More than a Thermometer, Bristlecone Pine as a Historian

We can understand past climates, droughts and floods in the Rio Grande and Colorado Rivers through the research of tree-ring reconstruction from the Southern Rocky Mountain region. This research can help us plan for future climate changes by constructing records of past temperature variability. We will discuss research, focused on the Rocky Mountain bristlecone pine, the oldest tree species found in this region, and its impact on producing temperature and climate records from the past several millennia.

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The Frontlines in our Future

As societies and the challenges they face grow increasingly complicated, the climate emergency sharpens the need to understand those challenges and tackle solutions that are just, equitable and doable. From hurricane damages to missing histories, from urban storm water flooding to banana extinctions, this series from the Carson Scholars program explores problems and solutions in there here-and-now...and for the long tomorrow.

This talk is a part of the Spring 2020 Science Café series hosted by the UA College of Science in partnership with Borderlands Brewing Company.