NCEAS Roundtable TODAY!

[Camila Vargas Poulsen]

Good Morning!

A reminder that today is Roundtable + Happy Hour day.

About the Roundtable:

• Who: Max Moritz, Adjunct Professor at the Bren School
• What: Fire Ecology and moving toward desired outcomes
• Abstract: While most wildfire predictions under climate change tend to show increasing fire activity in many regions, this is not always the case. For example, some future projections of climate (e.g., warm and wet conditions) may tend to predict more fire in fuel-limited ecosystems (e.g., lower productivity deserts) and less fire in fuel-rich ecosystems (e.g., higher productivity forests). Furthermore, some land management and conservation planning decisions depend on estimating specific characteristics of future fire activity (e.g., fire intensities, sizes, frequencies), often dependent on how future plant communities may shift. Therefore, knowledge of fire-promoting or fire-hindering weather and climate only tells us part of the story. Due to such knowledge gaps, identifying desired future conditions is often an important step in adaptation planning to make informed decisions in the face of uncertainty about future wildfire patterns.
• When: 3:30 - 4:30 pm
• Where: NCEAS Lounge & Virtual (https://ucsb.zoom.us/j/468789779?pwd=aklaUWYrNkNHMDduY2xEWDFyWU03Zz09)

The happy hour immediately follows on the terrace. Snacks and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided; feel free to bring your own drink!

See you there!

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Camila Vargas Poulsen (She/Her)

Data Training Coordinator | Learning Hub

National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)

University of California Santa Barbara