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MARCH EARTH SCIENCE EVENTS
Curators Lunchtime
Lectures
Curators and research associates bring you
the latest research news from inside and outside the Museum. Located in
Ricketson Auditorium. Free member, $5 nonmember.
Monday, March 3, 12:15 pm,
Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Special Lecture in collaboration with the Mineralogical Society of America
From the Lab to Earth and Beyond:
Diffusion studies and other adventures in experimental geochemistry
Daniele J. Cherniak, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
Ricketson Auditorium
Denver Museum of Nature and Science Special Lecture
A Look at the Museum’s Dinosaurs Under
the Microscope
Wednesday, March 5, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Ken Carpenter, PhD, curator of lower
vertebrate paleontology and chief preparator, and Tom Garner, department
associate, Earth Sciences Department
Thursday, March 6, 1:30 pm, U.S.
Geological Survey, USGS Central Region Colloquium,
The Indonesian Mud Crisis ---
Long-lived mud "eruption" inundates housing and infrastructure
Thomas J. Casadevall, USGS Central
Region Director, Denver Colorado
Foord Lecture Room, Building 20, Denver Federal
Center
Tom Casadevall
Seminar.doc
The Eloquence of Passing Time:
Tree-Ring Dating at Mesa Verde National Park
Wednesday, March 19, 12:15–1:15 p.m.
Stephen Nash, PhD, curator of archaeology
and chair, Anthropology Department
The Myth of Wilderness: Climate Change and the Arctic’s Indigenous Peoples
Subhankar Banjeree, artist, photographer,
educator, activist
Wednesday, March 12, 7:00 p.m.,
Ricketson Auditorium, $12 member, $15 nonmember
The effects of global climate change and
the controversy over drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge have
recently turned the spotlight on America’s northernmost territory. Many debates
circle around myths of the Arctic as a “last frontier” or a “pristine
wilderness.” In fact, indigenous communities have thrived in this stark country
for millennia. Banerjee’s work focuses on the relationships between the struggle
of indigenous peoples for their human rights and the preservation of their
homelands in the face of development and climate change. In this program,
Banerjee, an award-winning photographer and educator, will present his stunning
images of the American and Siberian Arctic and their indigenous communities,
illustrating the intimate connection between land and people.
Nature and You: A Global Perspective
The Museum is pleased to partner with The
Nature Conservancy (TNC) to showcase three segments of the award-winning Planet
Earth series, produced by the Discovery Channel. On a big screen, you will see
incredible high-definition footage of some of the Earth’s most vulnerable
wildlife and landscapes, with scenes from nature never before captured on film.
Museum Chief Curator, Kirk Johnson, PhD, will team with Charles Bedford,
director of TNC in Colorado, to discuss the geologic history of these habitats
and current efforts to protect them for people and nature. Although admission to
these programs is free, reservations are required. Reserve your space for all
three, or register for individual programs.
Pole-to-Pole: Follow the Sun
Thursday, March 20, 7:00 p.m.,
Ricketson Auditorium; Free; reservations required.
Photographers caught nature’s greatest
spectacles around the world—wildlife migrations, desperate hunts, and elaborate
mating rituals—to examine how the world is interconnected. Learn what’s being
done on a global and local scale to achieve a world where nature is valued for
its life-sustaining services and where natural habitats and human communities
thrive together.
Courtesy of:
Peter J. Modreski
U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Central Region Office of Communications
tel. 303-202-4766, fax 303-202-4767
email pmodreski@usgs.gov
SCIENCE FOR A CHANGING WORLD
http://www.usgs.gov http://ask.usgs.gov
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