Seminar Title: Using Deficit Irrigation to Reduce Vulnerability in Food-Energy-Water Nexus Speaker: Hemant Kumar (NC State University) Learn more and register here. Overview Understanding the nexus between food, energy, and water systems (FEW) is critical for basins with intensive agricultural water use as they face significant challenges under changing climate and regional development. We investigate the food,…

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Speaker: Rebecca Irwin (https://cals.ncsu.edu/applied-ecology/people/reirwin/)Abstract: We will discuss recent advances on how to manage landscapes to reduce bee disease and increase bee health.If you are unable to attend in person, please email David Andow (daandow@ncsu.edu) for a Zoom link.And, stick around afterwards for a happy hour at Raleigh Brewing Company!Add this to your calendar

Our cities' current layouts, transportation systems, and growth patterns have been shaped by historical processes dating back hundreds of years. For centuries, we have followed a status quo approach to urban planning and development. However, given the challenges posed by climate change, it is crucial to break away from this traditional path and envision a…

Talk Title: Climate-Smart Forest Management from the U.S. Forest Service’s Perspective: Definitions, Policy, and IncentivesSpeaker: Stephanie Chizmar, USDA Forest ServiceRegister here.The Yale Forest Forum is offering a Fall 2023 Speaker Series Webinar entitled "Understanding Climate-Smart Forestry in Practice" on Mondays September 11 – November 27 from 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm U.S. ET. The series will feature…

Register here.The world’s biggest conservation and sustainable development challenges demand innovative solutions. But individual experts in these fields are busy and often very specialized, with little ability or incentive to tackle a multi-dimensional challenge related to both conservation and sustainable development. The Science for Nature and People Partnership (SNAPP) offers a solution to this problem.…

AFWA has teamed up with the US Geological Survey to host a joint webinar on the US Geological Survey Science Vision for Native Freshwater Mussel Research in the United States on October 24 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm (EST).This webinar will provide a comprehensive overview of the science vision and will devote considerable time to questions and…

Join us for a virtual Global Change Seminar organized by the Southeast CASC Global Change Fellows.Seminar Title: Translation of Science: From Research to Application and AdaptationSpeakers:Dr. Elizabeth Sciaudone (Moffatt & Nichol)Dr. Timothy Glotfelty (North Carolina State Climate Office)Jeffrey Beane (North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences)Learn more and register here.OverviewHow can we effectively translate scientific research to applications…

Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE) SeminarPanelists: Dr. Deborah Littlejohn, NCSU School of Design; Angela Lee, Hayti Heritage Center; Dr. Rose Hendricks, Association of Science and Technology Centers; Cassandra Williams-Rush, MPH, C. Williams Rush Museum of African-American Arts and Culture; Max Cawley, North Carolina Museum of Life and ScienceRegister here.A recording will be…

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 pseudoscience…

Join the University of Minnesota for a free hybrid seminar, Thinking Spatially Symposium: Indigenous Data SovereigntyConcepts of Indigenous data sovereignty challenge the western academic perspectives on information, data, and ownership. Join us at the 6th annual Thinking Spatially symposium for a series of presentations featuring Indigenous researchers exploring issues of data ownership and access, including spatial…