Resources

Caribbeans for Climate
Seminar Series recordings

Below, we share recordings from the Caribbeans for Climate Seminar Series, where speakers from a range of backgrounds share topics of interest to the Caribbean.

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Tropical Cyclone Flood Assessment at an Island-Wide Scale for Puerto Rico

21 March 2025

In this seminar series talk, Orlando Viloria-Marimón, a PhD candidate at the University of Georgia, presents research on a modeling-based approach to estimate tropical cyclone rainfall fields and simulating streamflow and flooding from these events. His research presents potential solutions for emergency management and engineering stakeholders In preparations for extreme rainfall and flooding events. Meeting notes can be found at this link.

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Sargassum: A Challenge and Potential Solution for the Caribbean

14 February 2025

In this seminar series talk, Dr. Ajit Subramaniam, from Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, gives a review of sargassum from an oceanographic perspective, but also discusses the challenges presented by changing sargassum patterns, as well as potential solutions for mitigating the risks posed by sargassum and using sargassum for new applications. 

Meeting notes can be found at this link.

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El Niño-Southern Oscillation and climate change

In this talk, Caribbeans For Climate Co-Founder, Dr. Jhordanne Jones gives us a review of El Niño Southern Oscillation and implications for Caribbean islands.