International policy and (in)justice
Article: "Paris Agreement 101" for Time Scavengers
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In 2021 I organized and moderated a panel on Climate Justice in Palestine through Scientists for Palestine. The panelists were Nedal Katbeh-Bader, advisor for Climate Change of Palestine’s Environment Quality Authority and member of Palestine's negotaiting team at COP26, and Abeer Butmeh, environmental engineer and coordinator of PENGON – friends of the Earth Palestine. You can watch the discussion here.
In 2024 I continue to regularly lead community teach ins on these topics. |
I spoke twice at COP26 in Glasgow- once on "Sea Level Rise, Climate Justice, and Antarctica" and again as a joint presentation with my PhD advisor, Dr. DeConto, on "Antarctica and Paris Goals: Risks of Massive Sea Level Rise from Antarctica." I also had the honor of being taught some Inuit dance steps by Piita Taqtu Irniq, you can see it starting at minute 1:29 of this video.
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In November 2020 I spoke at the Institute of Diversity Sciences at UMass Amherst. The topic is the impact of Antarctic melt on future global climate conditions and implications for justice. The recording can be found here.
Federal, state, and local policy
Op ed in the Hampshire Gazette on "Holyoke’s shortsighted decision on energy transition grant"
Article: "Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill" for Time Scavengers
Article: "Western MA Youth Climate Summit" for Time Scavengers
Article: "Climate Science Day on Capitol Hill" for Time Scavengers
Article: "Western MA Youth Climate Summit" for Time Scavengers
Climate Litigation
Through my work at the Union of Concerned Scientists Science Hub for Climate Litigation I contributed to legal briefs submitted to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea by Mozambique and Sierra Leone in the case for an Advisory Opinion Climate Change and International Law. State submissions can be seen here.
In coalition with the Center for International Environmental Law, Greenpeace International, and my colleagues at the Union of Concerned Scientists I contributed to an amicus brief in the case of Duarte Agostinho et al., v. Portugal et al. This brief can be read here. |
Multispecies Justice
I spoke on the climate and environmental injustice of animal based dairy production as part of Food Empowerment Project's event The Embodiment of Injustice: The Dairy Industry. The recording is available here.
I spoke at the Animals x Climate x Health webinar series on Climate Change and Multispecies Justice discussing how changes in physical oceanography and the cryosphere are impacting nonhuman animals and the implications of this for multispecies justice. You can find the recording here or in this embedded youtube video. My portion begins at 44 minutes in.
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Article: "The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change" for Time Scavengers
Article: "The coasts are disappearing, we need to protect them for everyone" for Sentient Media, co-written with Jeff Sebo.
Article: "The coasts are disappearing, we need to protect them for everyone" for Sentient Media, co-written with Jeff Sebo.
Science Communication
I was a guest speaker at the NASA Goddard Sea Level Rise seminar series in August 2021 giving a talk titled Investigating Antarctic Ice Sheet-Climate Feedbacks and Climate Justice Implications. This lecture goes over results from my 2020 Science Advances publication, and work on ice-climate feedbacks and climate justice being prepared for publication.
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Other Writing
Article: "No, 100 Companies are not responsible for 71% of all emissions" for Sentient Media- this article is meant to correct misrepresentations of the incredible research being done by the climate accountability research that often show up in social media memes.
Article: "The benefits of community college, personal stories and examples" for Time Scavengers
Article: "Inclusivity and sustainability of conference food" for Time Scavengers
Article: "The benefits of community college, personal stories and examples" for Time Scavengers
Article: "Inclusivity and sustainability of conference food" for Time Scavengers
Past Events (pre-2019)
See my CV for a more recent list
March 2 at Pulse Cafe in Hadley MA
I will be speaking about agriculture and climate change at an event co-hosted by Mass Audubon.
Nov. 7-10 at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Graduate Climate Conference
Global climate feedbacks from Antarctic ice sheet discharge under high future carbon emissions
Nov. 15 at the Western MA Youth Climate Summit
Agriculture and climate change
Nov. 20 at UMass Amherst
I will be speaking about my research at the School of Earth and Sustainability Graduate Lightning Talks
Dec. 9 and 12 at AGU 2019 in San Francisco
Finding My Way: An Early Career Climate Modeler’s Evolution Through Climate Communication
Antarctic Ice Sheet – Climate Feedbacks Under High Future Carbon Emissions (Thursday)
March 2 at Pulse Cafe in Hadley MA
I will be speaking about agriculture and climate change at an event co-hosted by Mass Audubon.
