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New semester, new discussions: "Earth Futures" colloquium returns on May 7, 2025

17 Apr 2025

Join us every other Wednesday at noon to explore the diverse research in geography, including the latest findings. The colloquium offers students, staff members, and other interested people a chance to engage in discussions about the future of our planet.

© Eoin Grealis

Time and place:

  • Room C006 (Luisenstr. 37)
  • 13:00-14:00 every other Wednesday

Each seminar includes a 30-minute presentation followed by time for questions and discussion. The content is suitable for a general audience.

Agenda:

  • 7-5-2025 | Holger Metzler (LMU, Land Use Systems):
    Understanding basic probability distributions at the example of wood-product carbon lifetimes
  • 21-5-2025 | Yiannis Moustakis (LMU, Land Use Systems):
    How does the large-scale deployment of Carbon Dioxide Removal affect the Earth system?
  • 4-6-2025 | Magdalena Mittermeier (LMU, Environmental Modeling):
    Spatially compounding heat and precipitation extremes under omega blocking in Europe
  • 18-6-2025 | Michael Sigl (University of Bern, Climate and Environmental Physics):
    Storylines of Global Volcanic Risks
  • 2-7-2025 | Johanna Höhl (LMU, Economic Geography):
    Negotiating Resource Access: Governing Water and Energy in Chile
  • 16-7-2025 | Eoin Grealis (LMU, Human Environment Relations):
    Neither a borrower nor a lender be? Insights from the Circular Consumption Survey