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In The Spotlight
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2014 Distinguished Scholars Seminar ,
The 2014 Water Institute Distinguished Scholars, Dr. James Jawitz and Dr. Jon Martin, presented their research to a full auditorium at Emerson Alumni Hall on January 14, 2015. The photos below highlight the presentations and the captions include links to full-length recordings of the presentations.
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Water Institute Director Dr. Wendy Graham introduces the first speaker, 2014 WI Distinguished Scholar Dr. James Jawitz, who gave a presentation titled “Why is the flow in Silver Springs decreasing?
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Dr. Jawitz outlines some basic landscape hydrology concepts to help explain his model and the declining flow at Silver Springs. To watch his presentation, click here.
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Students and professors in the audience film, take notes, and listen intently as Dr. Jawitz gives his concluding remarks about his Silver Springs model.
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An interested and captivated audience filled classroom at Emerson Alumni Hall. Here, audience members smile as Dr. Jon Martin introduces his presentation “Views of SLR from Greenland, the Yucatan, and beyond.”
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Dr. Martin introduces his presentation “Views of SLR from Greenland, the Yucatan, and beyond” and acknowledges his funding sources and collaborators.
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Dr. Martin explains his research on glaciers in Greenland – he studies how solute fluxes change as the Greenland ice sheet retracts. He explained the 3 different types of watersheds present, including (with increasing exposure age and extent of weathering): subglacial, proglacial, and deglacial. To see a recording of his talk, click here.
A live tweet of the event can be found on our Twitter page @ufwater.
Photos and text by Jenny Adler