Institutskolloquium Physische Geographie

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Blake Walker Global challenges around climate change, biodiversity loss, and public health are heightening the importance of urban green spaces for supporting ecosystem services and human wellbeing. Trees, parks, and forests integrated across cityscapes are proposed stra...

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Achim Bräuning “Miombo” is a colloquial term used to describe those central, southern and eastern African woodlands dominated by the tree genera Brachystegia, Julbernardia and/or Isoberlinia. These woodlands cover about 10% of Africa’s area. In Angola, they constitute th...

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Vortragende Person: Dr. Tamar Bagratia Titel: “Children’s Environmental Health in Georgia“ Moderation: Prof. Dr. Blake Walker   Kurzzusammenfassung: Environmental pollution has a serious toxicological impact on human health. Among pollutants, lead (Pb) is a substance with a major healt...

Vortragender: Andreas Neuner & Prof. Dr. Blake Walker (Geographie Erlangen) Titel: “Alltägliche urbane Green Spaces und mentale Wohlbefinden“ Moderation: Prof. Dr. Blake Walker   Kurzzusammenfassung: Die Anzahl an Personen mit psychischen Erkrankungen nimmt global stetig zu. Insbesonde...

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Achim Bräuning Oak is an important species in the Hindu-Kush Mountain region of Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The area is climate-prone due to massive anthropogenic activities. Therefore, this research investigates the population dynamics and carbon sequestration p...

Vortragende: Dr. Julia Kieslinger (Geographie Erlangen) Titel: "Die Bedeutung sozialer Ungleichheiten in der transformativen Nachhaltigkeitsforschung am Beispiel (im)mobiler Lebenswelten in Lateinamerika und der Karibik" Moderation: Prof. Dr. Perdita Pohle Kurzzusammenfassung: Transform...

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun I present my ongoing work using the emulator from the Instructed Glacier Model (IGM) (https://github.com/jouvetg/igm) to invert for ice thickness at the 200,000 glaciers in the world outside the polar ice sheets. The basis of the emulator is a convolutiona...

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Matthias Braun The Antarctic coastline is constantly changing. Three-quarters of the coastline are fringed by ice shelves, the floating extensions of the Antarctic ice sheet. The retreat or disintegration of ice shelves with buttressing forces cause enhanced mass loss of...