Nov. 7-10 at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Graduate Climate Conference
Global climate feedbacks from Antarctic ice sheet discharge under high future carbon emissions
Nov. 15 at the Western MA Youth Climate Summit
Agriculture and climate change
Nov. 20 at UMass Amherst
I will be speaking about my research at the School of Earth and Sustainability Graduate Lightning Talks
Dec. 9 and 12 at AGU 2019 in San Francisco
Finding My Way: An Early Career Climate Modeler’s Evolution Through Climate Communication
Antarctic Ice Sheet – Climate Feedbacks Under High Future Carbon Emissions (Thursday)
Oct. 27 at Philips Brooks House at Harvard University
Climate Change and Climate Action in Massachusetts
Sponsored by Boston Humanist Society.
Friday Sept. 6, 2019 at Mohegan Convention Center
EPA Tribal Leaders Summit and Tribal Environmental Conference "Future Global Climate Response to a Collapse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Global Climate Models"
Sept. 20 at UMass Amherst Global Climate Strike
Speech
Sept. 19 at UMass Amherst
Guest lecture on connections between rising emissions and climate destabilization
July 16 at Eureka! Hosted by Girls Inc. of the Valley and UMass
Climate Change 101
Friday, 28 June 2019
At the American Meteorology Society's 22nd Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics which will be held 24-28 June 2019 in Portland, ME. The talk is titled “Climate feedbacks from Antarctic ice sheet discharge under high future carbon emissions.“
Saturday April 27 from 2-3:45 pm
Western MA.A.S.H (Atheist, Secular Humanist) are hosting me for a talk at the Forbes Library. This event is free and open to the public. For more info visit this link.
Climate change affects the entire planet, but what the impacts look like vary geographically. What will it look like here in Massachusetts, what is being done about it, and how can we help?
Sunday January 27, 2-3 pm
Guiding Star Grange #1 at 401 Chapman St. in Greenfield
Hosted by Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution, Facebook event link
What exactly does the UN’s recent report on climate change say?
What does it mean when they say we have 12 years to take drastic action?
What should we be doing?
Please join Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) for a concise and compelling presentation and discussion with a local expert, Shaina Rogstad. The one-hour presentation and discussion will be followed by FCCPR’s General Assembly; all are invited to stay for the whole meeting.
Climate Change and Climate Action in Massachusetts
Sponsored by Boston Humanist Society.
Friday Sept. 6, 2019 at Mohegan Convention Center
EPA Tribal Leaders Summit and Tribal Environmental Conference "Future Global Climate Response to a Collapse of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Using Global Climate Models"
Sept. 20 at UMass Amherst Global Climate Strike
Speech
Sept. 19 at UMass Amherst
Guest lecture on connections between rising emissions and climate destabilization
July 16 at Eureka! Hosted by Girls Inc. of the Valley and UMass
Climate Change 101
Friday, 28 June 2019
At the American Meteorology Society's 22nd Conference on Atmospheric and Oceanic Fluid Dynamics which will be held 24-28 June 2019 in Portland, ME. The talk is titled “Climate feedbacks from Antarctic ice sheet discharge under high future carbon emissions.“
Saturday April 27 from 2-3:45 pm
Western MA.A.S.H (Atheist, Secular Humanist) are hosting me for a talk at the Forbes Library. This event is free and open to the public. For more info visit this link.
Climate change affects the entire planet, but what the impacts look like vary geographically. What will it look like here in Massachusetts, what is being done about it, and how can we help?
Sunday January 27, 2-3 pm
Guiding Star Grange #1 at 401 Chapman St. in Greenfield
Hosted by Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution, Facebook event link
What exactly does the UN’s recent report on climate change say?
What does it mean when they say we have 12 years to take drastic action?
What should we be doing?
Please join Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution (FCCPR) for a concise and compelling presentation and discussion with a local expert, Shaina Rogstad. The one-hour presentation and discussion will be followed by FCCPR’s General Assembly; all are invited to stay for the whole meeting.
