February 26, 2021
February 26, 2021
The past is not dead: climate change lessons from the recent fossil record
The past is not dead: climate change lessons from the recent fossil record
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
Dr. Jacquelyn Gill
Associate Professor, University of Maine
Abstract
Abstract
It's often said that, in a changing climate, species have three options: move, adapt, or die. Drawing on the last 2.5 million years of "natural experiments" in climate change, I'll use this framework to discuss how past biodiversity responses can help us to inform conservation in a warming world.
Biosketch
Biosketch
Jacquelyn Gill is an Associate Professor of Paleoecology and Plant Ecology at the University of Maine, with a joint appointment in the School of Biology and Ecology and the Climate Change Institute. Her lab explores how species and communities respond to climate change and extinction across space and time. She also co-hosts the podcast Warm Regards about life in a warming world.