke.  
>  
> I accessed your website The Digital Federal Depository Library Program 
> https://www.lockss.org/community/networks/digital-federal-depository-library-program/
>  Has your organization seen changes with the current administration that 
> cause you concern?
> Best,
> Joy Cytryn
>  
>  

[ECOLOG-L] FW: Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction - public comment period

[Joy Cytryn]

Russ Kick (altgov2.org) was the one who originally FOIA’d NARA’s appraisal memo 
for the Dept of Interior. He continues to track on the issue, so his site is a 
good place to go for up to date information and more context on why this is a 
big deal. Comments can be submitted to that NARA email address 
(request.sched...@nara.gov). Please note that as of yesterday, NARA’s 
commenting period has been extended until November 26.
 
 
Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction Request
https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/   
 
NARA’s appraisal memo
https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
From: Nevé Baker  
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2018 12:07 PM
Subject: Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction - public comment period
 

Hi all,

I wanted to alert you to a very disturbing thing happening in the
National Archives world that may severely impact research, especially
historical and scientific research. The Dept of interior is asking for
permission to destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams,
wells, timber sales, marine conservation, fishing, endangered species,
non-endangered species, critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots
more. Basically records from every agency within the Interior
Department, including the Bureau of Land Management, National Park
Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Geological Survey, Bureau of
Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and
others. This is all content that would normally go to NARA for
collection and preservation. This is disturbing; 
this administration is basically just destroying records so they'll
never be accessible.

There's an October 29 deadline for comment to NARA:
request.sched...@nara.gov  
/// fax: 301-837-3698
/// NARA (ACRA), 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park MD, 

  20740 

 -6001.
 
(Be sure to say that you're referring to DAA-0048-2015-0003.) 
 
Please forward to your networks and researchers who may be effected.

More information: https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/

NARA's appraisal memo  
https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pdf

This is tragic and terrible
 

[ECOLOG-L] Government request for the destruction of archives, please consider writing

[Joy Cytryn]

While this has been sent to and from librarians, the consequences of such
actions would effect anyone who uses research data.  Please consider taking
action.  Write, comment and forward this email.  
Thank you,
Joy Cytryn
PhD Candidate
EES
CUNY Graduate Center  

Dear Friends and Colleagues: 
 
One of the Stanford librarians has alerted us to a request from the US
Department of Interior to destroy thousands upon thousands of records. I
forward his message below.
 
As with so many of the current administration’s actions, the timeline is
very tight. We have until next Monday, October 29 to submit comments to
NARA. Clearly, the administration hopes that in the endlessly tumultuous
news cycle, their proposal will disappear from view. I don’t need to explain
to you the consequences of the large-scale destruction of public records. 
 
But it seems to me that we — as a profession — do need to speak up.  I have
written to the presidents of AHA, SHOT, and HSS, and to about 20 or so
chairs of university departments. 
 
Meanwhile, as individual professionals, we must also write. The full weight
of the historical profession must be deployed in defense of the very ability
to tell the truth.
 
mailto: request.sched...@nara.gov  
 
Even a single sentence would help. I’d offer a template, but research
suggests that such mailings are much less effective.
 
Yours,
Gabrielle https://gabriellehecht.org/ 
Frank Stanton Foundation Professor of Nuclear Security
Professor of History
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute
Stanford University

On 10/23/18, 2:16 PM, "cidr-insiders on behalf of Mr. James R. (Librarian)
Jacobs" 
<mailto:cidr-insiders-boun...@lists.stanford.edu on behalf
of mailto:jrjac...@stanford.edu> wrote:

Hi all,

I wanted to alert you to a very disturbing thing happening in the National
Archives world that may severely impact research, especially historical and
scientific research. The Dept of interior is asking for permission to
destroy records about oil and gas leases, mining, dams, wells, timber sales,
marine conservation, fishing, endangered species, non-endangered species,
critical habitats, land acquisition, and lots more. Basically records from
every agency within the Interior Department, including the Bureau of Land
Management, National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, US Geological
Survey, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, and others. This is all content that would normally go to NARA for
collection and preservation. This is disturbing because previous
administrations would obfuscate records by classifying/reclassifying
records. This admin is basically just destroying records so they’ll never be
accessible. 