2018
December 11 at 8am-12:20pm at AGU Fall Meeting at Convention Center Hall A-C
Session C21D Sea ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions in the "new" Arctic and Southern Ocean Poster
Assessing the response of sea ice, ocean circulation, and climate to projected increases in Antarctic Ice Sheet melt
Observational evidence indicates that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass at an accelerated rate while ice sheet models highlight the potential for a significant ice collapse in the next century. The impacts of this large fresh water forcing on sea-ice formation, ocean circulation and climate could be significant, but to-date they have not been investigated using complex numerical models with realistic fresh water forcing and dynamical ice sheet models. Here, we present results from several climate model simulations performed under IPCC future climate scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5 with a high-resolution, fully coupled, ocean-atmosphere model (CESM 1.2). In each experiment, runoff from Antarctica is prescribed from a regional dynamic/thermodynamic ice sheet/shelf model. Our results highlight a significant rise in subsurface ocean temperatures (>1C) at the ice sheet grounding line that may accelerate rates of ice melt beyond those currently projected. In contrast, the increased runoff creates a cold surface layer that allows Antarctic sea ice to continue to expand through the end of the current century. It is vital that these processes are accounted for in the next generation of climate and ice sheet models.
December 14 at 4:15 pm at the AGU Fall Meeting at Marriott Marquis 9-10
Session ED54B: Implementing and Sustaining Active Learning Strategies in the College Classroom II
Perspectives on the use of active learning techniques in teaching climate science to first year undergraduate students
This presentation will discuss successes and challenges encountered in utilizing active learning techniques to teach first year undergraduate students about climate science, the tools of climate research, and techniques of evaluating climate news coverage. Active learning strategies have been shown to be an effective way to aid students' learning processes. These methods can be beneficial for the teaching of climate science by allowing students to work hands on with data, discuss solutions with peers, and practice communication of scientific concepts. Climate change operates within the social and political landscape as well and in the course referenced in this talk the science is taught alongside the context of how politics, media coverage, and social justice interplay with climate systems and research. During the course students explore a range of learning activities and topics including the use of interactive data sets for mapping sea level rise, peer debate and sharing around the topic of international climate negotiations, and group data analysis of carbon dioxide concentrations. In addition students are encouraged to give feedback throughout the course on the learning strategies that work for them; allowing the instructor to assess and maximize their mastery of the material as the class progresses. The students have a range of backgrounds and are all majors within the college of natural sciences, though not all studying earth sciences primarily. This presentation will cover how effective various active learning techniques were through both the instructor's lens and via shared feedback from the students themselves in order to assess the efficacy of these techniques in teaching first year undergraduates from a variety of majors about climate research and it's larger societal context.
November 8 at 10:10-11 am at Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst MA
Workshop at the Western MA Youth Climate Summit
Climate Communication
October 14 at 4 pm at the Suffield Senior Center in Suffield CT
Talk at Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society:
Climate Change: Science and Solutions
Humans have caused dramatic shifts in the climate system which have cascading effects on our planet and its inhabitants. This talk will include an overview of the current state of the climate system and break down how agriculture, energy production, and other human activities have created the current situation. Strategies for reducing our greenhouse gas footprints, and ideas for engagement, outreach, and action from an intersectional vegan perspective will be explored.
July 16-17 at Eureka! Hosted by Girls Inc. of Holyoke and UMass
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise 101
April 7 at 11:50 pm at Valley Vegfest
A look at the current state of the climate system and break down how agriculture, energy production, and other human activities have created the current situation. Strategies for reducing our greenhouse gas footprints, and ideas for engagement, outreach, and action from an intersectional vegan perspective will be explored.
Session C21D Sea ice-ocean-atmosphere interactions in the "new" Arctic and Southern Ocean Poster
Assessing the response of sea ice, ocean circulation, and climate to projected increases in Antarctic Ice Sheet melt
Observational evidence indicates that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet is losing mass at an accelerated rate while ice sheet models highlight the potential for a significant ice collapse in the next century. The impacts of this large fresh water forcing on sea-ice formation, ocean circulation and climate could be significant, but to-date they have not been investigated using complex numerical models with realistic fresh water forcing and dynamical ice sheet models. Here, we present results from several climate model simulations performed under IPCC future climate scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5 with a high-resolution, fully coupled, ocean-atmosphere model (CESM 1.2). In each experiment, runoff from Antarctica is prescribed from a regional dynamic/thermodynamic ice sheet/shelf model. Our results highlight a significant rise in subsurface ocean temperatures (>1C) at the ice sheet grounding line that may accelerate rates of ice melt beyond those currently projected. In contrast, the increased runoff creates a cold surface layer that allows Antarctic sea ice to continue to expand through the end of the current century. It is vital that these processes are accounted for in the next generation of climate and ice sheet models.
