BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20250803T034628EDT-6935SuZbwr@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20250803T074628Z DESCRIPTION:Special Homecoming Cutting Edge Lecture. Presented via Zoom lic ense through聽麻豆色情片's Youtube channel\, this free webcast will feature a p owerpoint presentation by聽John Pomeroy聽(FRSC聽Distinguished Professor\, Dep t. of Geography & Planning\, Canada Research Chair in Water Resources and Climate Change\, Director\, University of Saskatchewan Centre for Hydrolog y).\n\nDr. Pomeroy is the winner of the 2019聽Miroslaw Romanowski Medal fro m the Royal Society of Canada.聽This medal is awarded for contributions tow ards the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects - te rrestrial\, atmospheric and aqueous - brought about by scientific means. Y ou can read more about Dr. Pomeroy here.\n\nAbstract of Dr. Pomeroy's talk : Canada and the world are faced with unprecedented water-related challeng es. Climate warming and human actions are altering precipitation patterns\ , reducing snow levels\, accelerating glacier melting\, intensifying flood s\, and increasing risk of droughts\, while pollution from population grow th and industrialization is degrading water systems. Canada has some of th e world's highest rates of climate warming along with associated extreme w eather\, together they impact infrastructure\, institutions\, ecosystems a nd human health. Half of the world's population and all of Canada are depe ndent upon water from rapidly warming cold regions. More are impacted by t he effects of rapid and often poorly regulated development on the sources of their freshwater supply. With such unprecedented change\, it is clear t hat the historical patterns of water availability are no longer a reliable guide for the future. To address the societal needs for freshwater predic tion\, new modeling tools that capture these interconnected forces and the ir societal implications have been coupled to monitoring systems with grea ter capacity to warn of critical environmental changes\, and more effectiv e mechanisms to translate new scientific knowledge into societal action. T he results show how Canada can lead the world in forecasting\, preparing f or and managing water futures in the face of dramatically increasing risks .\n\nSchedule of the evening:\n\n6:00 PM: Welcome and Land Acknowledgement by Ingrid Birker (Redpath Museum Public Program)\n\n6:10 PM: Introduction of the speaker and brief history聽of the聽Romanowski Medal by Lawrence Mysa k (CM\, FRSC\,聽聽Past President\, International Association for the Physica l Sciences of the Oceans\, and Canada Steamship Lines Emeritus Professor o f Meteorology Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)\n\n6:15 - 6: 45 PM: Presentation by Dr. Pomeroy\n\n6:45 - 7:00 PM: Thank you and Q&A mo derated by Jeffrey McKenzie (聽Chair\, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science s\, 麻豆色情片)\n\nYou can view it on 麻豆色情片's Youtube channel聽here .\n\n聽\n DTSTART:20200924T220000Z DTEND:20200924T230000Z LOCATION:ONLINE SUMMARY:Online Cutting Edge Lecture in Science: Freshwater Futures for Cana da and the World URL:/redpath/channels/event/online-cutting-edge-lectur e-science-freshwater-futures-canada-and-world-302786 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR