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[Updated 01/26/2021 to add Zoom registration info. PD]
Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 7:00 pm, when guest speaker George Diggs will present Texas Native Plants and Climate Change.
You must register in advance to attend the meeting. See the instructions later in this post.
About the topic: George will briefly summarize the most recent evidence for climate change and will discuss his personal observations from Antarctica to the Arctic. It is now clear that climate change is having effects on plants and animals both around the globe and here in Texas. Many species are now becoming mismatched to their rapidly changing environments. A variety of specific examples will be discussed that demonstrate the impacts of climate change, both large and small, and from those that affect whole regions to our own backyards. Plant examples in Texas span the state from the Gulf Coast and Pineywoods to central Texas and the Trans-Pecos.
About our speaker: George Diggs is an evolutionary biologist and botanist who has taught for 40 years at Austin College in Sherman, and a Research Associate at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas. His research interests include the plants of Texas, evolution as it relates to human health, climate change, and biogeography. He has co-authored four books and more than 30 scientific articles. In his research he has traveled to all seven continents. His latest books are The Hunter-Gatherer Within: Health and the Natural Human Diet, co-authored with Dr. Kerry Brock, and The Ferns & Lycophytes of Texas, co-authored with Barney Lipscomb.
How to attend: You must register in advance to attend the meeting. Register at the link below.
NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and field trips are canceled until further notice.
Check our blog announcements, calendar and Facebook for developing plans for virtual meetings and virtual field trips.
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