When: July 8-19, 2012
Where: Tapajós National Forest near Santarém, Pará
Overview: http://amazonpire.org/oppor-field12.html
When: 2009-present
Where: University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
Overview: When Assistant Research Professor Joost van Haren is not engaged in field work in Brazil, he gives bi-weekly rainforest tours to the public to explain ongoing research activities and how the Biosphere 2 rainforest is an essential component of the Amazon-PIRE Program. Joost van Haren is a former Amazon-PIRE Fellow and has lectured and mentored students at Amazon-PIRE Field Courses 2008, 2009, 2010 in Brazil and the PASI-PIRE Field Course 2011 in Peru.
When: Monday, November 14th, 2011, 4-5 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 208
Overview: Brendan Bohannan, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Oregon discussed the " Response of Microbial Biodiversity to Land Use Change in the Amazon Rainforest."
When: Thursday, November 3, 2011, 12-2 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: From sub-Andean lakes in Peru to lowland terra firme forests in Brazil, to the tropical biome of Biosphere 2, our Amazon-PIRE students continue to be very busy.
and Tambopata National Reserve
BioMe project.
When: Monday, October 10, 4-5 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 208
Overview: Hinsby Cadillo-Quiroz, Assistant Professor at Arizona State University's Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology at the Biodesign Institute and the School of Life Sciences discussed "Methanogens in Northern Peathlands: Ecology and Community Patterns." Dr. Cadillo-Quiroz attended the 2011 Amazon-PIRE/PASI field course in Peru.
When: June 28-July 15, 2011
Where: Peru
Overview: Amazon-PIRE offered a Pan-American Advanced Studies Institute (PASI) at the Wayqecha Cloud Forest Biological Station and Tambopata National Reserve, Peru.
http://amazonpire.org/oppor-field11.html
When: May 28, 2011
Where: Tapajós National Forest, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Overview: Bradley Christoffersen, PhD candidate and former Amazon-PIRE Fellow, offered a field lecture and question/answer session of 20 minutes each to two groups of ten students each from the Instituto Federal do Pará, Santarém (IFPA) on the role of deep soil moisture reserves and fine root dynamics in forest function in conjunction with an explanation of equipment used to make measurements. This was conducted at the site of a deep soil pit containing both moisture sensors and minirhizotron tubes.
When: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:00 a.m.
Where: Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: Brian Chaszar, Master of Science candidate at the University of Arizona in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, defended his thesis entitled “Maintaining Balance in a Changing World: An Examination of the Physiological Mechanism of Drought Mortality in Eucalyptus sideroxylon." Brian Chaszar was a PIRE Fellow and attended the Amazon-PIRE Field Course in 2009.
When: May 2011
Where: University of Arizona Biosphere 2., Tucson, AZ
Overview: Tyeen Taylor, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, conducted a tour of the Biosphere 2 tropical forest and a workshop on gas exchange measurements to answer ecological questions with advanced placement biology students. Co-led by BioMe Fellow Ginny Fitzpatrick. Both Taylor and Fitzpatrick attended the Amazon-PIRE 2010 summer field course near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
When: May 2011
Where: University of Arizona Biosphere 2., Tucson, AZ
Overview: Tyeen Taylor, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, gave a one-hour presentation to Biosphere 2 tour guides on the evolution of the Biosphere 2 tropical forest community in response to long-term warming and plans for assessing similar questions in the Amazon during the summer.
When: Friday, April 15, 2011, 11:00 a.m.
Where: Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: Joost van Haren, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona in Soil, Water, and Environmental Science, defended his dissertation entitled “Spatial and temporal variability of soil CO2 and N2O fluxes in tropical forest soils: the influence of tree species, precipitation and soil texture.” Joost van Haren is a former PIRE Fellow and has lectured and mentored students at Amazon-PIRE Field Courses 2008, 2009, 2010 and the PASI-PIRE Field Course 2011.
When: April 18-19, 2011
Where: University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
Overview: The Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA) Experiment in Amazônia-Data Model Intercomparison Project (DMIP) hosted a workshop for biosphere-atmosphere modeling researchers.
