Weekly Science Calendar

Submitted by Center for Global Change
Phone: 474-5818
01/27/06

Monday, Jan. 30

1 p.m. - 401 IARC
Wildlife Ecologist Search Seminar
The What, Which, and Why of Population Dynamics: A Demographic Approach to Wildlife Management
Christine Hunter, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
Information: 474-6294, Carol Piser

Tueday, Jan. 31

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Seminar
Rethinking Beloved Concepts in Plate Tectonic Paradise
David Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California; Chapman Chair Candidate
Information: 474-5530, John Eichelberger

7 p.m. - Gold Room, Westmark Fairbanks Hotel
2006 Science for Alaska Lecture Series
Mirror Images: Exploring Auroras at Each of the Poles
Hans Nielsen, Geophysical Institute, UAF
Information: 474-7942 or http://www.scienceforalaska.com

Wednesday, Feb. 1

1-2 p.m. - 201 Irving I
Freshwater Ecosystems Seminar Series
Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) Spawning Distribution and Habitat in the Chilkat River Drainage, Southeast Alaska
Nicola Hillgruber, Juneau Center, SFOS, UAF
Information: 474-6654, Mark Wipfli

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Institute of Marine Science Weekly Seminar
Circulation in the Central Bering Sea and St. Lawrence Island Polynya
Thomas Weingartner, SFOS, UAF
Information: 474-6332, Bodil Bluhm

Friday, Feb. 3

3:30 p.m. - Elvey Auditorium, 214 Elvey Building
Life Sciences Seminar Series, sponsored by the Institute of Arctic Biology and the Department of Biology & Wildlife
Exploring Roles by Dispersal and Share Characteristics in Local Population Dynamics
Andre R. Breton, SFOS, UAF
Information: http://www.iab.uaf.edu/events/events.php or 474-7640

3:30 p.m. - 201 Natural Sciences Facility
Geology and Geophysics Seminar
The Detection of Massive Bodies of Frozen Methane Hydrate in the Deep Water Bering Sea Basin--Thoughts About Why They Formed, Why They Are Abundant, and What Their Resource Potential Might Be
David Scholl, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California; Chapman Chair Candidate
Information: 474-7565, Pam Harris