Climate Change and the Cycle of Life: Shifting Sands, Seasons, Species, and Ecosystem Services

Thursday, October 29, 2015: 10:15 AM-11:45 AM
National Harbor 7 (Gaylord National Resort And Convention Center)
Chair:
Thomas Doyle, PhD, Deputy Director - National Wetlands Research Center, U. S. Geological Survey

Description: Climate change has effects on geology, hydrology, biology, and geography of continental scale.  Evidence indicates that climate change drives shifts of soil stability, seasonal onset, water availability, species range, and ecosystem services. Discuss research designed to monitor biodiversity and predictive models of how climate change might alter landscapes and wildlife.



10:15 AM
Ecosystem Modeling and Climate Change Assessments
Thomas Doyle, PhD , Deputy Director - National Wetlands Research Center , U. S. Geological Survey
10:35 AM
Global Changes - Coastal Zones, Forests, and Wetlands
Virginia Burkett, PhD , Chief Scientist for Climate and Land Use Change , U. S. Geological Survey
10:55 AM
Research Combinations - Coastal Marine Geology & Process - Seconds to Years
Benjamin Gutierrez, PhD , Geological Survey , U.S. Geological Survey
11:15 AM
Hydrologic Extremes & Sediment Mobility
Margaret Hiza-Redsteer, PhD , Research Scientist , U. S. Geological Survey