December 14 at 4:15 pm at the AGU Fall Meeting at Marriott Marquis 9-10
Session ED54B: Implementing and Sustaining Active Learning Strategies in the College Classroom II
Perspectives on the use of active learning techniques in teaching climate science to first year undergraduate students
This presentation will discuss successes and challenges encountered in utilizing active learning techniques to teach first year undergraduate students about climate science, the tools of climate research, and techniques of evaluating climate news coverage. Active learning strategies have been shown to be an effective way to aid students' learning processes. These methods can be beneficial for the teaching of climate science by allowing students to work hands on with data, discuss solutions with peers, and practice communication of scientific concepts. Climate change operates within the social and political landscape as well and in the course referenced in this talk the science is taught alongside the context of how politics, media coverage, and social justice interplay with climate systems and research. During the course students explore a range of learning activities and topics including the use of interactive data sets for mapping sea level rise, peer debate and sharing around the topic of international climate negotiations, and group data analysis of carbon dioxide concentrations. In addition students are encouraged to give feedback throughout the course on the learning strategies that work for them; allowing the instructor to assess and maximize their mastery of the material as the class progresses. The students have a range of backgrounds and are all majors within the college of natural sciences, though not all studying earth sciences primarily. This presentation will cover how effective various active learning techniques were through both the instructor's lens and via shared feedback from the students themselves in order to assess the efficacy of these techniques in teaching first year undergraduates from a variety of majors about climate research and it's larger societal context.
November 8 at 10:10-11 am at Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Amherst MA
Workshop at the Western MA Youth Climate Summit
Climate Communication
October 14 at 4 pm at the Suffield Senior Center in Suffield CT
Talk at Northern Connecticut Vegetarian Society:
Climate Change: Science and Solutions
Humans have caused dramatic shifts in the climate system which have cascading effects on our planet and its inhabitants. This talk will include an overview of the current state of the climate system and break down how agriculture, energy production, and other human activities have created the current situation. Strategies for reducing our greenhouse gas footprints, and ideas for engagement, outreach, and action from an intersectional vegan perspective will be explored.
July 16-17 at Eureka! Hosted by Girls Inc. of Holyoke and UMass
Climate Change and Sea Level Rise 101
April 7 at 11:50 pm at Valley Vegfest
A look at the current state of the climate system and break down how agriculture, energy production, and other human activities have created the current situation. Strategies for reducing our greenhouse gas footprints, and ideas for engagement, outreach, and action from an intersectional vegan perspective will be explored.
2017
December 13, 5;15 pm in San Francisco at the AGU Fall Meeting
Assessing the Global Climate Response to Freshwater Forcing from the Antarctic Ice Sheet Under Future Climate Scenarios
Session- Climate Variability and Change on Decadal to Multidecadal Timescales II
Observational evidence indicates that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is losing mass at an accelerating rate. Impacts to global climate resulting from changing ocean circulation patterns due to increased freshwater runoff from Antarctica in the future could have significant implications for global heat transport, but to-date this topic has not been investigated using complex numerical models with realistic freshwater forcing. Here, we present results from a high resolution fully coupled ocean-atmosphere model (CESM 1.2) forced with runoff from Antarctica prescribed from a high resolution regional ice sheet-ice shelf model. Results from the regional simulations indicate a potential freshwater contribution from Antarctica of up to 1 m equivalent sea level rise by the end of the century under RCP 8.5 indicating that a substantial input of freshwater into the Southern Ocean is possible. Our high resolution global simulations were performed under IPCC future climate scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5. We will present results showing the impact of WAIS collapse on global ocean circulation, sea ice, air temperature, and salinity in order to assess the potential for abrupt climate change triggered by WAIS collapse.
Assessing the Global Climate Response to Freshwater Forcing from the Antarctic Ice Sheet Under Future Climate Scenarios
Session- Climate Variability and Change on Decadal to Multidecadal Timescales II
Observational evidence indicates that the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) is losing mass at an accelerating rate. Impacts to global climate resulting from changing ocean circulation patterns due to increased freshwater runoff from Antarctica in the future could have significant implications for global heat transport, but to-date this topic has not been investigated using complex numerical models with realistic freshwater forcing. Here, we present results from a high resolution fully coupled ocean-atmosphere model (CESM 1.2) forced with runoff from Antarctica prescribed from a high resolution regional ice sheet-ice shelf model. Results from the regional simulations indicate a potential freshwater contribution from Antarctica of up to 1 m equivalent sea level rise by the end of the century under RCP 8.5 indicating that a substantial input of freshwater into the Southern Ocean is possible. Our high resolution global simulations were performed under IPCC future climate scenarios RCP 4.5 and 8.5. We will present results showing the impact of WAIS collapse on global ocean circulation, sea ice, air temperature, and salinity in order to assess the potential for abrupt climate change triggered by WAIS collapse.