Speaker: Eric Smith, Santa Fe Institute. More information here. 

Abstract: Join us for an interactive teacher workshop, Navigating Our Watershed in a Changing Climate, designed to empower educators with the knowledge and tools to integrate watershed education into their classrooms. This workshop, focusing on the Lower Raritan Watershed and climate change, will equip you with a deep understanding of watersheds, their importance, and practical strategies to inspire and educate ...

Speaker: Rachael Winfree, Rutgers University.  Abstract: Human well-being relies on ecosystem services, yet ecology lacks a clear understanding of how biodiversity affects ecosystem services in the real world -- that is, in naturally assembled communities studied at large spatial scales. In the first part of this talk I will share my lab's work on this topic, for which we use ...