Ecology & Biodiversity

Paul S. Shamble, John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow, Harvard University, will discuss "How Spiders Jump." Paul S. Shamble, John Harvard Distinguished Science Fellow, Harvard University, will discuss "How Spiders Jump." Jumping is a way of life for...

Learn how animals are impacted across continents and within oceans and how species will be impacted by climate change in a panel discussion moderated by Elizabeth Stephenson, Marine Conservation Action Fund, NEAQ with speakers Shannon Walajtys, IFAW...

Richard Forman, Harvard GSD, will present "Values of Large-versus-Small Urban Greenspaces, and Their Arrangement." Richard Forman, Harvard GSD, will present "Values of Large-versus-Small Urban Greenspaces, and Their Arrangement." Seminars are free and...

Missy Holbrook, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Interim Director of the Harvard Forest, will present "It's Hard to Be a Tree!". Missy Holbrook, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry in the...

Diane Beckles, Plant Sciences, University of California - Davis, will present "Starch-to-Sugar and Back Again: A Critical Role for Starch Metabolism in Plant Growth, Development and Abiotic Stress Response." Diane Beckles, Plant Sciences, University of...

Laura Leites, Ecosystem Science & Management, Pennsylvania State University, will give a talk. Laura Leites, Ecosystem Science & Management, Pennsylvania State University, will give a talk. Seminars are free and open to the public and presented online via...

Charles Harvey, MIT, will present "The Mathematical Simplicity of Impenetrable Topical Peat Swamp Forests: Welcome to the Necromass." Charles Harvey, MIT, will present "The Mathematical Simplicity of Impenetrable Topical Peat Swamp Forests: Welcome to the...

Ashley Keiser, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, UMass Amherst, will discuss "The Hidden Biotic and Abiotic Drivers of Leaf Litter Decompositionin Temperate Forests." Ashley Keiser, Stockbridge School of Agriculture, UMass Amherst, will discuss "The...

Nancy Johnson, School of Earth & Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, will present "When Mycorrhizal Microbiomes Can and Cannot Influence Plant Fitness." Nancy Johnson, School of Earth & Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, will present...

Join the Harvard Alumni Association in conversation with Bruno Carvalho, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and African and African American Studies, Co-Director of the Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative, Affiliated Professor in Urban Planning...