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GCSC Seminar – Lisa Dilling “Learning lessons from managing drought: Adaptation in an interconnected, uncertain world”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

"Learning lessons from managing drought: Adaptation in an interconnected, uncertain world" - Lisa Dilling, Director, NOAA Western Water Assessment; Professor of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Abstract Cities in the U.S. have been adapting to drought for many years, implementing a combination of mechanisms to cope with climate and water variability and increasing population. These experiences […]

GCSC Seminar – Jack Williams “Achieving global ecology via dispersed community curated data resources”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Achieving global ecology via dispersed community curated data resources:  Neotoma and PalEON” Jack Williams, Center for Climatic Research, Professor of Geography, University of Wisconsin  | 4pm, 210 asb  | read more Ecologists often seek to study processes operating at continental to global scales from amalgams of data originally collected at local to regional scales. Ecological data […]

GCSC Seminar – Kari Norgaard “Climate Change as Strategic Opportunity: Imagination, Responsibility, and Community”

210 ASB (Aline Skaggs Biology bldg) 257 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT, United States

“Climate Change as Strategic Opportunity: Imagination, Responsibility, and Community” - Kari Norgaard, DEPT. of Sociology, U. of Oregon Climate change poses profound ecological, social and political crises, but also opportunities to re-imagine our responsibilities to one another and the natural world and to create community. This talk draws upon fieldwork on climate denial and Norgaard's […]