Bring researchers into your classroom and give students a window into the process of scientific inquiry. Join us for an informal chat with researchers using data from the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) to examine carbon storage and cycling in ecosystems within Colorado, Maryland, and Virginia. Find out who they are, how they got interested in ecological carbon research, and the research questions they are asking. NEON is a long-term, continental-scale, ecological observation facility funded by NSF and operated by Battelle that offers a variety of open ecological data that powers the most important science being done today. Instructor’s guide available.
Leaders: Jess Parker, Principal Investigator & Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. Angela Possinger, Postdoctoral Associate, Virginia Tech, Mountain Lake Biological Station. Will Wieder, Research Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research & University of Colorado Boulder, Niwot Ridge & the University of Colorado Mountain Research Station. Moderated by: Mike SanClements, Terrestrial Instrument Systems Lead, NEON, and Affiliate, Institute of Arctic & Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulder "Live from the Field" events are 50-minute events where researchers with three field sites describe their interests and research in 8-minute videos, then participants join a live moderated Q&A session with the researchers. Events are recorded for asynchronous instructional use, and available to all at thevirtualfield.org/virtual-visits/live-from-the-field In this event, researchers will talk about their work on tracking stocks and changes of forest carbon with remote sensing, soil carbon cycling and soil carbon-climate feedbacks, and measuring and modeling carbon cycle changes. “Live from the Field” events are international collaborations led by the Center for Environmental Inquiry that give students virtual field experiences in ecosystems all over the world. Events are informal and open to everyone to generate opportunities to speak with researchers and develop a personal interest in doing research. All are welcome. For more information: Dr. Claudia Luke, Sonoma State University, lukec@sonoma.edu.
Contact Email: winingek@sonoma.edu For more information about this event, go to http://cei.sonoma.edu/carbon