There’s an October 29 deadline for comment to NARA: 
Email  request.sched...@nara.gov   
Fax  301-837-3698 
Mail NARA (ACRA) 
8601 Adelphi Road
College Park MD 20740-6001
(Be sure to say that you’re referring to DAA-0048-2015-0003.) Please forward
to your networks and researchers who may be effected.

Dept of the Interior: Records Destruction Request
https://altgov2.org/doi-records-destruction/ 

NARA’s appraisal memo
 https://altgov2.org/wp-content/uploads/DAA-0048-2015-0003_Appraisal_Memo.pd
f 

 James
 James R. Jacobs http://library.stanford.edu/people/jrjacobs 
 US Government Information Librarian
 123D Green Library 
 Stanford University
 P: 650.862.9871 
 E: mailto:jrjac...@stanford.edu
 Gchat: freegovinfo 
 T: @freegovinfo
Digital Federal Depository Library Program
https://www.lockss.org/community/networks/digital-federal-depository-library
-program/ 
Frank Stanton Foundation Professor of Nuclear Security
Professor of History
Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute
Stanford University 

[ECOLOG-L] OCT. 11 EES COLLOQUIUM: "How Do We Understand Toxicity and the Consequences to Individuals and Ecosystems?" 5:30 PM, Rm. 4102

[Joy Cytryn]

 
From: Earth and Environmental Sciences Mailing List
 
Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:51 PM
To: ee...@gc.listserv.cuny.edu
Subject: OCT. 11 EES COLLOQUIUM: "How Do We Understand Toxicity and the
Consequences to Individuals and Ecosystems?" 5:30 PM, Rm. 4102
GEOS
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
Presents a Lecture by
 
William Wallace
CUNY College of Staten Island, Dept. of Biology
 
"How Do We Understand Toxicity and the
Consequences to Individuals and Ecosystems?"
 
This talk will address the subcellular metal-handling strategies of
a prey species which have direct consequences at the individual
level: tolerance (survival) vs toxicity (death). These strategies also
have consequences at the population level: presence vs absence
from the community or high vs low abundance. Community composition
of marine benthic communities (driven by species/population-specific
metal-handling strategies), therefore has the potential to impact
ecosystems from the context of controlling metal trophic transfer from
prey to predator, though the predator-dependent processes, like digestive
strategies, may also play a role.
 
Thursday, October 11th, 2018 at 5:30pm
Science Center, Rm. 4102
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Reception to follow

[ECOLOG-L] 10/4/18 "Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the Politics of Intervention"

[Joy Cytryn]

G E O S (Geography, Earth Science & Oceanography Series) 
COLLOQUIM | Fall 2018
 
Presents
 
"Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the
Politics of Intervention"
Jaskiran Dhillon
Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, The
New School
 
October 4, 2018 
5:30-7:30 PM
The Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 4102
New York, NY
Open to the Public
Reception to follow
(not recorded nor available as a webinar)
 
Future presentations: 
10/11/18 Room 4102 
"How Do We Understand Toxicity and the Consequences to Individuals and
Ecosystems?"
William Wallace
Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, CUNY
 
10/18/18 Room C415A 
"Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Property in the San
Francisco Bay Area"
Richard Walker
Geography, University of California Berkeley
 
10/25/18 Room 4102 
"Community Design: Examples at Different Scales" 
Jonathan Unaka
Architect and Co-Founder, ReThink Factory, Milwaukee
 
11/1/18 Room 4102 
"Mediterranean Tree Rings, Pharaohs and the Olive-Tree Radiocarbon Dating of
the Santorini Minoan Volcanic Eruption"
Paolo Cherubini
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research &
Editor-in-Chief, Dendrochronologia
 
11/15/18 Room 4102 
"Building the Global Economy: Infrastructural Statecraft and American
Genesis"
Boris Vormann
Bard College, Berlin
 
11/29/18 Room 4102 
Presentations of Research and Works in Progress at the EES, Graduate Center,
CUNY
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY
 
12/6/18 C415A  
"The Upside of Meteorite Impacts"
Kieren Howard
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Graduate Center, CUNY
 
Joy Cytryn
jo...@earthlink.net
 

[ECOLOG-L] Whither the 100th Meridian? The once and future physical and human geography of America's arid-humid divide

[Joy Cytryn]

G E O S
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
Graduate Center
City University of New York

Presents

"Whither the 100th Meridian? The once and future physical and human geography 
of America's arid-humid divide"

Richard Seager
Palisades Geophysical Institute, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia 
University

Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018 at 5:30pm

The Graduate Center, CUNY
Concourse Level, Rm. 415A
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Reception to follow
(no pod or webcast available) 

In the late 19th Century famed American explorer, scientist and Federal Worker 
John Wesley Powell proposed the 100th meridian as the divide between the humid 
east and arid west of the US and argued that European settlement west of the 
meridian must be based on sound scientific assessment of the limits to 
development posed by water availability, topography, natural resources and 
climate. His recommendations - an early example of sustainable development - 
were rejected by western politicians who did not want to hear about 
environmental limits to their growing economic and political influence - an 
early example of an enduring problem. 

