Aram Kalhori « Global Change Research Group

Walter Oechel on the Paris Agreement; SDSU biology professor Walter Oechel weighs in on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

By Aram Kalhori, on October 12th, 2017

Perception of withdrawal

Walter Oechel is a San Diego State University biology professor and the director of the university’s Global Change Research Group. His research primarily focuses on developing and understanding the predictive capability of the interconnections of terrestrial, atmospheric and marine systems on global change. He has worked on several elevated atmospheric CO2 global . . . → Read More: Walter Oechel on the Paris Agreement; SDSU biology professor Walter Oechel weighs in on President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

GCRG awarded a new NOAA grant “NOAA Cooperative Science Center-Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technology/CUNY subcontract”. 2016-2021. PI: Walter Oechel

By Aram Kalhori, on October 12th, 2017

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Cooperative Science Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (NOAA-CREST/CESSRST) conducts research, educates, and trains a diverse group of students, early career scientists, and engineers, in NOAA-related science missions. The goal is to help create a diverse STEM workforce for NOAA and its contractors, Academia, Industries and the . . . → Read More: GCRG awarded a new NOAA grant “NOAA Cooperative Science Center-Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technology/CUNY subcontract”. 2016-2021. PI: Walter Oechel

GCRG awarded a new NSF grant “Campus Cyberinfrastructure: CC* Storage: Implementation of a Distributed, Shareable, and Parallel Storage Resource at San Diego State University to Facilitate High-Performance Computing for Climate Science”. 2017-2019. Co-PI: Aram Kalhori, PI: Christopher Paolini.

By Aram Kalhori, on September 20th, 2017

GCRG awarded a new NSF grant “Methane at the ZERO CURTAIN” 2017-2020. PI: Donatella Zona

By Aram Kalhori, on September 20th, 2017

GCRG awarded NASA grant “Temporal and Spatial Patterns of and Controls on Arctic CO2 and CH4 Fluxes in the ABoVE Domain”. PI: Walter Oechel

By Aram Kalhori, on September 20th, 2017

“Biogeochemistry: Long-term effects of permafrost thaw” by Donatella Zona

By Aram Kalhori, on October 14th, 2016

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7622/full/537625a.html

Carbon emissions from the Arctic tundra could increase drastically as global warming thaws permafrost. Clues now obtained about the long-term effects of such thawing on carbon dioxide emissions highlight the need for more data.

Subject terms:

Biogeochemistry, Climate change, Hydrology, Environmental sciences

“If San Diego lost its forest” by Walter Oechel

By Aram Kalhori, on October 14th, 2016

http://inewsource.org/2016/09/28/san-diego-forest-loss/

The forests of San Diego County that have shaded 500 generations of local people and provided pine needle bedding, oak woodland and spiritual renewal could disappear. Overly intense fires in quick succession, along with drought, borer insects and climate extremes is laying waste to trees and creating a hostile environment for regrowth.

Trees are . . . → Read More: “If San Diego lost its forest” by Walter Oechel

The Washington Post interview with Dr. Zona and Dr. Oechel about cold-season methane emissions in the Arctic

By Aram Kalhori, on January 5th, 2016

Bad news: Scientists say we could be underestimating Arctic methane emissions

Arctic permafrost has become a recent star in the climate change conversation, capturing the attention of scientists, activists and policymakers alike because of its ability to emit large quantities of carbon dioxide as well as methane — a particularly potent though relatively short-lived greenhouse . . . → Read More: The Washington Post interview with Dr. Zona and Dr. Oechel about cold-season methane emissions in the Arctic

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