WHO:           Brenda Casper
                     Professor and Chair
                     Department of Biology
                     School of Arts & Sciences
                     University of Pennsylvania
 

WHAT:          Penn Science Café: “Studying Climate Change in a Land of Nomads: How Species
                    Will Respond to New Conditions in the Mongolian Steppe”

WHEN:          Tuesday, March 15, 6-7 p.m. 

WHERE:        World Cafe Live Upstairs, 3025 Walnut St., Philadelphia

Industrialized nations shoulder the biggest responsibility in contributing to anthropogenic climate change, but even the most remote areas of the globe bear the consequences. Brenda Casper and her students have spent years studying how future climate change will impact northern Mongolia, a semi-arid steppe where nomadic herders have practiced their livelihoods in much the same way for thousands of years. In this talk, she will explain what their work is revealing about how plants and soil bacterial communities will respond to future warming and land-use change and what that will mean for the region.

The talk is part of the Penn Science Café free public-lecture series presented by Penn Arts & Sciences and the Office of University Communications that takes science out of the lab for a night on the town. Professor Casper’s presentation will be followed by an audience Q&A. Café events are free and open to the public. Food and beverages will be available for purchase. Seating is limited.