Workshop Registration: http://amazonpire.org/apo/
When: April 25-26, 2011
Where: University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
Overview:
A symposium (day 1) to share and review results and findings that we have learned about:
--the response of Amazon forests to climatic variability (drought), using eddy flux towers, satellites,
forest inventories, and ecophysiology
--using LIDAR to characterize forest biomass, disturbance, and to learn about the relation
between forest physical structure and function
--using atmospheric measurements of CO2 (from aircraft) and VOC's and aerosols (from towers) to understand forest function
--using Biosphere 2's tropical rainforest biome as an experimental test of our understanding
and a workshop (day 2) to plan next steps for research and for funding.
--what are the most interesting new science questions that should focus our next phase of work?
--what collaborations (with scientists and with funders) can we sustain and build?
--how do we strengthen institutional ties between U.S. and Brazilian partners, especially to support exchanges?
Symposium and Workshop Registration: http://amazonpire.org/apo/
Participants and Agenda
When: March 12, 2011, 12:00 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
Overview: Joost van Haren spoke about "How do tropical ecosystems respond to drought?" Several global climate change models have predicted that the Amazon basin will become drier in the near future. What does this mean for the vast Amazon basin tropical forests? In this installment of the Environment and Sustainability Portal lectures, van Haren discussed what will happen to tropical rainforests when the amount of rainfall is reduced and what experiments and observations the science community is using to predict how tropical trees will respond to this change. Joost van Haren is a former PIRE Fellow and has lectured and mentored students at Amazon-PIRE Field Courses 2008, 2009, 2010 and the PASI-PIRE Field Course 2011. Biosphere 2 Let's Talk Science
When: February 15-16, 2011
Where: Arlington, VA
Overview: NSF PIRE Principal Investigator Meeting and Symposium. The theme of the symposium was
“International Research Partnerships: Globalizing US Science and Education." Dr. Scott R. Saleska, Director of Amazon-PIRE and Associate Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Arizona, gave a presentation entitled: "Global Issues and Basic Research: The Future of Amazonian Forests in a Changing Climate."
When: February 8, 2011
Where: Tapajós National Forest, km 67 site, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Overview: Bradley Christoffersen, PhD candidate and former Amazon-PIRE Fellow, was interviewed by TV Tapajós, the local television station in Santarém, Pará, Brazil. He discussed the role of deep soil moisture reserves and fine rot dynamics in forest function in conjunction with an explanation of equipment used to make measurements. The interview was at the site of a deep soil pit containing both moisture sensors and minirhizotron tubes.
When: December 12-21, 2010
Where: Adolpho Ducke Reserve, near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Overview: Workshop for discussion and finalizing of papers to be published about collected vegetation data.
When: Friday, November 5, 2010, 9:00 a.m, 2010
Where: Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: Rafael Rosolem, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona in Hydrology and Water Resources,defended his dissertation entitled “Land Surface Processes in Natural and Artificial Tropical Ecosystems.” Rafael Rosolem attended the Amazon-PIRE Field Course 2008.
When: Tuesday, October 12, 2-3:30 p.m., 2010
Where: University of Arizona, Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: From sub-Andean lakes in Peru to lowland terra firme forests in Brazil, to the tropical biome of Biosphere 2, our Amazon-PIRE students continue to be very busy! Join us and learn all about Amazon-PIRE travels and research during the past year! Agenda includes:
BioMe project.
When: October 2010
Where: Palo Verde High School, Tucson, AZ
Overview: Tyeen Taylor, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, gave a presentation to high school students about Biosphere 2 and Amazon research, along with a workshop on photosynthesis, using the involvement of live gas exchange measurements. Co-led with BioMe graduate Fellow, April Chiriboga.
When: Monday, September 20, 4 p.m., 2010.
