In this seminar Dr. Scot Miller and Ziting Huang will share why it's important to verify greenhouse gas emissions through case studies on U.S. methane emissions.
Abstract: The global record of greenhouse gas measurements is growing rapidly with the launch of several new satellites and an expansion of ground-based monitoring. This new era of bigdata is set to transform scientific understanding of greenhouse gas emissions. In the beginning of the talk, we'll focus on why it's so important to independently verify greenhouse gas emissions, followed by two contrasting case studies on methane emissions, both using observations from the satellite-based TROPOMI instrument. In the first case study, we'll discuss methane emissions from the U.S. during 2019--2024, a period marked by new emissions rules but significant regulatory uncertainty. In the second case study, we’ll focus on recent methane emission trends from China and the potential effects of new emissions reduction measures.
Bios:
Scot Miller is originally from Fargo, North Dakota. He completed a PhD in Earth and Planetary Sciences (Harvard) in 2015 and was a postdoctoral fellow in the Dept. of Global Ecology at the Carnegie Institution for Science. He is now an associate professor the Dept. of Environmental Health and Engineering at Johns Hopkins. When not in the office, Scot spends most of his free time cycling and climbing mountains.
Ziting Huang is a PhD student at Johns Hopkins, working with Dr. Scot Miller on greenhouse gas research and Dr. Ben Hobbs on energy& environment decisions. Her research focuses on estimating greenhouse gas emissions from satellite observations, planning sustainable energy systems with stranded assets, and enhancing the reliability of power market operations. Before starting the PhD program, Ziting worked on energy system planning projects for African countries at the World Bank. She has a master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University and a bachelor’s degree in energy economics from Renmin University of China.