An audio recording of Professor Paul Lane’s talk on ‘Weathering Climate Change in Eastern Africa – Archaeological Insights on the Current Climate’ presented on Monday 18th November 2024, is now available to listen to from the Centre of African Studies CAS, University of Cambridge, UK. Permalink https://sms.cam.ac.uk/media/4815577. The PowerPoint that accompanies the talk is available here.
Videos
Webinars and recorded seminars Creating Socio-Environmental Scenarios Webinar. University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, and Resources for the Future. Wed. 20 October 2021, 15:00-16:30 (EDT UTC -4) Presenters:Vanessa Schweizer, University of WaterlooHannah Kosow, University of StuttgartSondoss Elsawah, University of New South WalesMartin Cenek, University of PortlandRebecca Kariuki Abstract Join SESYNC, The Integrated Assessment Society […]
A visiting researcher’s story
Like most PhD students determined to make a significant contribution to science and policy through their research, my PhD journey is not an exception. My research had a reached a point where I had to work on that thesis chapter I had always procrastinated to work on. Neither had I the time nor the luxury […]
Global Paleofire Working Group @Harvard Forest
The Paleofire: Data-Model Comparisons for the Past Millennium workshop was organized by the Global Paleofire Working Group (GPWG) Workshop and held at the Harvard Forest – http://harvardforest.fas.harvard.edu/ between September 29 and October 2, 2015. The Global Palaeofire Working Group (GPWG) oversees the Global Charcoal Dataset (GCD), was developed to facilitate research on fire in the Earth system. Our group provided the […]
Tropical Ecosystems Network, York
REAL members from the University of York are members of the Tropical Ecosystems Network which is a cross-departmental initiative at the University of York which has been developed to bring together the broad experience and interests that exist across the University in research based in tropical regions. There is a focus of research on this broad theme within […]
KENYA FIELDWORK JAN-APRIL 2015 REAL-YORK TEAM
The 2nd field season for the York REAL team begun in February 2015 with visits and meetings at various institutions for possible collaboration and networking. Esther Githumbi met with the Kenya CIFOR team Mariana Rufino and Alphonse on the 16th of February at their ILRI office on their ongoing research in the Mau ecosystem to […]
The African Quaternary (AFQUA): Environments, Ecology and Humans
The inaugural African Quaternary (AFQUA) conference and associated workshops was held at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa between 30-January and 8-February 2015. The meeting was organised by the South African Society for Quaternary Research and the talks and workshops held at the Baxter Theatre Centre and the University of Cape Town Environmental […]
Threats to tropical rainforests:
In an era of rapid environmental change – a global synthesis On 6th and 7th October 2014 KITE and REAL members participated in this South East Asia Rainforest Research Programme (SEARRP) meeting held at the Royal Society, 6-9 Carlton House Terrace, London, United Kingdom. The Royal Society was founded in 1660 by King Charles II. […]
Quadcopter with camera for surveying
During a test run of the DJI Phantom II quadcopter on July 22, 2014, the quad flew away and landed in a field. This video was recorded and shows its 2300-meter-long adventure through the University of York campus and to a nearby school field. Dave Hay, from the Environment Department, put this video on YouTube […]
Rebecca Kariuki contact and bio
Biography: Rebecca Kariuki is a currently a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Sustainability and the College of Global Futures in Arizona State University, USA. She is also an affiliate of the African Academy of Sciences, Nairobi, Kenya and a Climate Change Fellow at the African Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Kigali, Rwanda. After […]
Rebecca Kariuki
Cartography and Map Resources
Free Maps Political map of East Africa. By Nick Deere (KITE) Mapping in Kenya Institutional Structure: Ministry: Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development Department of Surveys Legal: Survey Act (cap 299) This department implements the Government’s policy of sustainable exploitation of land and its natural resources. It is composed of five divisions namely; Geodetic […]