We present the first scientific analysis based on modern data of the reality of 
the 100th meridian as an arid-humid divide, the physical mechanisms whereby it 
arises, its expression in land hydrology and natural vegetation. We then 
examine how it has influenced development in terms of settlement and the farm 
economy as Powell's environmental limits held sway even in the absence of 
conscious environment-informed planning.

Finally we examine how climate change will move the 100th meridian eastward 
requiring, all else being equal (which it won't be), shifts in farm size, crops 
grown and land use to adjust to eastward encroaching aridity.

[ECOLOG-L] GEOS Colloquium Series, Grad Center, CUNY

[Joy Cytryn]

G E O S (Geography, Earth Science & Oceanography Series) 
COLLOQUIM | Fall 2018
Presented by the Doctoral Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Graduate Center, CUNY
5:30-7:30 PM at The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Open to the Public
Reception to follow
(not recorded nor available as a webinar)

9/13/18 Room C415A 
"Minerals as Dynamic Participants in the Carbon Cycle"
Karin Block
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY

9/20/18 Room 4102 
"Carving Out the Commons: Tenant Organizing and Housing "
Amanda Huron, University of District of Columbia
Oksana Mironova, Community Service Society 
Lauren Hudson, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY
Sam Stein, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY

9/27/18 Room C415A 
"Whither the 100th Meridian? The Once and Future Physical and Human
Geography of America's Arid-Humid Divide"
Richard Seager
Palisades Geophysical Institute, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
University

10/4/18 Room 4102 
"Reflections on Prairie Rising: Indigenous Youth, Decolonization, and the
Politics of Intervention"
Jaskiran Dhillon
Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, The
New School

10/11/18 Room 4102 
"How Do We Understand Toxicity and the Consequences to Individuals and
Ecosystems?"
William Wallace
Department of Biology, College of Staten Island, CUNY

10/18/18 Room C415A 
"Pictures of a Gone City: Tech and the Dark Side of Property in the San
Francisco Bay Area"
Richard Walker
Geography, University of California Berkeley

10/25/18 Room 4102 
"Community Design: Examples at Different Scales" 
Jonathan Unaka
Architect and Co-Founder, ReThink Factory, Milwaukee

11/1/18 Room 4102 
"Mediterranean Tree Rings, Pharaohs and the Olive-Tree Radiocarbon Dating of
the Santorini Minoan Volcanic Eruption"
Paolo Cherubini
WSL, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research &
Editor-in-Chief, Dendrochronologia

11/15/18 Room 4102 
"Building the Global Economy: Infrastructural Statecraft and American
Genesis"
Boris Vormann
Bard College, Berlin

11/29/18 Room 4102 
Presentations of Research and Works in Progress
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY

12/6/18 C415A  
"The Upside of Meteorite Impacts"
Kieren Howard
Kingsborough Community College, CUNY and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,
Graduate Center, CUNY

[ECOLOG-L] National Geographic Request for Proposals - AI for Earth, Artificial intelligence tools for a more sustainable planet

[Joy Cytryn]

From: Jonathan P. Doherty (San Antonio) [mailto:jpdohe...@esri.com] 
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2018 11:26 AM
To: ok...@orion.csa.ou.edu  
Subject: [okgis] {Disarmed} National Geographic Request for Proposals - AI
for Earth, Artificial intelligence tools for a more sustainable planet
 
The National Geographic Society (NGS) and
 Microsoft's AI for Earth program are
partnering to support the exploration of how AI can help us understand,
engage, and protect the planet. 
 
The $1 million AI for Earth Innovation Grant will provide grants to 5-15
novel projects that improve the way we monitor, model, and ultimately manage
Earth's natural systems for a more sustainable future.  
 
