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  • close view of a soil forest core showing different hues of red, black, and brown

    Public Seminar: Emily Lacroix – Two sides of the same coin?: Anoxic microsites and the fate of soil carbon

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Emily Lacroix is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 […]

  • Public Seminar: Lainie Brice (Presentation Title TBD)

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Lainie Brice is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern Time unless […]

  • Michelle Mack smiles at a lab bench, wearing gloves and showing a sample of soil and roots.

    Charles Bullard Lectures with Michelle Mack (in-person presentation in Cambridge): Megafires in the Far North: From Global Impacts to Local Solutions

    BioLabs Lecture Hall (1080) 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA, United States

    Dr. Michelle Mack is Regents' Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at Northern Arizona University, and the lead PI of the Bonanza Creek LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research Program) located in the Alaskan boreal forest.  She is an ecosystem ecologist who studies the impacts of climate and […]

  • Michelle Mack smiles in a chemistry lab

    Charles Bullard Lectures with Michelle Mack (hybrid presentation in Petersham): Increasing Wildfire, Ecological Legacies, and the Future of the Alaskan Boreal Forest

    Harvard Forest - Fisher Museum 324 N. Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    REGISTER (free) TO ATTEND THIS EVENT ONLINE VIA ZOOM. Dr. Michelle Mack is Regents' Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ecosystem Science and Society at Northern Arizona University, and the lead PI of the Bonanza Creek LTER (Long-Term Ecological Research Program) located in the Alaskan boreal forest.  She is an […]

  • Public Seminar: Tvisha Martin – Assessing free-living nematode morphological and life-history traits to understand functional responses to soil warming

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Tvisha Martin is an NSF Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of New Hampshire. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern […]

  • Public Seminar: Mark Urban – The revolution of evolution for ecology and conservation

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Mark Urban is the Arden Chair and Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall […]

  • Public Seminar: Andrew Ouimette (Presentation Title TBD)

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Andrew Ouimette is a Researcher at the USDA Forest Service Northern Research Station in Durham, NH. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to […]

  • Public Seminar: Abigail Barenblitt (Presentation Title TBD)

    Harvard Forest - Main Building 324 Main St, Petersham, MA, United States

    Abigail Barenblit is a Spatial Analyst and Faculty Specialist in NASA's Biospheric Sciences Lab. Harvard Forest’s seminar series features cutting-edge research in ecology, land-use history, and climatic change, and its applications to conservation biology, environmental policy, forestry, and management of terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. Seminars occur during the fall and spring on Wednesdays from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Eastern […]

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