Department of Soil, Water, and Climate

The lecture was presented by Dr. Susan Solomon, atmospheric chemist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth System Research Laboratory (NOAA-ESRL) in Boulder, CO. Dr. Solomon also holds a faculty position at the University of Colorado. In 2004 she received the prestigious Blue Planet Prize for "pioneering research identifying the causative mechanisms producing the Antarctic ozone hole." She is the recipient of numerous other scientific awards and honorary doctorates, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 1992. She served as co-chair of Working Group 1 for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2007 and, consequently with her colleagues was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (shared with Al Gore).

Key evidence from the 2007 IPCC report points to causes of Earth's climate change. Changing attributes of climate and their relationship with greenhouse gases will be discussed, along with their associated time scales. There are numerous impacts of climate change that are anticipated and worthy of public discussion, as they pose a challenge for current societies as well as multiple generations of future citizens.

The fifth annual William E. Larson and Raymond R. Allmaras Lecture on Emerging Issues in Soil and Water was held 12 April 2007.

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Michael Russelle feels he has the perfect job as a scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS). "It combines many different aspects of what I like to do," he says, including solving problems, working outdoors, and collaborating with great colleagues. Being stationed at a major university is icing on the cake, he adds.

His job is part of a cooperative agreement that allows the USDA and the university to share resources such as grants, lab space and, of course, people. Michael often teams up with professors from the Department of Soil, Water, and Climate on research projects. "It's a great opportunity...
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The department is recognized as one of the premier departments around the country in soil and environmental sciences. The internationally prominent faculty are supported by excellent research facilities and contribute significantly to the scientific literature on soil and water resources sciences and climatology. The department's credibility is attested by the high level of research grants generated by the faculty. In addition, a large number of the faculty are on editorial boards or serve as editors of prominent scholarly journals.

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