Events

Following are upcoming seminars, workshops and other events of interest to the staff of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies and to our research partners.

Note that due to security regulations, as described elsewhere on this page, presentations on the GISS premises are not open to the general public. Please consult with the event host/contact for connection details if you wish to remotely join any event marked as "Virtual" or "Hybrid".

This event listing was last updated 2024-10-04. All times shown are New York City local.

October 7, 2024
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.— Hybrid
ROCKE-3D Seminar
Topic: Intrusions induce global warming before continental flood basalt volcanism
Speaker: Roger Buck (Columbia/LDEO)
More info: Abstract
Host/Contact: Michael Way

ROCKE-3D Seminar
Speaker: Roger Buck (Columbia/LDEO)
Title: Intrusions induce global warming before continental flood basalt volcanism

This is hybrid presentation. Please consult with event host Michael Way for connection details if you wish to virtually attend.

Abstract:
Extinction events are known to correlate with continental flood basalt eruptions. Massive carbon degassing from these eruptions can have catastrophic impacts on the global climate and biospheres. However, high-precision geochronology from the Deccan Traps and the Columbia River Basalt Group suggests that the onset of global warming precedes the main phase of flood basalt eruptions by several hundred thousand years. Here we construct a numerical model of sill intrusion to investigate this lag between warming and eruptions. The model determines the depth of sill intrusion depending on the evolving crustal density and temperature structures. Main-phase eruptions occur when the average density above the sill intrusion is greater than the magma density. When combined with a carbon-cycle simulation, the models can reproduce the observed timing and amplitude of the global warming events associated with the Deccan Traps and the Columbia River Basalt Group. We therefore conclude that major eruptions of continental flood basalts require densification of the crust by voluminous basaltic magma intrusions. The crystallization of such pre-eruption intrusions could release enough carbon dioxide to drive substantial global warming before the main phase of flood basalt volcanism

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October 8, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Sarah Das (WHOI)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
October 15, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Michael Wolovick (Alfred Wegener Inst)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
October 22, 2024
10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Dhrubajyoti Samanta (Nanyang Technological Univ)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
October 23, 2024
1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.— Hybrid
GISS Lunch Seminar
Speaker: Andrew Robertson (Columbia Univ/GISS)
Host/Contact: Nicolas Leitmann-Niimi
October 24, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.— Hybrid
Special Seminar
Speaker: Alexei Kiselev (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Host/Contact: Ann Fridlind
November 5, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Helene Seroussi (Dartmouth College)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
November 12, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Ki-Weon Seo (Seoul National Univ)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
November 19, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Shfaqat Abbas Khan (Technical Univ Denmark)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander
December 3, 2024
11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. — Virtual
Sea Level Rise Seminar
Speaker: Beata Csatho (Univ Buffalo)
Host/Contact: Patrick Alexander

Seminars and Colloquia

Informal Lunch Seminars usually take place at GISS on Wednesdays at 1 p.m. two or three times per month, mostly during the academic year. These events are "hybrid", i.e., they are presented in person at GISS but may be attended remotely by obtaining connection details from the event host.

GISS staff also organize a Tuesday morning (11 a.m.) series of Sea Level Rise Seminars, presented by scientists from numerous research institutions. This seminar is entirely "virtual" and occurs two or three times per month, year-round.

Other special seminars may occur depending on the schedules of visiting scientists.

Videos of past Lunch Seminars, Sea Level Rise Seminars, and other seminars as well as some tutorials and other events may be found on the GISS YouTube channel.

Meetings and Workshops

There are no workshops, conferences, or other special events (co-)organized by NASA/GISS staff currently announced.

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Security Note

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