9th September 2016
12:30 - 14:00
Simmonds Lecture Theatre, General Purpose Building 3, The University of Western Australia, Myer Street, Perth WA 6000
Event description
Climate change is shaping up as one of the big challenges for human societies in the coming decades. In this forum we will present climate change related research within the Faculty of Science. After a short introduction on the social impact of climate change, four speakers will outline their research for terrestrial, marine, agricultural and urban ecosystems.
PROGRAM
INTRODUCTION: “Social impact of climate change” Professor Petra Tschakert
MARINE “Hot, heatwaves and herbivores: marine forests under siege” Thomas Wernberg
AGRICULTURE: “Climate clever clovers: a new paradigm for mitigating methane production by ruminants” Parwinder Kaur
TERRESTRIAL: “Drought, fire and flooding rains: using natural climate archives to understand extreme variability of rainfall” Pauline Grierson
URBAN: “Reducing urban water use: can soil amendments reduce turf water requirements?” Pieter Poot
Speakers
Professor Petra Tschakert
- The University of Western Australia
- School of Earth and Environment
Dr Thomas Wernberg
- The University of Western Australia
- ARC Future Fellow, UWA Oceans Institute
Dr Parwinder Kaur, Research Associate
- The University of Western Australia
- Centre for Plant Genetics and Breeding
Dr Pauline Grierson
- The University of Western Australia
- Deputy Head of School, School of Plant Biology
Dr Pieter Poot
- The University of Western Australia
- Senior Lecturer, School of Plant Biology