Where: University of Arizona, Family and Consumer Sciences, Room 101
Overview: Scott R. Saleska, Director of the Amazon-PIRE Program and Assistant Professor in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, presented a seminar entitled "Carbon cycle feedbacks to climate from the Amazon to the Arctic: does ecology matter?"
http://www.eebweb.arizona.edu/news/monday_seminar_new.asp
When: August 8-12, 2010
Where: Foz do Iguassu, Brazil
Overview: Amazon-PIRE presenters at this meeting included Dr. Natalia Restrepo-Coupe and Bradley Christofferson.
When: August 1-6, 2010
Where: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overview: Amazon-PIRE presenters at this meeting included Bradley Christoffersen, Scott Stark, and Tara Woodcock.
When: July 23, 2010
Where: Portel, Pará, Brazil
Overview: Joost van Haren, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, gave a presentation and tour of the EsecaFlor experiment in Caxiuanã, Brazil to a student group from Portel Community College in Portel, Pará, Brazil.
When: June 27-July 9, 2010
Where: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Overview: The third annual Amazon-PIRE field course took place at the Adolpho Ducke Reserve, the Cuieiras Reserve, and the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project (BDFFP), near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
When: June 21-22, 2010
Where: Natal, Brazil
Overview: Amazon-PIRE presenters at this meeting included Dr. Natalia Restrepo-Coupe and Bradley Christoffersen.
When: May 27, 2010, 2:00 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 302
Overview: Luciana F. Alves, Research Associate, presented a seminar discussing her evaluation of sapling growth and microsite conditions (light) of four common, non-pioneer tree species of the Atlantic forest in SE Brazil and their very slow annual diameter increments after 10 years, despite increases in crown light conditions.
When: May 16-22, 2010
Where: Cusco, Peru
Overview: Amazon-PIRE presenters at this meeting included Dr. Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Bradley Christoffersen and Thomas Powell.
When: May 9-13, 2010
Where: University of Arizona, Biosphere 2
Overview: Workshop and meeting focused on analyzing the 2008 Amazon aerial LIDAR dataset and discussion of possible papers.
When: Monday, May 3, 2010, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Where: Biosciences West, Room 302
Overview: Kyle Dexter, Post-doctoral Fellow at the Université Paul Sabatier in Toulouse, France presented a seminar entitled: “Community assembly and climatic adaptation of Amazonian trees” Dr. Dexter reviewed a series of studies focused on the assembly of communities of the tropical tree genus Inga (Fabaceae) in Amazonian Peru as well as discussed his recent research on the evolution of climatic adaptation in tropical trees.
When: Monday, April 26, 2010
Where: California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA
Overview: Scott R. Saleska, Director of the Amazon-PIRE Program at the University of Arizona, was invited to present a seminar at the California Institute of Technology. The title of the seminar was “The once (and future?) forest: vegetation-climate feedbacks in the Amazon Basin.”
When: April 1-3, 2010
Where: University of Arizona, Arizona History Museum
Overview: Sarah White, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, presented a poster entitled: "Precipitation Variability in the Peruvian Amazon: at the 38th Annual Geosciences Symposium, a student-organized showcase of graduate and undergraduate research in the earth sciences.
When: Friday, March 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
Where: Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: Juan Camilo Villegas, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment, defended his dissertation entitled “The partitioning of evapotranspiration along the grassland-forest continuum: Ecohydrological implications of microclimatic trends and non-linear response to amount of woody plant cover.” Juan Camilo Villegas attended the Amazon-PIRE Field Course 2009.
When: March 23, 2010
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 102
Overview: On-going collaborative work plans include combining angular light intensity profile measurements through time with LIDAR-derived canopy structure and the FLiES radiative transfer model to upscale photosynthesis in the Tapajós flux tower footprint.
When: Friday, February 26, 2010
Where: University of Arizona
Overview: Dr. Jorge Almeida Guimarães, President of CAPES, the Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education, visited the University of Arizona at the invitation of the University of Arizona Office of Western Hemispheric Programs, the Graduate College and the Center for Latin American Studies. Dr. Guimarães gave a presentation entitled: “Issues and Trends in Brazilian Graduate Education: Opportunities for Collaboration with the U.S.” Dr. Guimarães also toured Biosphere 2.
