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Ecological genomics of adaptation: Case studies from copepods to killifish

Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Event Location

Schmidt Conference Center

Speaker: Dr. Reid Brennan, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Vermont

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Synchronized fluctuations in global marine fisheries

Thursday, November 21, 2019 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Event Location

Schmidt Conference Center

Speaker: Dr. Joyce JL Ong, Postdocotoral Associate, Rutgers University

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How feasible are global forest restoration commitments?

Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Event Location

Schmidt Conference Center

Speaker: Dr. Matt Fagan (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)

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Local Environmental Problems vs. International Funding Preferences

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 - 11:00am - 12:00pm

Event Location

Schmidt Conference Center

Speaker: Dr. Clavery Tungaraza, Sokoine University of Agriculture (Tanzania)

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High CO2 Can Create “Shrinking Stems” in Marshes

Young man in green T-shirt sitting in a marsh with a measuring stick

Ecologist Meng Lu measures green blades of sedge in the Global Change Research Wetland, at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Maryland. Lu led a discovery that under higher carbon dioxide, sedges like these grow shorter and thinner stems. (Credit: Maria Sharova/SERC)

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Global Change Triggers Species Switch in Grasslands

Landscape view of grassland under cloudy sky — Konza Prairie Biological Station in northeast Kansas. (Credit: Kim Komatsu/SERC)

Scientists Discover Species Turnover in Study of More Than 100 Grassland Experiments

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The Ocean: Our Future

Robert Lee Forrest Keynote Lecture

Tuesday, October 15, 2019 - 6:00pm - 8:30pm

Event Location

St. John's College, Francis Scott Key Auditorium

Speaker: Dr. Jane Lubchenco, marine biologist and first female administrator of NOAA

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Education: Sharks Debut on SERC Field Trips

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https://sercblog.si.edu/sharks-debut-on-serc-field-trip-menu/

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Saltwater Intrusion: The Invisible Flood

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flooded cornfield

Blog Link

https://sercblog.si.edu/invisible-flood-saltwater-intrusion

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SERC Public Tour - October 16th

Wednesday, October 16, 2019 - 1:00pm

Event Location

Reed Education Center

Did you know that trees breathe? That beaver ponds can teach us how to clean water? That there are zombie crabs in our rivers? Welcome to the world of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, doing science in your backyard!

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