The grants will support the creation and deployment of open source trained
models and algorithms that are available to other environmental researchers
and innovators and thereby have the potential to provide exponential impact.
To qualify, applications should outline a proposal to use AI for
conservation in at least one of the following core areas:  
* Biodiversity conservation: Species are going extinct at alarming
rates, and our planet's last wild places need protection.
* Climate change: Extreme weather events, rising sea levels, higher
global temperatures, and increased ocean acidity threaten human health,
infrastructure, and the natural systems we rely on for life itself.
* Agriculture: To feed the world's rapidly growing population,
farmers must produce more food on less arable land, and with lower
environmental impact.
* Water: In the next two decades, demand for fresh water-for human
consumption, agriculture, and hygiene-is predicted to dramatically outpace
supply.
Below are just a few examples of the types of tools that we are interested
in supporting:
* Biodiversity conservation: acoustic and image classification,
geotemporal distribution models
* Climate change: temperature and precipitation model downscaling,
risk optimization
* Agriculture: health monitoring in crops and livestock, yield
modeling
* Water: groundwater modeling, flood prediction
THE DEADLINE FOR THE AI FOR EARTH INNOVATION RFP IS OCTOBER 8, 2018 AT 11:59
PM EST.
 
For more information visit: 
 
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"urldefense.proofpoint.com" claiming to be
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/grants/grant-opportunities/ai-earth-innov
ation/ 
 
Regards, 
 
Jon  Doherty | Account Executive
Esri | 19026 Ridgewood Parkway | San Antonio, TX 78259 | USA
T 210 499 1044 x8829 | M 210 394 7255 |  
jpdohe...@esri.com  | esri.com
 
THE SCIENCE OF WHERET
 

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[ECOLOG-L] FW: SRIJB is hiring!

[Joy Cytryn]

From: Adam Parris mailto:adam.parri...@brooklyn.cuny.edu> >
Date: Friday, June 8, 2018 at 4:09 PM
To: Adam Parris mailto:adam.parri...@brooklyn.cuny.edu> >
Subject: SRIJB is hiring!
 
The Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay has an opening for a 
Project Scientist. This position is an exciting opportunity for an early career 
scientist with interest in conducting research and connecting it to city 
planning and resource management. The Project Scientist will work closely with 
researchers, public agencies, and community members to develop and translate 
actionable science to support resilience. This position will primarily support 
two projects focused on urban watershed management, habitat conservation, and 
shoreline management in New York City and State. Beyond the first year, the 
position may build on these projects and others to design and manage similar 
programs at the Institute to support ongoing capacity for resilience and 
adaptation.
 
For more information, please see below  or go to:
 
http://www.srijb.org/about-us/careers/
 
Please help us spread the word!
 
Adam Parris
Executive Director
 
i...@srijb.org  
www.srijb.com  
Twitter: @SRIatJB
 Project Scientist
The Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay (Institute) advances 
science, supports
decisions, and inspires people to support healthy people and ecosystems. The 
Institute,
hosted by Brooklyn College, is a partnership among academic institutions, 
government
agencies, nongovernmental organizations and community groups. Core partnerships 
are
sustained among the National Park Service, the City of New York, and eight 
research
institutions led by the City University of New York (CUNY) and including 
Columbia University,
Cornell University, Rutgers University, New York Sea Grant, Stevens Institute 
of Technology,
Stony Brook University (SUNY), and the Wildlife Conservation Society.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Project Scientist position is an exciting opportunity for an early career 
scientist with
interest in conducting research and connecting it to city planning and resource 
management.
The Project Scientist will work closely with researchers, public agencies, and 
community
members to develop and translate actionable science to support resilience. This 
position will
primarily support two projects focused on urban watershed management, habitat
conservation, and shoreline management in New York City and State. Beyond the 
first year,
the position may build on these projects and others to design and manage 
similar programs
at the Institute to support ongoing capacity for resilience and adaptation.
The first project, sponsored by the City of New York Department of 
Environmental Protection,
is focused on developing an ongoing assessment process for Jamaica Bay, 
synthesizing a
wide array of existing research and practical knowledge into policy relevant 
findings. The
assessment will directly support the Jamaica Bay Watershed Protection Plan (NYC 
Local Law
71 of 2005), which provides an integrated framework for improvement to water 
quality,
habitat restoration, and community engagement in an important landscape of the 
City.
The second project, sponsored by NYSERDA and the NY State Department of State, 
is
focused on developing a coherent framework for monitoring and evaluating the 
performance
of nature-based shoreline features throughout New York State’s diverse coastal 
environment.
With the Institute Executive Director and core project team, the Project 
Scientist will help
ensure the framework is based on a strong scientific and technical foundation 
and broad
input from agencies, practitioners, and civic groups.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Help design and execute processes to support assessment, including expert
elicitation, workshops, semi-structured interviews, use of risk communication
protocols, and peer review of technical reports;
• Provide research, writing, and editing in support of science communication 
products
(e.g. reports, white papers, briefs, presentations) for diverse audiences, 
including
policy makers and the general public;
• Develop outreach materials, including website updates, social media, and 
newsletter
content;
• Maintain relationships and foster collaboration within an interdisciplinary 
network of
scientists, decision-makers, and community members;
• Write grant proposals and support fundraising to build on initial projects.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Graduate degree in social, behavioral, or economic sciences.
• Knowledge of resilience and sustainability efforts in the City of New York 
and New
York State also preferred, including the use and application of science in 
these efforts.
• Experience convening collaborative meetings, including agenda development,
facilitation, and/or evaluation.
• Experience setting clear objectives and timelines, balancing and adjusting to 
external
factors and competing priorities, and inspiring individuals and teams to 

