Disturbance and Ecosystem Services in Forests and Streams

Disturbance and Ecosystem Services in Forests and Streams

Speaker: Dr. Jazlynn Hall, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

By Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Date and time

Thursday, May 2 · 8 - 9am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

  • 1 hour

On Thursday, May 2 @ 11am ET, join Cary Institute for a virtual scientific seminar by Dr. Jazlynn Hall, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

Forests are crucial for mitigating the effects of climate change and providing ecosystem services. Global deforestation trends coupled with changing climate and intensifying disturbance regimes threaten the capacity of forests to sequester carbon and regulate other ecosystem processes.

In her research, Dr. Hall studies the impacts of global change, human activities, and disturbances on forest ecosystems and subsequent streamflow regime changes. After disturbances such as drought, hurricanes, and wildfires, she determines changes to forest structure and carbon and identifies the relationships between forests, disturbance, and streamflow. In this seminar, Dr. Hall will present results from her research studying forests, disturbances, and ecosystem services in Puerto Rico, the Western United States, and Interior Alaska.

Free and open to all. Registration required via Eventbrite.

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Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies is an independent nonprofit center for environmental research. Since 1983, our scientists have been investigating the complex interactions that govern the natural world and the impacts of climate change on these systems. Our findings lead to more effective resource management, policy actions, and environmental literacy. Staff are global experts in the ecology of: cities, disease, forests, and freshwater.