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Writing Across URI (now housed in ATL) invites all writers to join our Fall Writing Retreats. Keep the momentum going on your academic article, grant proposal, or creative project! There’s no formal program: just bring your laptop and other materials, plus your own lunch/snacks. We will provide coffee and tea! The retreats will be on Friday, September 19 and Friday, October 17 from 9 AM – 3 PM. Come to one or both and join for an hour or stay all day!The retreats will be held in the Large Conference Room of the Coastal Institute overlooking Narragansett Bay (for directions and a map to the Bay Campus). The Coastal Institute is Building #6 on the map (you can park in the lot shaded in blue directly in front of the building).All are welcome! You will simply be asked, in confidence, to check in with a brief statement of your writing goal and to check out with a brief statement of what you accomplished. Check out this webpage for more information about Writing Across URI.Dates: September 19 & October 17 Time: 9:00am – 3:00pm Location: In-Person, Large Conference Room of the Coastal Institute (Bay Campus) Registration & More Information

As the public’s trust in science decline, efforts to establish and enhance research and its impact on society are needed. The Rhode Island Network for Excellence in Science & Technology (RI-NEST), funded through the U.S. National Science Foundation, offers a critical platform for building the state’s research ecosystem and connecting all those in academia, industry, and community to develop use-inspired, transdisciplinary research that serves all Rhode Islanders.On Friday, October 17 at Rhode Island College, RI-NEST will convene leaders from institutions of higher education to discuss how best to conceptualize and enact a coordinated, statewide strategy that supports increased investment in science from public and private sources. Such a strategy will also buoy robust integration of workforce development initiatives to ensure student achievement in STEAM fields, as well as deeper civic engagement with public audiences among all those participating in scientific endeavors through creative science communication and knowledge exchange. Visit meeting homepage to view agenda and register!

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Title: Antarctic Meltwater alters Future Projections of Climate and Sea LevelSpeaker: Dr. Shaina Sadai, Five College AssociationAbstract: Imperfect understanding of ice sheet-climate interactions poses challenges for projecting the impacts of ice sheet mass loss on future climate and sea level. New research investigates ice sheet-climate dynamics by coupling a dynamic Antarctic ice sheet model and global climate model with offline coupling to a global sea level model. In our single-model, single-member modeling framework, we find sea level and climate projections are significantly modified from uncoupled simulations neglecting Antarctic meltwater under RCP8.5 and RCP4.5. Antarctic meltwater yields surface air temperatures up to 1.5°C higher in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, while broadly dampening temperature rise in the Southern Hemisphere. Due to radiative feedback changes, both emissions scenarios have global mean surface temperature warming ~0.3°C lower in the coupled scenario than the control by 2100, with a maximum anomaly of ~1°C at 2200 under RCP8.5. This slows Antarctica’s contribution to global mean sea level rise. Total Antarctic sea level contributions under RCP8.5 include substantial contributions from East Antarctica, though not under RCP4.5. We further find that regionally, projected sea level is up to 0.9 m higher in the Pacific than the global mean Antarctic contribution under RCP8.5 at 2200.Zoom link: https://uri-edu.zoom.us/j/96574497115?pwd=ASCzbx0hwb60wnX8S8VtsaOTQMnqbP.1