Note that this is a collaborative seminar hosted by the SE CASC Global Change Fellows. Panel Speakers: Alessandra Jerolleman (USGS), Donna Chavis (Friends of the Earth), and John Warford (Deep South Center for Environmental Justice). Abstract: Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or…
Speaker: Brett Scheffers (https://www.schefferslab.com/) Abstract: Within forest ecosystems, animal communities vertically organize and partition, creating intricate layers of species interactions. The gradients in climate, habitat, and resources created by the vertical structure of vegetation offer an excellent model system for understanding the interplay between abiotic and biotic factors in shaping community composition. These local micro-gradients…
Speaker: Fred Gould (https://cals.ncsu.edu/entomology-and-plant-pathology/people/fgould/) Abstract: Neil DeGrasse Tyson is quoted as saying, "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." I will challenge that assertion. For 16 years the Soviet Union banned Mendelian genetics. Some say that this resulted from the Soviet leaders being fooled by the…
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