This event will be presented digitally via Zoom.
Speaker Dr. Lindsey Rustad
The climate of northeastern North America has changed markedly over the past 100 years and computer models for the region forecast more change to come. Policy makers, land managers, citizens, and scientists must grapple with what this change means for the future of the region, and its flora and fauna. “Changing Climate, Changing Forests” traces the rise in greenhouse gases and associated changes in climate at global and local scales, and summarizes the past, present and potential future impacts of these changes on northeastern forests and their avian inhabitants. We highlight what we know, don’t know and need to know, in order to be proactive instead of reactive in the face of change and discuss adaptation and mitigation strategies to conserve our forest and wildlife resources.
Lindsey is a research ecologist with the USDA Forest Service Center for Research on Ecosystem Change in Durham, NH and co-director of the Northeastern Hub for Risk Adaptation and Mitigation of Climate Change. She has a B.A. degree in Philosophy from Cornell University, a M.S. in Forest Science from Yale and a PhD. in Plant Science from the University of Maine. Lindsey has several Distinguished Science awards from USDA and in 2019, was selected as an AAAS IF.THEN Ambassador representing women in STEM. Her areas of expertise include biogeochemistry, climate change impacts, advanced environmental sensor systems, and the integration of art and science.
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