[NMScience] Climate talk and other Nov events

[Morris, Tish, DCA]

** Note the talk this Sunday at 7 pm--Terry Root, Ph.D. born and raised in Albuquerque, graduate of Sandia High School and UNM and now a world-known climate scientist will be in Albuquerque to talk.  See details below. --Tish Morris


November 2009 Public Events 
--at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

Tom Sawyer Family Fun Day!
Saturday, November 1, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Impact of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction on Plants and Animals
Terry L. Root, Ph.D. 
Sunday, November 2, 2008  7 p.m.

A Field Guide to the Bosque
Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Ph.D., David C. Lightfoot, Ph.D., Jane E. Mygatt, Sandra L. Brantley, Ph.D., Timothy K. Lowrey, Ph.D.
Tuesday, November 18  7 p.m.

--Details below
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Tom Sawyer Family Fun Day!
Saturday, November 1, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Explore the natural world of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. Join us for dramatic readings by Kathleen Clawson and hands-on activities for the whole family. Organized in collaboration with the Santa Fe Opera as part of the NEA Big Read project. Free with Museum admission. Questions? Call Jessica Sapunar-Jursich, Family Programs Coordinator at (505) 841-2822.


The Impact of Our Fossil-Fuel Addiction on Plants and Animals
Terry L. Root, Ph.D. 
Sunday, November 2, 2008  7 p.m.

By mid-century the global average temperature will quite likely be 2o to 4oC warmer.  The most recent Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change states that with 2oC, 20% of the known species could be marked for extinction and 40% if the temperature increases 4oC.  Saving as many species as possible may require using the crisis technique of triage, but it requires a lot of advanced planning.  Should we start now?

Dr. Root's work focuses on large-scale ecological questions investigating factors shaping the ranges and abundances of animals and plants. Terry L. Root is a Senior Fellow/University Faculty at the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University. She was born and raised in Albuquerque,  graduating from Sandia High School and the University of New Mexico, going on for advanced degrees at Boulder and Princeton. She is the recipient of many awards including the prestigious Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation, named a Pew Scholar in Conservation and the Environment, is an Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow and a Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union. She was a Lead Author of the 2001 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Working Group 2 Third Assessment Report, with responsibility for the impacts of climate change on wildlife. She was also a Lead Author of the IPCC, Working Group 2 Fourth Assessment Report in 2007, when Vice President Gore and the IPCC received the Nobel Peace Prize.

Cost: $2 public, $1 members, seniors, students


A Field Guide to the Bosque
Jean-Luc E. Cartron, Ph.D., David C. Lightfoot, Ph.D., Jane E. Mygatt, Sandra L. Brantley, Ph.D., Timothy K. Lowrey, Ph.D.
Tuesday, November 18  7 p.m.

“Bosque” is the term used locally to identify the cottonwood forest along the Rio Grande in central New Mexico. But the bosque is more than just cottonwood trees, it is a complete riverside ecosystem, among the most important in the world’s arid regions. This fall, the University of New Mexico Press will publish a new book, A Field Guide to the Plants and Animals of the Middle Rio Grande Bosque. The authors of this new guide will discuss some of the diversity of life in this special river-side environment, and reveal the important role the bosque plays in New Mexico’s natural heritage.

Jean-Luc E. Cartron is a research assistant professor at the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the Director of the Drylands Institute New Mexico Office. He has written many articles on raptor ecology and is the editor of Biodiversity, Ecosystems and Conservation in Northern New Mexico. David C. Lightfoot is a research associate professor with the Museum of Southwest Biology (MSB) UNM, and a senior ecologist with SWCA Environmental Consultants. Jane E. Mygatt is senior collection manager with MSB. Sandra L. Brantley is a research associate professor with the MSB. Timothy K. Lowrey is a curator and professor with the MSB.

A book signing will follow this talk.

Cost: $2 public, $1 members, seniors, students


All talks are at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2800
Check our website at: www.NMnaturalhistory.org
Questions? Call Tish Morris at 505-841-2882.
You may reserve tickets by contacting Chris Sanchez at 841-2872, chris.sanchez at state.nm.us



Tish Morris
Senior Education Specialist
New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science
1801 Mountain Rd NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505-841-2882
tish.morris at state.nm.us
www.NMnaturalhistory.org



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