[ECOLOG-L] FW: APRIL 12 EES LECTURE: "Understanding Sea Water Mixing in the Sargasso Sea: Using Coral Geochemistry to Reconstruct the Environment" 5:30 PM Room 415A (Concourse Level)

[Joy Cytryn]

From: Earth and Environmental Sciences Mailing List
[mailto:ee...@gc.listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of DeMott, Benjamin
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2018 12:15 PM
To: ee...@gc.listserv.cuny.edu
Subject: APRIL 12 EES LECTURE: "Understanding Sea Water Mixing in the
Sargasso Sea: Using Coral Geochemistry to Reconstruct the Environment" 5:30
PM Room 415A (Concourse Level)
 
GEOS
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
Presents a Lecture by
 
Nathalie Goodkin
American Museum of Natural History
 
Understanding Sea Water Mixing in the Sargasso Sea: Using
Coral Geochemistry to Reconstruct the Environment
 
Anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere is absorbed by the oceans causing pH
level
to diminish. This impacts calcifications of marine organisms. Ocean
acidification is
hard to predict due to different responses of different organisms.
Reconstructing
past pH variability in the Sargasso Sea, we can differ pH changes from
sea-surface
temperature versus those of ocean circulation and biogeochemical changes. We
show that ocean pH variability does not only reflect atmospheric CO2 trends,
but
over 90% of variability in the Sargasso Sea is accounted for by circulation
and
biogeochemical changes.
 
Thursday, April 12, at 5:30 PM
Concourse Level, Room 415A
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
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[ECOLOG-L] Graduate Center CUNY Lecture (free) "Let Us Teach You Geography: The Politics of Difference and Belonging in South Asia's Borderlands"

[Joy Cytryn]

GEOS Colloquium Series
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Presents a Lecture by

Dr. Mabel Denzin Gergen
Environmental Humanities, Georgetown University

Let Us Teach You Geography: The Politics of Difference and Belonging in
South Asia's Borderlands

Annually thousands of students flood India's metropolitan cities in pursuit
of higher education but for those marked as racial 'others', the transition
to city life is significantly more precarious. On January 30, 2014, 19-year
old Nido Taniam, a student from Arunachal Pradesh, a mountainous borderland
state in North-Eastern India, died after a violent altercation with
shopkeepers in Delhi. As linguistic, religious, and racial minorities,
Himalayan youth are often targets of hate crimes, racial discrimination, and
are routinely denied housing. Their bodies and affect
mark them as not quite of the nation, at the margins of citizenship and
belonging.