When: November-December 2009
Where: Tapajós National Forest, Santarém, Pará, Brazil
Overview: A team of 10 PIRE participants from the U.S. and Brazil worked 6 weeks, climbing trees in the Tapajós Forest to measure leaf traits.
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/amazonie-enchantee
When: November 17, 2009
Where: Miles Elementary, 1400 E. Broadway Blvd., Tucson, AZ
Overview: Joost van Haren, Amazon-PIRE Fellow, gave a presentation to 1st and 2nd class students about the Amazon rainforest.
When: November 16-18, 2009
Where: Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Overview: Workshop in Ouro Preto on modeling ecosystem response to climate change. Amazon-PIRE’s collaboration with the Amazon-Andes project. http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/moorcroft/andes-amazon/index.html
When: Friday, November 6, 2009
Where: Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ
Overview: Pianist Simone Gorete Machado, in conjunction with Dr. Scott Saleska, Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation Amazon-PIRE Program presented classical works inspired by the sights and sounds of the rainforest.
When: Tuesday , October 22, 2009, 12-1:30 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: From sub-Andean lakes in Peru to lowland terra firme forests in Brazil, our Amazon-PIRE students have been busy! Join us for lunch and learn all about their travels and research during the past year. Agenda includes:
When: July 19-29, 2009
Where: Caxiuanã, Pará, Brazil
Overview: The second annual Amazon-PIRE field course took place at the Museu Goeldi Ferreira Penna Field Research Station in the Caxiuanã National Forest, Pará, Brazil.
When: Friday, May 29, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Where: BioSciences West, Room 302
Overview: Tara Massad, a PIRE postdoctoral candidate who is completing her PhD at Tulane University, discussed her dissertation research regarding the chemical ecology of tropical reforestation.
When: Monday, May 18, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Where: BioSciences West
Overview: Uromi Goodale, PIRE postdoctoral candidate, discussed her dissertation research of the ecophysiology of pioneer tree species in relation to their disturbance ecology in the wet lowland rainforest of Sri Lanka.
When: Thursday, March 26, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Where: Louise Foucar Marshall Building, Room 531
Overview: Dr. Elizabeth Lyons is the Program Coordinator for the Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Program in NSF's Office of International Science and Engineering. Dr. Lyons gave a special mid-day seminar entitled: "How to Secure NSF Funding for International Collaborations." Following the seminar, Dr. Lyons met with students who have international education or research experience.
When:Friday, March 6 & Saturday, March 7, 2009
Where: University of Arizona Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ
Workshop
When:Thursday, March 5, 2009
Where: 1) Science Seminar: What is the Future of Tropical Forests under Climate Change? 3:30pm - 4:30pm Louise Foucar Marshall Building, Room 531 2) Narrative and Musical Performance 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. UA School of Music, Room 232
Free to the public! Light refreshments will be served before the performance.
Overview: This was a special two-part event exploring the science and cultural aspects of tropical rainforests under climate change. Deborah Clark, world-renowned tropical ecologist kicked off the event at 3:30 p.m. with a seminar entitled: What is the Future of Tropical Forests under Climate Change? Following was an evocative performance by Brazilian classical pianist Simone Gorete Machado and University of Arizona ecologist Scott R. Saleska. This project was been made possible by Biosphere 2, The UA School of Music, NSF Amazon-PIRE and The Institute for Environment and Society.
When:Thursday, February 12, 2009
Where: UA Student Union Memorial Ballroom, 3pm-5pm
Overview: This celebration of Darwin's birthday included a birthday cake, science demonstration booths, music, and Darwin poetry readings. Sponsored by the University of Arizona (UA) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department, the Poetry Center, the UA Bookstore, & others at UA.
