IARC seminar to profile climate change adaptations
January 18, 2017
Climate change impacts — from diminished sea ice to shifting beluga whale migrations and resulting subsistence concerns — can be better understood through genetic study, as visiting researcher Greg O'Corry-Crowe will discuss at an International Arctic Research Center seminar Wednesday, Jan. 18.
O'Corry-Crowe, a research professor at Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, will discuss "Resilience in Polar Ecosystems: Adaptation to a Changing World."
The seminar will run from 2 to 3 p.m. in 501 Akasofu (IARC), on UAF's West Ridge.
At Harbor Branch, O'Corry-Crowe's work focuses on combining molecular genetic analysis with field ecology to study the molecular and behavioral ecology of marine apex predators. His research also extends beyond the marine realm to the evolution of social behavior and mating systems in mammals, the role of individual fitness in population viability and adaptation, and the application of DNA technology to ecosystem and evolutionary questions.
For more information, contact Nate Bauer at nbauer3@alaska.edu.