Global climate change and its influence on evolution February 9, 2008

There are growing concerns that we are experiencing global warming at a level that will have major consequences. But both global warming and global cooling have occurred in the past, so how is this different? Meet and chat with experts to learn about past global climate changes and how they have influenced evolution, even our own, and what the implications might be for the future.

Speakers: Craig Moritz, Professor of Integrative Biology and Director, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley; Steve Palumbi, Professor of Biological Sciences, Stanford University and Hopkins Marine Station; Caroline Strömberg, Assistant Professor of Biology and Curator of Paleobotany, University of Washington and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, respectively; Tim White, Professor of Integrative Biology and Director of Human Evolution Research Center, UC Berkeley

Registration info: Register online, or by calling Judy Scotchmoor at 510-642-4877, or by emailing Judy Scotchmoor at jscotch@berkeley.edu.

Official Website: http://events.berkeley.edu/index.php/calendar/sn/enviro.html?event_ID=4159&date=2008-02-09