ABOUT US
Concerned Scientists, Students and Citizens
We are a group of international scientists, students, and citizens from as far a field as North America, Europe, the Near and Middle East. Our concern is with the impact of global climate change upon the lives of humanity during the next several decades. We come from many sciences ranging from archaeology, history, geomorphology, hydrology, and paleoecology. We are trying to see where we may be going by using what we have learned from the past and applying it to ecosystem models to predict future outcomes. We are also focusing our efforts on public education and developing solutions that can be applied to help people deal with their deteriorating environment.
THE PEOPLE
PETER WIGAND, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
ANTONELLA DIMOTTA, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
ANTONELLA DIMOTTA, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
Ph.D. (Washington State University, 1985), 44 years of experience in western North America, Northeastern Africa and the Central and Eastern Mediterranean in the fields of archaeology, paleoecology, and paleoclimatology, and geomorphology. He has been shedding vital, new light on past processes in arid environments, while at the same time
Ph.D. (Washington State University, 1985), 44 years of experience in western North America, Northeastern Africa and the Central and Eastern Mediterranean in the fields of archaeology, paleoecology, and paleoclimatology, and geomorphology. He has been shedding vital, new light on past processes in arid environments, while at the same time helping to solve some of the problems facing environmental resource managers and planners today. Using plant remains recovered from ancient packrat nests (middens) and cave and aquatic contexts, pollen and charcoal from carefully dated stratigraphic sequences, he has been able to record the dynamics of vegetation change, fire regimes, surface and groundwater fluctuation, and changes in surficial (erosion and deposition) processes on local and regional scales in the Intermountain American West. Currently, he is engaged in study of the causes of past and current landscape erosion in southern Italy. In western Iran, he has been examining the impact of landscape erosion on lake chemistry during the Holocene. This science has been presented at meetings in Denver, Athens, Rome, and Tehran.
ANTONELLA DIMOTTA, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
ANTONELLA DIMOTTA, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
ANTONELLA DIMOTTA, EESEEMR’s CO-DIRECTOR
Italian PhD, Civil-Environmental Engineer with a MSc in Hydraulic Engineering and Violinist.
Antonella Dimotta was born in Italy in 1986. She received her PhD, Winter of 2019. She comes from the Italian National Research Council and University of Basilicata (School of Agricultural School Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences). She re
Italian PhD, Civil-Environmental Engineer with a MSc in Hydraulic Engineering and Violinist.
Antonella Dimotta was born in Italy in 1986. She received her PhD, Winter of 2019. She comes from the Italian National Research Council and University of Basilicata (School of Agricultural School Forestry, Food and Environmental Sciences). She received her PhD in the Program of Land, Environmental and Forestry Science. Her PhD thesis focused on Applied Geomorphology (GEO/04) and Agricultural and Environmental Economics (AGR/01): SOIL EROSION INTERDISCIPLINARY OVERVIEW: Modelling Approaches, Ecosystem Services Assessment and Soil Quality Restoration: Applications and Analyses in the Basilicata region (Italy).
In 2017, she spent over 6 months - at the Spanish National Research Council (Centro de Edafologìa y Biologìa del Segura (CEBAS) – Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientìficas (CSIC)) in Murcia (Spain) under the guidance of Dr. Joris de Vente (senior researcher). Dr Dimotta's interest in landscape issues comes from her own background in the coastal fruit groves of Gulf of Taranto. Her research has centered around soil erosion processes as they have been affected by land use and climate change, and further exogenous factors. She has applied the Soil and Water Conservation Research Group’s experience matured at the CEBAS-CSIC (Spain) and in Italy with different environmental modelling and assessment approaches.
Her PhD on Applied Geomorphology and Agricultural and Environmental Economics comes from her strong interest in trying to observe, analyze and understand the most important factors (geological, hydro-geological, territorial and environmental vulnerability) that affect the landscape, agricultural economics, and the soil, and the well-being and human health and quality of life. Her PhD Thesis dealt with soil erosion process and its correlated different impacts, on- and off-site, with precise insights and analyses about the incidence of climate change on soil erosion modelling approaches’ development at a global scale. Moreover, she developed a potential solution aimed at restoring a soil affected by erosion through the composting application. Her answer to the Land Use and Soil Conservation Policies focuses on the need for applying a Circular Economy-based approach revised by her own idea of the compost utilization, as a smart green-therapy to try making soil more resilient. She is currently conducting research on Bioenergy - thermochemical processes of biomass conversion - with respect to sustainability.
