[Eoas-seminar] EOAS colloquium on Friday, March 27, 2026 at EOA 1044

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Hi all,



I am happy to announce that we will have an EOAS colloquium on Friday, March 27, 2026. The following is the information about the colloquium:



Speaker: Dr. Anne Chin, Harrison V. Chase Distinguished Professor of Geography



Title: How Will Earth’s Surface Evolve in the Anthropocene?



Abstract:

A decade and a half ago, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC 2010) identified a Grand Challenge in this question—"How will Earth’s surface evolve in the “Anthropocene”?” At that time, the concept of “anthropocene” was just becoming known, as the pervasive environmental consequences of accelerating human interactions with Earth systems has prompted introduction of the term to signify a new era dominated by human activity. Although the subsequent proposal and consideration over 15 years for a new interval of geologic time did not yield a change in the official chronostratigraphic chart, continuing interest in “anthropocene” in the scientific communities and recognition of the urgency of the problem are apparent. To date, over 16,000 scholarly articles have appeared with a search term “anthropocene” in the article title, abstract, or keyword. This presentation assesses the changing of the times with respect to a geomorphology of the anthropocene. Using illustrative examples, it focuses on progress along several themes—understanding long-term legacies of human activities; complex interactions in anthropogenic landscapes; and feedbacks and coupled human-landscape dynamics—in envisioning possible anthropocene futures that are just and sustainable.

Time: 3:00 PM, Friday, March 27, 2026



Location: EOA 1044



Contact: Prof. Maya Stokes (mfstokes at fsu.edu)



A flyer of the colloquium is also attached.



Cheers,



Zhaohua



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Zhaohua Wu, Professor

Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science Building, Room 6041, and

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Room 295

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

zwu at fsu.edu<mailto:zwu at fsu.edu>

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