Bard Center for Environmental Policy Presents
"The Lakes They Are A 'Changin’: Global Pressures and Lake Evolution”, Dr. Robyn Smyth, Bard CEP
Friday, September 23, 2016
Albee 102
11:30 am EDT/GMT-4
11:30 am EDT/GMT-4
A lunchtime lecture open to the Bard community.
Lakes are productive ecosystems that provide drinking water, food, recreational opportunities and in some cases, long-term carbon storage that benefit human communities. To maintain and restore lakes in the face of watershed pressures (urbanization, deforestation, intensive agriculture) and climate change (warming, changes in precipition), management decisions must be based upon a sound understanding of lake dynamics.Before joining the faculty at Bard CEP, Dr. Smyth was a research fellow at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in Edgewater, MD, a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar in Bagamoyo, Tanzania, and a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in Environmental Research and Education at the National Science Foundation in Arlington, VA. She is an adjunct scientist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Milbrook, NY and a member of the Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network (GLEON) which seeks to utilize high frequency sensor data to better understand and manage lake ecosystems.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 11:30 am EDT/GMT-4
Location: Albee 102