Spying on the Past: Using Geospatial Technologies and Declassified Satellite Photography to Explore Human and Environment Interactions in Ancient Mesopotamia

11:00 a.m.

This presentation will showcase the role of archaeology as a bridging discipline and the importance of synthesis in archaeological research. Dr. Carrie Hritz steps the audience through her research demonstrating how integration of spatial datasets from historical and declassified satellite imagery

Stated Preference Methods & Valuing Surface Water Quality Improvements

11:00 a.m. ET
Dennis Guignet

This seminar will describe the use of Stated Preference (SP) methods, a survey-based technique often used by economists to estimate the benefits of environmental policies. Focusing on improvements in surface water quality, Dr. Dennis Guignet  describes why SP methods are sometimes needed and

Urban Ecology: A Challenge and Opportunity for Theoretical Ecology

11:00 a.m. ET
Fred Adler

Ecology today is the study of the links between different subdisciplines, often with an underlying concern for linking aspects of anthropogenic change to some indication of the functioning of the ecosystem.  In this seminar, Dr. Fred Adler outlines the key links that have been the focus of study

Cascading Effects of Critical Transitions in Social-Ecological Systems

11:00 a.m. ET
Juan Rocha

Critical transitions in nature and society are likely to occur more often and severe as humans increase they pressure on the world ecosystems. Yet it is largely unknown how these transitions will interact, whether the occurrence of one will increase the likelihood of another, and whether these

Climate Change, Water, and the Social Construction of Risk

11:00 a.m. ET

Strongly influenced by climate change, global water-policy discourse has shifted from stressing optimal allocation and use of water resources to managing risks and unpredictability in the water sector. This ongoing project examines how water-sector experts construct an understanding of and interpret

Seed Dispersal under Global Change

11:00 a.m. ET

For plants, which are sessile for most life history stages, seed dispersal is an essential process. Global change affects the ecology and evolution of dispersal, limiting the ability of species to move or adapt to global change events. Aspects of dispersal ability may trade-off with other aspects of