BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news434@duw.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221006T103219 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221012T161500 SUMMARY:Current Topics in Geosciences by Prof. Dr. Chen Zhu DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. Chen Zhu\, Professur für Hydrogeochemie\, Indiana Un iversity\, Illinois / 2022 Darcy Lecturer der National Ground Water Associ ation\\r\\nThe grand challenge of sustainability and climate adaptation re search requires us as hydrological scientists to transform how we conduct science and how we communicate scientific results to society. Being a rela tively politically neutral topic\, water resource planning is continually on the docket and cries out for effective communication between scientists and policymakers. Projections of changes in the hydrological cycle are ke y components of local\, regional\, and national planning efforts and at th e same time provide “upstream” data for “downstream” climate adapt ation research such as biodiversity and species migration. \\r\\nIn this p resentation\, I will share our trials and tribulations of developing a com munity cyberplatform\, https://futurewater.indiana.edu [https://futurewate r.indiana.edu]\, the core of which is coupled surface-water and groundwate r models of the Wabash River basin. The water cycle is predicted to the ye ar 2100 under two Representative Concentration Pathways (4.5 and 8.5) usin g climate data from an ensemble of 10 general circulation climate models. The models are run and stored on Indiana University’s vast supercomputer s. A large team across many disciplines at the university has been assembl ed for the effort. \\r\\nWe have gone a step beyond the typical academic r esearch project in making the models available to researchers\, practition ers\, and the public. The outputs of the hydrological models are visualize d with detailed maps and interactive graphs. Data are available for downlo ad\, and “power users” can run their own models. To help K-12 schools cope with the pandemic\, online teaching modules have been developed to al low students to explore water availability under various climate change sc enarios near their hometowns. The cyberplatform has attracted keen interes t from state and federal agencies\, utilities\, NGOs\, and municipalities in the historically water-rich Wabash River basin. Many challenges remain as we endeavor to advance capabilities in the hindcast\, nowcast\, and for ecast of Earth’s critical zone processes\, and at the same time to meani ngfully engage regional stakeholders and the public. As hydrological scien tists\, we have an opportunity to play a critical role in a sustainable fu ture.\\r\\nChen Zhu is a Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at In diana University\, USA. He is also an adjunct professor in the School of P ublic and Environmental Affairs and School of Public Health at Indiana Uni versity. He specializes in water’s reactions with minerals and rocks. Zh u holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University\, an MSc from the University of Toronto\, a BS from the Chengdu College of Geology\, and a postdoctora l fellowship at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Zhu was a Fulbri ght Scholar and the 2006 recipient of the John Hem Award from the (US) Nat ional Ground Water Association. Zhu has been elected a fellow of the Ameri can Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Mineralogical Society of America\, and the Geological Society of America. His book with Greg An derson\, Environmental Applications of Geochemical Modeling published by C ambridge University Press\, is used as a textbook at universities around t he world. Currently\, Zhu is a co-Executive Editor for Groundwater publish ed by the (US) National Groundwater Association. X-ALT-DESC:

Prof. Dr. Chen Zhu\, Professur für Hydrogeochemie\, Indiana University\, Illinois / 2022 Darcy Lecturer der National Ground Water Asso ciation

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The grand challenge of sustainability and climate adaptati on research requires us as hydrological scientists to transform h ow we conduct science and how we communicate scientific results to society . Being a relatively politically neutral topic\, water resource planning i s continually on the docket and cries out for effective communication betw een scientists and policymakers. Projections of changes in the hydrologica l cycle are key components of local\, regional\, and national planning eff orts and at the same time provide “upstream” data for “downstream” climate adaptation research such as biodiversity and species migration. < /p>\n

In this presentation\, I will share our trials and tribulations of developing a community cyberplatform\, https://futurewater.indiana.edu\, the core of which is coupled surface-water and groundwater models of the Wabash River basin. Th e water cycle is predicted to the year 2100 under two Representative Conce ntration Pathways (4.5 and 8.5) using climate data from an ensemble of 10 general circulation climate models. The models are run and stored on India na University’s vast supercomputers. A large team across many discipline s at the university has been assembled for the effort.

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We have go ne a step beyond the typical academic research project in making the model s available to researchers\, practitioners\, and the public. The outputs o f the hydrological models are visualized with detailed maps and interactiv e graphs. Data are available for download\, and “power users” can run their own models. To help K-12 schools cope with the pandemic\, online tea ching modules have been developed to allow students to explore water avail ability under various climate change scenarios near their hometowns. The c yberplatform has attracted keen interest from state and federal agencies\, utilities\, NGOs\, and municipalities in the historically water-rich Waba sh River basin. Many challenges remain as we endeavor to advance capabilit ies in the hindcast\, nowcast\, and forecast of Earth’s critical zone pr ocesses\, and at the same time to meaningfully engage regional stakeholder s and the public. As hydrological scientists\, we have an opportunity to p lay a critical role in a sustainable future.

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Chen Zhu is a Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Indiana Universit y\, USA. He is also an adjunct professor in the School of Public and Envir onmental Affairs and School of Public Health at Indiana University. He spe cializes in water’s reactions with minerals and rocks. Zhu holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University\, an MSc from the University of Toronto\, a BS from the Chengdu College of Geology\, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Zhu was a Fulbright Scholar and the 2006 recipient of the John Hem Award from the (US) National Ground Wa ter Association. Zhu has been elected a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, the Mineralogical Society of America\, a nd the Geological Society of America. His book with Greg Anderson\, En vironmental Applications of Geochemical Modeling published by Cambrid ge University Press\, is used as a textbook at universities around the wor ld. Currently\, Zhu is a co-Executive Editor for Groundwater publ ished by the (US) National Groundwater Association.

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