Thursday, March 29, at 5:30 PM
Science Center, Room 4102
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
(not recorded)

Mabel Denzin Gergen,  Ph.D, Geography, University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 2016. Mabel is a geographer with special interest in ecological
precarity, environmental justice, indigenous youth, and
postcolonial/decolonial critiques of the Anthropocene. So far her work has
focused on the relationship between the Indian state and its Himalayan
borderlands through the lens of large infrastructure, hazards, and
indigenous youth activism. As Mellon-Sawyer postdoctoral fellow in
Environmental Humanities in addition to seminar responsibilities, she will
be developing two main themes of research i) postcolonial approaches to
climate change and the Anthropocene ii) indigenous youth led environmental
justice movements in postcolonial and settler colonial contexts. She is from
the Himalayan region and has a B.A. from Delhi University and an M.A. from
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

[ECOLOG-L] Socio-Ecological Resilience and the Role of the Public, March 15, 5:30-8pm - Graduate Center, CUNY NYC

[Joy Cytryn]

Please join us for the
Earth and Environmental Sciences
GEOS Colloquium

SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE AND THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC
Thursday, March 15th,
5:30pm followed by a reception
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 5th Ave, New York, NY
Room 4201

“Resilience in Jamaica Bay: the science and humanity of it all,”
Adam Parris, Executive Director, Science and Resilience Institute at 
Jamaica Bay

“Why institutions matter for resilient societies”
Denise D. P. Thompson, Department of Public Management, John Jay College

 "Why resilience requires democracy: an opportunity for NYC & the role of CUNY"
Michael Menser, Philosophy and Urban Sustainability Studies, Brooklyn 
College & EES, CUNY GC

BIOs
Dr. Thompson is assistant professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 
City University of New York where she runs the Master of Public Administration 
(MPA) Saturday program and teaches courses in Policy Analysis, Research 
Methods, International Comparative Public Administration, Emergency Management 
and Organization Theory and Management. Dr. Thompson’s research and 
publications focus on disaster risk reduction and management among the 
small-island developing states of the Caribbean. Among her published works are: 
“Non-linear Policy Change”; “Do Catastrophes in poor countries lead to 
event-related policy change? The 2010 earthquake in Haiti”; “Disaster logistics 
in small island developing states: Caribbean perspective"; and “Leveraging 
Learning to Improve Disaster Management Outcomes”
Her forthcoming book, “Disaster Risk Governance: the missing ingredient in 
Resource Poor Countries”, is scheduled for publication
in 2018.  

Adam Parris, Executive Director, Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica 
Bay:  Having lived near estuaries all his life, Adam Parris is passionate about 
positive change where people, waters, and diverse species converge at the coast 
and about making science more relevant and useful. Currently, he leads the 
Science and Resilience Institute at Jamaica Bay in New York City, a partnership 
between governmental, research, and community organizations aimed at improving 
resilience in the region’s coastal waters. Previously, he helped develop the 
Sea Level Rise Tool for Sandy Recovery, an effort to integrate science on 
future sea level rise with flood insurance information for rebuilding and 
recovery efforts. He has been involved in integrating sea level rise 
information into the coastal planning efforts of a number of Federal agencies, 
as well as the states of California, Maryland, New York, and New Jersey. From 
2010 – 2015, Mr. Parris directed NOAA’s Regional Integrated Sciences and 
Assessments (RISA) program, a national effort to connect science to climate 
adaptation and preparedness decisions in different regions across the US. With 
over
50 scientists from the RISA program, he co-edited and co-authored Climate in 
Context: Science and Society Partnering for Adaptation, an in-depth exploration 
of techniques for producing usable knowledge and climate services. He enjoys 
speaking in public and has done so regularly for over 100 audiences large and 
small, including local and national media outlets. Mr. Parris won a 
Presidential Green.gov award as Climate Champion, a NOAA Administrator’s Award, 
and a Bronze medal from the Department of Commerce. He holds a Bachelor’s 
degree in English Literature and Environmental Geology from Bucknell University 
and a Master of Science in Geology from the University of Vermont. He lives in 
Brooklyn with his wife, two kids and dog, who are a constant source of 
inspiration, humility, and good humor.  www.srijb.org 

Dr. Michael Menser is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Urban 
Sustainability Studies at Brooklyn College and Earth and and Environmental 
Science and Environmental Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center and President 
and Chair of the Board of the Participatory Budgeting Project.  His research 
and publications are on participatory democracy and public participation 
particularly as they pertain to socio-ecological resilience, technology, food, 
and environmental justice and on the commons-infused concept of the 
social-public (in contrast to the more neoliberal public-private partnership).  
He was a member of community based “Alliance for a Just Rebuilding” after 
Superstorm Sandy and contributed to Prospects for Resilience: Insights from 
NYC's Jamaica Bay.  He is the author of We Decide! Participatory Democracy in 
Theory and Practice (Temple University Press 2018).

