In this seminar series talk, Dr. Stacy-Ann Robinson, Associate Professor at Emory University, explore the evolving role of climate science in legal settings. Once positioned to inform policy, scientific assessments are increasingly being used in courtrooms to substantiate claims of harm, causation and state responsibility. Dr. Robinson provides insights on how climate knowledge has now become legal evidence in the fight for climate justice. 

Slides shared by Dr. Robinson can be found at this link.

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.

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.

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.