When: Sunday, January 25, 2009
Where: The University of Arizona Biosphere 2, Oracle, AZ. Directions
Overview: The University of Arizona Biosphere 2 presented "Music of the Sphere", the first in a series of fine arts performances. This celebration of the Brazilian Rainforest featured a kaleidoscope of music, beginning with the eclectic REVEILLE MENS CHORUS, who performed in Brazil in 2005. Pianist Simone Gorete Machado, in conjunction with Dr. Scott R. Saleska, Director of the U.S. National Science Foundation Amazon-PIRE Program, presented classical works inspired by the sights and sounds of the rainforest. The dynamic guitar duo BRAZUKAS entertained on the beach and the infectious rhythms of the Brazilian dance band SAMBALANCO finished the afternoon. These performances provided a perfect complement to the guided tour of this wondrous space where science, and now the arts, live..
When: November 18, 2008
Where: Studio 5 Convention Center, Rio Negro Room
Overview: Report on first year activities and plans for the future
http://www.lbaconferencia.org/lbaconf_2008/eng/assoc_mtgs.htm
When: November 17-20, 2008
Where: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Overview: The conference called together current major research programs in the Amazon, including LBA (Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Project in the Amazon), GEOMA (Amazonian Environmental Modeling Network) and PPBio (Biodiversity Research Program). The focus of the conference was to foment an active debate emphasizing synergy and cooperation and integration of research that will result in an interdisciplinary analysis of current and future scenarios of environmental changes in the Amazon.
In disseminating the latest results on biodiversity, climate and land-use-cover research in the Amazon, as well as discussing and analyzing various scenarios of environment change caused by deforestation and climate change, the hope is to identify new strategies and priorities, both for research planning for the region and for actions supporting sustainable development.
http://www.lbaconferencia.org/lbaconf_2008/eng/index.htm
When: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2008, 1:30–3:00 p.m.
Where: Marshall Bldg, SAHRA, Room 531
Refreshments will be served!
What: Come and hear what Amazon-PIRE students and colleagues have been up to (and get to know them if you haven't met), and let's make plans for the coming year. Agenda includes:
What: ISPE Brown Bag talk
When: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2008, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Where: Large ISPE meeting room
What: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology departmental seminar
When: Monday, Oct 20, 2008, 4-5 p.m.
Where: Biosciences West room 301
When: Wednesday, March 12, 2008, 3 p.m.
Where: Marshall Building, Room 531.
What: Dr. Lianhong Gu is a R&D Staff Scientist at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Environmental Sciences Division who specializes in carbon cycle. Dr. Lianhong Gu gave an informal seminar entitled "The keeper and breaker of the global carbon cycle since the industrial revolution".
Abstract: Terrestrial and oceanic sinks currently absorb a substantial portion of the industrial carbon dioxide emitted to the atmosphere, preventing the realization of the full climatic impact of fossil-fuel emissions. The dynamics of these sinks critically influence the future trajectory of climate change. There have been growing concerns on the potential weakening of terrestrial carbon sinks due to autumn warming, droughts, wild fires, and deforestation and of oceanic sinks due to the reduced carbonate buffering capacity and climate change. In this talk, I will show that the global carbon sink strength (GCSS, the annual sum of net oceanic and terrestrial sinks with land-use emissions included) has been accelerating since 1900 up to the present (2006), following a relatively stable period of small global source since the industrial revolution (~ 1750). A very tight linear relationship exists between GCSS and atmospheric CO2 for the whole 256-year period. However, the partition of GCSS into land and oceanic sink components and land-use emissions indicates that the carbon uptake by undisturbed terrestrial ecosystems may have already saturated with respect to rising atmospheric CO2. In addition to the long-term trend, I will show that the Mount Pinatubo eruption in 1991 had a huge impact on the global carbon cycle and was responsible for the two largest carbon uptake records ever observed since the industrial revolution.
When: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (EEB) Tuesday Noon Seminar Series, Tuesday, March 5, 2008, 12:30 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 208.
What: UA EEB graduate student and Amazon-PIRE fellow Brad Christoffersen spoke about: "How important is root functioning for modeling of water,energy, and carbon fluxes across Amazonia?"
