SOCAN General Meeting: In Cold Blood: The global warming guillotine for our buggy friends and foes.
SUBJECT InCold Blood: The global warming guillotine for our buggy friends and foes.
You may have heard that some pests and diseases are movingnorth. Wonder why?
One of the least discussed impacts of global warming andrelated trends is how they affect living systems that are important to us. Inthis presentation Southern Oregon Climate Action Now cofacilitator Dr. AlanJournet will discuss how we are affecting the viability of many of our temperaturedependent friends and foes in the natural world. Many of these are crittersthat derive body heat from the surrounding environment. Journet will explainwhy and how these creatures are temperature dependent. He will also discuss how regional temperaturetrends influence range shift, and how warming affects migratory bird nestingsuccess. The discussion will also explore what climate change means for manycritical diseases and pests, notably bark beetles and our forests, and howmonarchs and other butterflies are affected. Journet will close with a briefdiscussion of the impact of carbon dioxide increase on our natural andagricultural world.
SOCAN’s general meetings are free and open to the public. The program will occur on Tuesday eveningJuly 28th at the Medford Public Library from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. Thereis no charge for attending: please visit https://socan.eco/events/ for updated information.
This program isco-sponsored by the PollinatorProject Rogue Valley.
This meeting is not sponsored nor endorsed by Jackson County LibraryServices
