Geography Colloquia

The Department of Geography organizes an annual colloquium series during the spring semester. Lectures are held weekly during the semester when classes are in session.

 

Students can attend the series for credit (1 credit) but it is open to any student, the University community and the public.

2012 Colloquiuum Series - Ecoclimatology

All talks to be held on Wednesdays in the Davidson Mathmatics and Science Bldg(DMS) Rm 105 at 4pm unless otherwise noted below

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2012 Colloquium Schedule

**Please note: some flyers are currently not linked below. As flyers become available they will be added to this website

Jason S McLachlan, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Indiana
Integrating the long-term record into estimates of ecosystem change
Jan 25

Michael Dettinger, USGS and Scripps Inst. of Oceanography, La Jolla, California
Pivotal roles of atmospheric rivers in selected environmental and ecological issues around the Sierra Nevada
Feb 1

Pete Fulé, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona
Climate and forest fires in northern Mexico
Feb 8

John Kleppe, Dept. of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, UNR
Finding new constraints on ancient mega-droughts in the Lake Tahoe Basin and beyond
Feb 15

Emma Yates, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Measuring greenhouse gases in the middle of nowhere: Investigating spatial and temporal variability of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 at a playa site
Feb 22

Dan Gavin, Dept. of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene
Old forests with young histories: untangling multiple causes for the surprisingly dynamic history of Pacific Northwest old growth forests
Feb 29

1st Candidate for NV State Climatologist
Title of Talk
Mar 7

2nd Candidate for NV State Climatologist
Title of Talk
Mar 14

SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS
Mar 21

3rd Candidate for NV State Climatologist
Title of Talk
Mar 28

Jose Salas, Dept. of Civil and Environ. Eng., Colorado State University, Fort Collins
Stochastic hydrology in the framework of climate variability and change
Apr 4

Jeremy Littell, Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle
Ecoclimatology of fire regimes in the western U.S: Ecology, fuels, and water balance deficit
Apr 11

Robert Heinse, Soil and Land Resources Division, University of Idaho, Moscow
Soil moisture thresholds in ecosystem resilience: A soil physics look at changing trends.
Apr 18

Brittany Johnson, Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, UNR
Quantifying environmental controls on sap flow in Great Basin tree species and their possible significance for mountain groundwater recharge under anthropogenic climate change
Apr 25

Mike Hay, DendroLab, Dept. of Geography, UNR
Applying forest simulation modeling to test the impact of climatic change on selected ecosystems at two instrumented transects in Nevada
May 2