[ECOLOG-L] EES GEOS Colloquium Thursday March 8: Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director of NASA-GISS at 5:30 p.m., room 4102

[Joy Cytryn]

From: Earth and Environmental Sciences Mailing List
[mailto:ee...@gc.listserv.cuny.edu] On Behalf Of Earth & Environmental
Sciences Office
Sent: Tuesday, March 6, 2018 3:22 PM
Subject: EES GEOS Colloquium Thursday March 8: Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director
of NASA-GISS at 5:30 p.m., room 4102
Importance: High
 
GEOS
 
 
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
 
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
 
Presents a Lecture by
 
Dr. Gavin Schmidt
Director, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
 
Why is attribution of present day climate change and climate events so
contentious?
 
Public discourse about climate changes, and their causes, is very
politicized. Whether it is the human role in global warming, or extreme
events, public discussions tend to generate far more heat than light. While
a robust understanding of climate change mechanisms and impacts has emerged
from 40 years of research on the topic, in public it appears to be far more
contentious with opinions split along identifiable lines. I will discuss how
these topics became so politicized what are the consequences for scientists,
what the science actually shows and what can be done about this toxic public
environment (spoiler: I don't have the answer, but we might have a good
discussion).
 
Thursday, March 8th at 5:30 p.m. 
Science Center, Room 4102
The Graduate Center, CUNY
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
 
Light snacks and refreshments will be served.

[ECOLOG-L] March 8: A Celebration of Women in GIS

[Joy Cytryn]

This copy is for listserv's that only accept plain text. 

Plotting the Stars: A Celebration of Women in GIS
Thursday, March 8, 2018
6:00 - 8:00 PM
NYCEDC - 4th floor conference room
(110 William Street, NY, NY 10038)

In honor of Women’s History Month, we will be hosting a roundtable
discussion with prominent women in the field of GIS. Panel members will
share how they got started in the field, the successes and challenges they
encountered along the way, and any advice they have to offer others. Each
speaker will introduce herself and give a brief 5-minute talk, followed by a
moderated Q
Confirmed Speakers:
• Wendy Dorf, GISMO; NY GeoCATS
• Aileen Gemma Smith, Vizalytics Technology
• Juliana Maantay, Lehman College
• Michele McInnes, NYCDCP
• Lynn Seirup, NYCDCP
• Jiin Wen, NYCEDC
• Rachel Weeden, ESRI
• ...more to be added...

Please note: This event will be recorded for online distribution through
various GISMO social media outlets. All audience members agree to the
possibility of appearing on these recording by virtue of attending the event
or participating in the event. This event is co-sponsored by GISMO and SWG
http://www.iswg.org/   and will be hosted at the NYC Economic Development
Corporation  https://www.nycedc.com/

RSVP Required by March 4.  Email Amy Jeu at a...@hunter.cuny.edu  OR
complete the online form at http://www.gismonyc.org/events/upcoming/ .
Feel free to tell us about yourself and invite a friend!

 

[ECOLOG-L] Presentation: Puerto Rico: The Road to Recovery, Thursday March 1 Graduate Center NY, NY

[Joy Cytryn]

GEOS
Earth and Environmental Sciences Doctoral Program
The Graduate Center, The City University of New York 
 
Presents a Lecture by
Mosi London
New York City Emergency Management
 
 
Puerto Rico: The Road to Recovery
 
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico, which 
resulted in catastrophic impact to the island especially to 
its aged electrical system and other essentially infrastructure services, from 
roadways to water supply. As the road to recovery continues, 
examining the role geography plays in response and recovery efforts is 
essential in understanding 
some impendences to this process for disasters in other parts of the world.
 
Thursday March 1, 2018 @ 5:30 PM
Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
(Between 34th and 35th Street
4th Floor, 4102 Rm 
Light snacks and refreshments will be served
(no RSVP needed)

Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice for 36 year old trying to get into M.S. program

[Joy Cytryn]

I have been reading this with interest.  As a 55+ graduate student in
geography, I have found the program extremely accepting and supportive.  I
am attending Hunter College part of the City University of New York.  This
is my second masters degree the first being an MBA at NYU's Stern School of
Business (where I was not a star student).  The contrast between a large,
wealthy private school and an city college with a limited budget is on the
surface quite amazing.  However the faculty at Hunter is terrific.  I
started searching for an advisor and subject for my thesis when I had
completed almost all of my class work. I realized that I should have started
the search much earlier in the program than I did.  A number of faculty
members were concerned that I had to few credits available to take classes
in subjects that would be helpful to my thesis and where hesitant to take me
on.  In addition, my initial area of interest was well outside the
department's expertise and I was not encouraged to pursue it.  In
retrospect, it was prudent since it would have been overwhelming to start a
thesis on something I knew nothing about and not had any academic support.
The most resistance I faced was due to my interest in GIS.  (That I am sure
is an another subject for conversation)  There was never any indication that
age was a problem.