She is an extremely gifted violinist, having received her Violin Diploma in 2010 at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica “E.R.Duni” in Matera (Italy). In addition, her instrumental skills include the viola and piano. Her passions include composing music for the violin, piano and viola. Her further interests consist of medicine, photography and art. Recently she has begun research into the links between global change and increased skin cancer rates in human populations.
Potenza, Italy and Dublin, Ireland. April 2019
Our Advisory Board
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
Richard was a Senior Research Officer with An Foras Forbartha and is a Past President of the Irish Landscape Institute. He is a past director of CAAS Environmental Services. He managed his own practice in landscape architecture, environmental consultancy and community development, and worked with local authorities and communities througho
Richard was a Senior Research Officer with An Foras Forbartha and is a Past President of the Irish Landscape Institute. He is a past director of CAAS Environmental Services. He managed his own practice in landscape architecture, environmental consultancy and community development, and worked with local authorities and communities throughout Ireland. Richard was previously a technical advisor on the Irish Aid community forestry project in the Sudan and a landscape project manager He has been a lecturer in eco-design and management on the TUD MSc. in Sustainable Development. Currently Richard is a member of An Taisce and initiated National Tree Week and the Tree Council.. Richard's breadth of environmental experience is demonstrated by the fact that he also served on the British Antarctic Expedition in the early 1970s.
DONAL COLEMAN
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
Donal is a proponent of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and human ecology, "Laudato Si". He sees environmentalism as part of the human role as stewards of the earth. His own Japanese garden reflects the peace and reflection that he derives out of nature. He has become an ardent supporter of educating the public about the clima
Donal is a proponent of Pope Francis' encyclical on the environment and human ecology, "Laudato Si". He sees environmentalism as part of the human role as stewards of the earth. His own Japanese garden reflects the peace and reflection that he derives out of nature. He has become an ardent supporter of educating the public about the climate change crises. Donal's interest in the environment arises out of his understanding that a deteriorating earth will lead to the collapse of national economies, famine, wars, and the forced migration of millions of people. His interest in global peace and understanding is highlighted by his membership in SERVAS, Servas is an international, non-governmental peace association with consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.
ANNE TALBOT
Dr. RICHARD WEBB
ANNE TALBOT
Anne is a citizen environmentalist. She has taken it upon herself to understand the relationships between human activities and the environmental destruction they can cause. Her personal activism tries to address what individuals should be doing to reduce their carbon foot print. She exemplifies what one person should be doing to become pa
Anne is a citizen environmentalist. She has taken it upon herself to understand the relationships between human activities and the environmental destruction they can cause. Her personal activism tries to address what individuals should be doing to reduce their carbon foot print. She exemplifies what one person should be doing to become part of the global change solution. Her garden is a demonstration of a proactive environmentalist can do to heal the environment, it is a pollinator paradise, and her pond is a microcosm of an Irish lake. In the past she has taken up a beekeeping project when a swarm of bees appeared in her garden.
OUR POOL OF COLLABORATING SCIENTISTS: PALEO-DATA
DR PETER WIGAND
DR DOMENICO CAPOLONGO
DR DOMENICO CAPOLONGO
Quaternary Paleoecology; Prehistoric Mediterranean Archaeology; EESEEMR, Dublin, Ireland; Great Basin & Mojave Paleoenvironmental Research & Consulting, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A., Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, USA
DR DOMENICO CAPOLONGO
DR DOMENICO CAPOLONGO
DR DOMENICO CAPOLONGO
Geomorphology; Impact Assessment; Modelling and Simulation; Department of Earth and Geo-Environmental Sciences, Università deli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
DR MANUEL PALACIOS-FEST
DR MANUEL PALACIOS-FEST
DR MANUEL PALACIOS-FEST
Paleolimnology; Paleoclimate Reconstruction; Ostracod Expert; Terra Nostra Earth Sciences Research, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.
DR FABIO SCARCIGLIA
DR MANUEL PALACIOS-FEST
DR MANUEL PALACIOS-FEST
Sedimentology; Pedology; Stratigraphy; Climate Change; Land Use; Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Science, Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy.
DR KHADIJE ALINEZHAD
DR KHADIJE ALINEZHAD
DR KHADIJE ALINEZHAD
Palynology; Environmental and Prehistoric Archaeology; Institute for Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
MINA RAESI SARBIZAH
DR KHADIJE ALINEZHAD
DR KHADIJE ALINEZHAD
Historian; Recent and Medieval Mediterranean and Near and Middle Eastern History; Historical Climate Data Collection; EESEEMR, Dublin, Ireland.
