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Like all of us, scientists think in scenarios: If this happened, what then?
Results of their efforts to understand and anticipate global environmental changes through the process of scenario thinking and ecological forecasting are the topic of the annual National Science Foundation (NSF) Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Mini-Symposium.
The forum will be held on Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at NSF headquarters in Arlington, Va.
Presentations will address social and ecological change; ecosystem vulnerability, resilience and adaptability; and why long-term data are essential to understanding and predicting future responses to natural and human-caused environmental changes.
Results from scenario-thinking and simulations will be presented for ecosystems from forests to lakes to the open ocean.
For example, the Harvard Forest LTER site scenarios project integrates stakeholder engagement with land use and ecosystem modeling. LTER scientists are working to understand the reasons for and consequences of land use change in New England forests and how decisions are made for the forests' future.
Harvard Forest is one of 25 such NSF LTER sites around the world in ecosystems from deserts to grasslands, coral reefs to Arctic tundra.
Another talk at the mini-symposium will describe scenarios for long-term change in a southern Wisconsin watershed, part of the North Temperate Lakes LTER site. The scenarios will be presented as narratives, art and trajectories and maps of environmental factors.
Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site scientists use "participatory modeling" in their research. The models engage researchers and decision-makers as partners in addressing city planning needs. Results of these efforts will be presented at the forum.
Building on long-term research at the California Current Ecosystem LTER site, models are being developed to better understand changes in fish and other marine species that live in or migrate along the California Current. Findings will be reported at the mini-symposium.
Other presentations will address research at the Hubbard Brook LTER site on the recovery of acid lakes in the Northeast, and climate change in northern Alaska at the Arctic LTER site.
| Who: | NSF LTER Network Scientists |
| What: | NSF LTER Annual Mini-Symposium |
| When: | Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, 8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
| Where: | National Science Foundation, Stafford II, Room 555 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230 |
Detailed Agenda: Scenarios and Ecosystem Forecasting Mini-Symposium
| 8:30 a.m. | Welcome and Opening CommentsSaran Twombly (NSF Division of Environmental Biology), Scott Collins (University of New Mexico and Sevilleta LTER site) and David Foster (Harvard University and Harvard Forest LTER site) |
| 8:45 a.m. | A Long View: Integrating Stories, Art, and Biophysical Models to Explore Long-term Change in the Yahara Watershed, WisconsinStephen Carpenter (University of Wisconsin and North Temperate Lakes LTER site) |
| 9:15 a.m. | Sustainable Futures ScenariosDavid Iwaniec (Arizona State University and Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site) |
| 9:45 a.m. | Land Use Scenarios, Ecosystem Services, and Links to Society: A New England Case StudyKathy Lambert (Harvard University and Harvard Forest LTER site) |
| 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:30 a.m. | Recovery of Acid Lakes in the Adirondack Region of New York: Model Projections under Different Scenarios of Emissions ControlsCharles Driscoll (Syracuse University and Hubbard Brook Forest LTER site) |
| 11:00 a.m. | Fire and Ice: Climate Change and Changing Disturbance Regimes in Northern AlaskaGaius Shaver (Marine Biological Laboratory and Arctic LTER site) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Ocean Ecosystems: Forecasting Responses to Climate ForcingEmanuele DiLorenzo (Georgia Institute of Technology and California Current Ecosystem LTER site) |
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Recovery of acid lakes in the Northeast: A topic at the annual NSF LTER symposium.
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Scientists at NSF's Central Arizona-Phoenix LTER site are researching sustainable future scenarios.
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Forecasting ocean ecosystem responses to climate change is on the agenda at the symposium.
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Forum topic: Integrating stories, art and biophysical models in the Yahara Watershed, Wisconsin.
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Research in the far North: Long-term studies at NSF's Arctic LTER site will be discussed.
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