Bring researchers into your classroom and give students a window into the process of scientific inquiry. Join us for an informal chat with researchers studying how climate change is affecting the rocky intertidal zone in California, Maine, and Oregon. Find out who they are, how they got interested in this habitat, and the research questions they are asking. Instructor’s guide available. Watch recorded event here: Live from the Field: Climate Change at the Land-Sea Interface October 13, 2020 *If you are an instructor who used this for your class, please take this short survey
Leaders
Researchers from field stations around the world
- Jennifer Dijkstra, Research Assistant Professor, University of New Hampshire (UNH) School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, Shoals Marine Laboratory
- Eric Sanford, Professor of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, Bodega Marine Reserve
- Sarah Gravem, Research Associate, Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans (PISCO), Oregon State University, Hatfield Marine Science Center
Moderator: Jarrett Byrnes, Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston & Shoals Marine Laboratory Faculty
Details
"Live from the Field" events are 50-minute events where researchers with three field sites describe their interests and research in 8-minute videos, then participants join a live moderated Q&A session with the researchers. Events are recorded for asynchronous instructional use.
In this event, researchers will talk about their work on drivers and implications of seascape change in the Gulf of Maine, species on the move -- impacts of a changing ocean on coastal CA, and effects of climate change on Pacific Northwest intertidal communities.
“Live from the Field” events are international collaborations led by the Center for Environmental Inquiry that give students virtual field experiences in ecosystems all over the world as part of The Virtual Field (thevirtualfield.org). Events are informal and open to everyone to generate opportunities to speak with researchers and develop a personal interest in doing research. All are welcome. For more information: Dr. Claudia Luke, Sonoma State University, lukec@sonoma.edu
How to Sign Up
Register at the link below. Each participant should register separately. Registration is free.
Event times listed are in Pacific Daylight Time.
Zoom meeting details will be sent to you upon registration.
About the Center
Sonoma State University’s Center for Environmental Inquiry empowers university students to work with community members on the environmental challenges of the North Bay. Our mission is to create an engaged and environmentally ready society, one where all people have the skills to find solutions to the challenges facing our earth. SSU Preserves are open to everyone engaged in education or research. Reservations are required.