Modelling: Climate, Erosion, and Fluvial
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
Climate/Landscape Modelling; Mitigation and Restoration Cost Assessment; Role of Global Warming on Increasing Pandemic Diseases; EESEEMR, Dublin, Ireland.
DR MARINA ZINGARO
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
Postdoctoral Fellow, Fluvial Geomorpology; Fluvial Modelling; Remote Sensing; Flood Monitoring; Archaeology; Department of Earth and Geo-Environmental Sciences, Università deli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
DR SEPIDE BAHRAMI
DR ANTONELLA DIMOTTA
DR SEPIDE BAHRAMI
Machine Learning and Data Mining; Fluvial Flood Modelling; Neural Network; Flood Hazard Assessment; Santa Clara Valley Water District, San Jose, CA USA. EESEEMR, Dublin, Ireland.
PERMASCAPE DESIGN , PERMASCAPE IMPLEMENTATION
AARON JEWELL
DR RICHARD WEBB
DR RICHARD WEBB
Permaculture Landscape Design and Education; Permascape Solutions, Dublin, Ireland.
DR RICHARD WEBB
DR RICHARD WEBB
DR RICHARD WEBB
Permaculture Design and Education; Permascape Solutions, Dublin, Ireland.
DR SHERMAN SWANSON
DR ANTONELLA MARSICO
DR ANTONELLA MARSICO
Riparian Habitat Ecology and Management; Department of Agriculture, Veterinary and Rangeland Sciences and the Nevada Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Nevada, Reno.
DR ANTONELLA MARSICO
DR ANTONELLA MARSICO
DR ANTONELLA MARSICO
Remote Sensing and Erosion Monitoring; Department of Earth and Geo-Environmental Sciences, Università deli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
SPECIAL FOCUS
DONATELLA VENTURA
DR ELHAM SHAIFEIAN
DR ELHAM SHAIFEIAN
Trainer / Collaborator / educational operator POLO-MUSEALE / TERRITORIALE DELLA PUGLIA. Tutor of P.O.N. projects - Volunteer F.A.I.- Ambiente Altamura.
Expert in planning and organizing educational-laboratory activities as well as excursions, trekking, nature walks, cultural events aimed at rediscovering, protecting and enhancing the territory.
Teacher / trainer (project-based) at ALICANTES.
Legal guardian of minors registered in the register, Project Manager, trainer, tutor, expert in communication dynamics, (effective communication, EMPATHY, emotional intelligence, assertiveness...); coordination and management of resources..
Expert in public speaking, team working, time management, effective personalized study method, motivation, mnemonic, speed reading.... anxiety and stress management... Empowerment.
DR ELHAM SHAIFEIAN
DR ELHAM SHAIFEIAN
DR ELHAM SHAIFEIAN
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Saskatchewan. Expert in forest and rangeland ecology; remote sensing of climate impact; and tree-ring analysis. From Ramsar, Iran, and has worked in the oak woodlands of the Zagros Mountains, and in the forests of south Germany. Primary researchers remote sensing of vegetation, Geo-ecology (forest decline, Tree Detection).
MANSOOREH MAJIDI
DR JOHANN ENGELBRECHT
DR JOHANN ENGELBRECHT
A Structural Geologist who has been investigating several avenues of research in geochemistry. Initially she was investigating the possibility of determining if there are geochemical signals in spring deposits of pending earthquakes. She has also been investigating the unique nature of isolated volcanic features. In response to the growing problem of global warming and the need for an efficient and large scale need for carbon sequestration, she has begun concentrating on potential methods of sequestration of atmospheric carbon using geochemistry. She has been developing two methods of sequestration that we hope we may be able to implement in our ongoing research and work in southern Italy. This research may be expanded shortly with an EU Interregional Research Program grant. Her research will be coupled with a carbon research project that we are beginning to implement using redesigned plant communities that will exponentially increase the sequestion of atmospheric carbon through the use of plants that are more efficient in the absorbtion and storage of carbon underground, and increases the release of oxygen into the atmosphere.
DR JOHANN ENGELBRECHT
DR JOHANN ENGELBRECHT
DR JOHANN ENGELBRECHT
Aeolian Dust Analysis and Source Identification in the Mediterranean region; DEES, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada, U.S.A.