Dr. Michael Gurven (Professor of Anthropology, University of California at Santa Barbara)
His research explores how ecological and social factors shape design features of behavior, physiology and psychology using a variety of tools and methods - behavioral ecology and life history theory incorporated with biodemography provides a unique research environment for exploring and explaining human diversity.
Reading and discussion group on diverse topics in ecology. Visit the website for topics of discussion. All interested researchers are welcome and lunch is provided.
Graduate student Marena Lin will lead the discussion of Foster and Rahmstorf (2011), summarized below:
"Following the work of Lean and Rind (2008), Foster and Rahmstorf (2011) use lagged multiple linear regression to determine the influences of ENSO, aerosols, and solar variability on variability of global mean temperature from 1979-2010, applying their analysis to 5 different temperature data-sets. They find that, upon adjusting for these...
Facilitating discussion and furthering our understanding of the technical details of energy technology and science. Visit the Energy Journal website for updates and topics of discussion.