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Sarah Spaulding, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, “Reporton algae in streams in North America: diatoms are behavingbadly.”Hans-Peter Marshall, INSTAAR, “Snowpack spatial variability:towards understanding its effect on remote sensingmeasurements and snow slope stability.”Spring 2006James Syvitski, INSTAAR Director, Institute Meeting.Jeff Connor, National Park Service, “The political realities ofintegrating research results into land management decisions:suggestions on how to effectively present your results in ameaningful way to land managers.”Lesleigh Anderson, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, “NorthPacific atmospheric circulation change and effective moisturevariability in the Yukon Territory, Canada.”Erin Pettit, University of Washington, “A year in the life of apolar glacier.”Eugene Kelly, Colorado State University, “The biogeochemistryof silica in grassland ecosystems of North America.”Detlev Helmig, INSTAAR, “Where does all the dirty air go?”Insights from INSTAAR’s research at the PICO-NARE(Azores/Portugal) observatory.Walter Dean, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, “Sedimentgeochemical records of productivity and oxygen depletionalong the margin of western North America during the past20,000 years: teleconnections with the Atlantic andCaribbean.”Pieter Tans, NOAA, “Can we still avoid major climatechange caused by humans?”John Behrendt, INSTAAR, “Subglacial volcanism revealed byaerogeophysical surveys over the West Antarctic Ice Sheet(WAIS)—comparisons with Iceland.”Alexander Kirdyanov, V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest,Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, “Tree-ringrelated studies in Siberia (Russia): state of the art andprospects.”Cynthia Nevison, NCAR, “Oceanic fluxes and their influenceon seasonal and interannual variability in atmosphericCO 2 , O 2 /N 2 and N 2 O.”Connie Woodhouse, NOAA, INSTAAR, “Dendrohydrology:research to applications.”Dennis Darby, Old Dominion University, “Healy-OdenTrans-Arctic Expedition (HOTRAX) and preliminary results.”Carrie Morrill, NOAA/CIRES, “Testing the North Atlanticfreshwater forcing hypothesis of abrupt climate change.”Ingrid Hendy, University of Michigan, “Catastrophic collapseof the Cordilleran ice sheet during the last glacial.”Fall 2006James Syvitski, INSTAAR, INSTAAR Institute Meeting.David Lawrence, National Center for Atmospheric Research,“A projection of severe near-surface permafrost degradationin a global climate model: implications for global climatechange feedbacks.”Andrew G. Fountain, Departments of Geology andGeography, Portland State University, “Historic glacierchanges in the American West.”Dennis D. Eberl, U.S. Geological Survey, “Tales of quantitativemineral analysis: application to geological problems.”Diane McKnight, INSTAAR, “Glacial meltwater streams inthe McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica: ecosystems waitingfor water.”Andrew Todd, Trout Unlimited, “Effects of acid rockdrainage on stocked rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss):an in situ, caged fish experiment.”Hans-Peter Marshall, INSTAAR, “Spatial variability of thesnowpack: experiences with measurements at a wide rangeof length scales with several different high precision instruments.”Patric DeDecker, Department of Earth and Marine Sciences,The Australian National University. “Preliminary findings onthe geochemical and microbiological fingerprinting ofAustralian aeolian dust: Implications for (past) climates, theenvironment, health and the oceans.”Thomas Ager, U.S. Geological Survey, “Ecosystem historyof southeastern and south-central Alaska.”Mark Hernandez, Environmental Engineering, University ofColorado at Boulder, “Source tracking of airborne microorganisms.”Stave Leavitt, University of Arizona, “CO 2 and tree rings:influence on water-use efficiency and tree growth.”56 | SEMINARS