Hunter (actually it was the choice of the individual faculty members)
supported both working with a faculty member drawing out something from
their research or finding a research subject on their own.  My thesis
subject was a combination of both.

BTW, I did not find the young, 20/30 somethings intimidating at all.

I took additional classes both undergrad and grad in subjects that supported
my interests. 

I did not have to take the GRE's for admission to business school.  So at
55+ I took them for the first time.  My math skills were old and abysmal.  I
took studying for the GRE's as a way to improve my math skills not just a
means to improve my scores and I am very proud of my success.  As a student
of science I found the new knowledge extremely helpful.

Having been successful in my selection of a university, my GRE scores, my
academic achievement (GPA score) and thrilled by my area of study I now face
something to which I have grave concerns, finding a job.  I believe that
academia is much more forgiving of age then the private sector, government
or NGO community will be. At an age when many are beginning to think about
retirement, I am beginning a new career. Wish me luck.

One more point.  The best introduction to employment I have seen is through
internships.  The faculty at Hunter is proactive in helping their students
locate internships throughout New York City and elsewhere.

I hope that sharing my story is of some help.  The key is do what it
takes... and if takes time, well, if it's what you want it's worth it.
Best,
Joy

Joy Cytryn
Research Assistant/ MA candidate
Department of Geography
Hunter College
New York City


-Original Message-
From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news
[mailto:ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU] On Behalf Of Katharine Miller
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2013 12:33 PM
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Advice for 36 year old trying to get into M.S.
program

As a non-traditional student who will be defending her PhD next week (!), I
can tell you that it can be very difficult to overcome the resistance to
older students in graduate school.  Despite having a lot of practical
experience and an extremely strong academic record, I met serious resistance
from Profs with whom I interviewed.  One of them even told me that Profs
like to make students in their own image by which she meant to indicate
that, since I was approx. her same age, I was too old to be molded. I think
that for some, a student with lots of experience outside academia may be
threatening.  

It can be very difficult to figure out which Profs and programs will take
older students. I would start by finding someone who is working in an area
that interests you and contacting one or more of his/her students to ask
what the relative ages and experience levels of the grad students are. I
would also talk to professionals in the field you are interested in - those
who have adv. degrees and especially those with connections to a University
(either teaching or research). They may be able to provide an introduction
to an adviser.

I was lucky enough to find an adviser who actually prefers students who have
some experience outside of school (I am in an oceanography program), and I
am sure there are many like that out there in lots of ecological fields -
they can just be difficult to find.

Good luck!  

[ECOLOG-L] Wetlands and spartina alterniflora

[Joy Cytryn]

Hello to All,

First I'd like to say that I have been a silent participant of this list for
several years.  I have found it to be informative, thought provoking and
entertaining.  

I am MS student of geography at Hunter College in NYC. For my thesis I am
looking to identify trends in the historical ecology of Jamaica Bay through
a temporal series GIS analyses. 

I have been exploring the many books available for the study of wetland
ecology, but I don't have any way to evaluate them.  Can someone recommend
material that  looks at basic wetland ecosystems (both tidal and freshwater)
based on region, such as the northeast, more specifically New York or in
lieu of this just a good textbook/book on wetlands.  (Wetlands are not part
of the curriculum at Hunter)

I am also looking at the condition of spartina alterniforia in Jamaica Bay
as it might be explained/defined/demonstrated by different transition models
such as parnachy, adaption cycle etc.  With Spartina alterniforia, being
both native in New York and severely invasive elsewhere there is significant
literature, although addition input is always welcome. S. alterniflora is
being cultivated for wetland restoration and I was wondering where I might
find information about its optimal cultivation environment.  I'd also be
interested in knowing if anyone else on the east coast has observed severe
decline of saltwater marsh whose predominant species is spartina
alterniforia.

Thank you,
Joy

Joy Cytryn
Hunter College
New York, NY
jo...@earthlink.net