September 8, 2011 Nathan Swenson, Michigan State University The Utility of Phylogenetic and Functional Axes of Biodiversity in Understanding the Assembly and Dynamics of Communities
September 15, 2011 Bryan Stuart, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Molecular Insights into Southeast Asian Amphibian and Reptile Diversity and Conservation
September 29, 2011 Cesar Nufio, University of Colorado Boulder, NESCent The Effects of Climate Change on the Grasshoppers of the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado
October 27, 2011 Meg Lowman, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Plant-Insect Interactions in Tropical Rain Forest Canopies, and Applications to Forest Conservation
October 27, 2011 Carolina Climate Change Seminar Dr. Ben Santer will be the 6th CCCS speaker. Santer is one of the world’s leading scientists in the identification of human-caused climate change. He is one of the main authors of the IPCC reports and a scientific leader who shared the 2007 Peace Nobel with the IPCC. He’s a hero of the scientific community and a recipient of the genius grant award from the MacArthur foundation. The 6th CCCS is planned for October 27-28, 2011.
October 28, 2011 Carolina Climate Change Seminar: “Separating Signal and Noise in Atmospheric Temperature Changes: The Importance of Timescale” Dr. Ben Santer will be the 6th CCCS speaker. Santer is one of the world’s leading scientists in the identification of human-caused climate change. He is one of the main authors of the IPCC reports and a scientific leader who shared the 2007 Peace Nobel with the IPCC. He’s a hero of the scientific community and a recipient of the genius grant award from the MacArthur foundation. The 6th CCCS is planned for October 27-28, 2011.