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National Science Foundation IGERT Program Integrative Graduate Education & Research Training * C-CHANGE Project Climate Change, Humans & Nature in the Global Environment. C-CHANGE Project Climate Change, Humans & Nature in the Global Environment. HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY.
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National Science Foundation IGERTProgram Integrative Graduate Education & Research Training * C-CHANGE Project Climate Change, Humans & Nature in the Global Environment
C-CHANGE Project Climate Change, Humans & Nature in the Global Environment
HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNIVERSITY Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS KU Biodiversity Institute KU Institute for Policy & Social Research
C-CHANGEProject Climate Change, Humans & Nature in the Global Environment Training students in: Geo Sciences Bio Sciences Social Sciences How is climate changing? What are the impacts on humans and nature? What are our options for responding to climate change?
2055 projected tularemia distribution 1960-1990 tularemia distribution Present-day tularemia model (left) projected to 2055 climate conditions based on the CGCM1-A2 model/scenario of likely climate change in the United States
Climate Change and Geological & Atmospheric Systems Lucia Glacier, Patagonia, Chile Hurricane Katrina. US Gulf Coast
Climate Change and Human and Social Systems Shishmaref, Alaska
Flooding in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina, 2005
KU Graduate students • Complete Ph.D. in: • Biology and biological sciences • Geology and geographic, atmospheric & physical sciences • Social, economic, political, cultural & policy sciences • Receive graduate certificate in Global Climate Change Studies • Complete internships in climate science and science policy
Students from Haskell & Tribal Colleges • Participate in Research Experience for Undergraduates at: • Haskell HERS Center • KU CReSIS, BI, IPSR • Design reservation-based research projects • Collaborate with undergrads, grad students & faculty
KU CReSIS & Haskell models of sea level rises in Alaska & Gulf Coast
Principal Investigators: Joane Nagel, Sociology, Director, Center for Research on Global Change, IPSR David Braaten, Geography, Deputy Director, KU Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets Leonard Krishtalka, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Director, KU Biodiversity Institute A. Townsend Peterson, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Curator of Ornithology, KU Natural History Museum Daniel Wildcat, American Indian Studies, Director, Haskell Environmental Research Studies Center