Speaker: Scott Winton, UC Santa Cruz
Title: Resolving environmental challenges with wetland biogeochemistry
Time: Wednesday, Oct 8 at 12:00pm PST
Location: EMS B210
Abstract: Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable ecosystems, providing critical nutrient cycling and climate regulation services, but have historically been degraded and mismanaged leading to massive losses in natural capital. In this seminar, I will describe three examples of how a biogeochemical and ecosystems approach to research can help societies better understand ecosystem functions and point to new approaches to management and conservation. I will explain how invasive floating plants can help regulate surface water quality in the Zambezi basin; how herbivorous waterfowl act as controllers of methane emissions; and the emerging global effort to guide conservation of tropical peatland carbon resources.
