50th Anniversary Program
Program subject to change and will be updated as more information becomes available.
Time | Speaker |
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May 29, 2025 |
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7:30 PM |
Keynote Address, Cornelia Clapp Auditorium |
May 30, 2025 |
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9:00 AM |
Welcome and Introduction, Cornelia Clapp Auditorium Looking Back at 50 Years of Science at the Ecosystems Center |
9:30 AM |
Session I: Ecosystem Science - Spanning Watersheds to the Deep Ocean Watershed studies through time and space: Advancing ecosystems studies through novel methods, experiments, models, and long-term data Field experiments to understand soil carbon responses to climate change Dams for the defense: Beavers as Nature based solutions for drought and wildlife |
10:45 AM |
Session I continued Carbon dynamics in Arctic Ecosystems Scaling across fields, farms and forest: An ecosystems lens to landscape ecology The Oceanic Flux Program: Sinking particles reveal interactions between the ocean and climate |
11:30 AM |
Questions and Morning Panel discussion |
1:30 PM |
Session II: Microbiomes - Organisms to Ecosystems Microbes in the marsh: how our smallest marsh residents respond to long-term nutrient enrichment Is anoxia a hoax? Evidence for widespread “dark oxygen” production in apparently anoxic environments Chemosynthetic Symbioses: From deep-sea hydrothermal vents to shallow reducing sediments Global Patterns in River Microbiomes: Insights for Advancing Hydrologic and Ecological Predictions Uncovering the role of fungi in nitrogen and carbon cycling in marine environment |
3:15 PM |
Session III: Looking Forward - The next 50 years of Ecosystems Science Arctic futures Ecosystems in the Future: How to use lessons from a rocky past? Can ecosystem science contribute to assessing the greenhouse gas footprints of fossil fuels? |
4:00 PM |
Questions and Afternoon Panel Discussion |
May 31, 2025 |
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10:00 AM |
Plankton in our Midst |