Abstract: Amazon forests play a central role in maintaining global climate stability as a potent driver of the hydrological cycle and as a large store of carbon. Recent work in land surface models has linked deep roots and hydraulic redistribution by roots (HR) in the Amazon basin to significant improvements in model predictions of water and carbon fluxes, and hence global climate. More recently, model revisions of parameterizations of belowground hydrology have produced similar improvements. While such modifications produce qualitatively similar results, they represent different belowground mechanisms which I propose to assess under simultaneous incorporation into a land surface model. A factorial model experiment driven by observed meteorology at a network of sites will help tease apart the relative role of revised hydrology, deep roots and HR. Model results will then be compared to a multi-year dataset from a network of eight eddy covariance measures of water, energy, and carbon balance in the Amazon, bounding a large range of vegetation types, precipitation seasonality, and land uses. This work is the first to intercompare different belowground mechanisms of root functioning in light of recent improvements to model hydrology, and will contribute to a more accurate representation of biogeophysics and carbon cycling in coupled models.
When: Monday, February 25-Tuesday, February 26, 2008.
Where: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Who: Dr. Michael T. Coe and Dr.Daniel C. Nepstad, Woods Hole Research Center, organized this 2008 NSF/Moore Modeling Workshop.
Wendy Kingerlee, wkingerlee@whrc.org, was in charge of logistics.
Workshop Overview: The purpose of the workshop, entitled "Interactions Between Climate, Forests, and Land Use in the Amazon Basin: Modeling and Mitigating Large-Scale Savannization", was to review the state of our knowledge of these interactions in the Amazon and to design a science plan that could significantly narrow the gaps in this knowledge.
This workshop was hosted by the Woods Hole Research Center and sponsored by the United States National Science Foundation and the Moore Foundation.
When: Monday, February 18-Friday, February 22, 2008.
Where: Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.
Who: Dr. Scot Martin (chair), Harvard University's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and Dr. Paulo Artaxo, University of Sao Paulo (USP), among others, organized this international workshop. Please refer to its website for more information.
Workshop Overview and Goals: Amazonian aerosol particles (including their formation, transformations, and effects on clouds and radiation) are very important as a climate regulator in the southern hemisphere. Therefore, understanding the effects on them of past and future human activities is a priority for planning strategies to mitigate the impacts of climate change. The goals of the workshop were to define research priorities, consider new research approaches, and address mechanisms for international collaboration, in particular to past and future changes arising from human activities, especially as tied to economic development plans for the region.
Where: Buena Vista Meeting Room, The Galleria Park Hotel, 191 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
What: Informal meeting with refreshments at the 2007 AGU Fall Meeting to discuss progress and next steps for the LBA Model Biogeochemical/Vegetation Intercomparison Project (LBA-MIP) for the Amazon of South America. This project was created to bring together modeling groups to promote understanding on how the different models simulate the ecosystems and biogeophysical processes within LBA. This initiative is led by Luis Gustavo de Goncalves, Inez Fung, Humberto da Rocha and Scott R. Saleska.
When: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (EEB) Monday Seminar Series, Monday, November 26, 2007, 4:30 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, Biosciences West, Room 301.
What: Dr. Paul Moorcroft is a Professor of Biology at Harvard University who specializes in terrestrial ecosystem dynamics and the response of terrestrial ecosystems to global change.
When: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (EEB) Tuesday Noon Seminar Series, Tuesday, November 16th, 2007, 12:30 p.m.
Where: University of Arizona, BioSciences West, Room 208.
What: UA graduate student Joost van Haren spoke about "Influence of tropical tree species on soil biogeochemistry".
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department (EEB) and Biosphere 2 celebrated international collaboration, showcasing the PIRE Program in Amazon - Climate Interactions during the UA International Education Week 2007.
When: Friday a.m., November 16th, 2007.
Where: Tropical Forest Biome of Biosphere 2 (Vans left the UA Main Campus at 9:20 am for the Biosphere 2 and returned at 2:20 pm.)
What: Our research team offered a tour of Biosphere 2 (B2), focusing on how B2 Tropical Forest Biome will contribute to our Partnership for International Research and Education in the Amazon of Brazil.