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SUMMARY:Dippy & Friends: A Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:Join Curator Matt Lamanna online to learn about the dinos and animals that shared Dippy’s world. \nIt’s the 125th anniversary of the discovery of Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s beloved Dippy\, the giant sauropod dinosaur Diplodocus carnegii\, and we’re throwing a ‘gotcha day’ party! What other dinosaurs would Dippy invite? Which would be left off the guest list? Join CMNH dinosaur curator Matt Lamanna to learn about Apatosaurus\, Stegosaurus\, Allosaurus\, and other amazing animals that shared Dippy’s world some 150 million years ago in what’s now the Rocky Mountain region of North America. \nTuesday\, July 23\, 7:00-8:00 p.m. EDT\n\nRegister Now\n\nSpeaker: \nMatt Lamanna\, Mary R. Dawson Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology\, Carnegie Museum of Natural History \n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/dippy-and-friends-virtual/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240311T120000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: River Life in Ancient Egypt: The Nile and its Varied Environments
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: “River Life in Ancient Egypt: The Nile and its Varied Environments”\nSpeaker: Christine Johnston\, Western Washington University. \nAncient Egyptian society developed around and was dependent on the Nile River. It was the physical and cultural heart of the pharaonic state\, playing important roles in transportation and trade\, agriculture and subsistence\, and belief and ideology. The Nile brought bounty to the people of Egypt through both the resources it held and the rich sediments it deposited across the Nile valley during the annual inundation. These sediments supported the production of agricultural products like grain\, while the river environment provided fish and fowl and supported the raising of livestock and the cultivation of plants like flax and papyrus used to make linen and paper. Although the Nile represented an important source of life\, it could also be dangerous. It was home to creatures like hippopotami and crocodiles and helped to spread water- and insect-borne parasites and illnesses like malaria. Fluctuations in the annual inundation could also have devastating effects on agriculture\, while the migration of the river across the valley altered physical and cultural landscapes. This presentation will focus on the regional differences through the Egyptian Nile Valley\, the changes that occurred over time\, and the impact of the river on the lives and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians. \nThis free event will take place ONLINE via Zoom on Monday\, March 11\, 2024 at Noon. \nRegister Now \nClick to download the printable program. \nSeminar 167 \n.
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-river-life-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230327T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: “Effects of Urbanization on Plant Phenology“\n\nSpeaker: Daijiang Li\, Louisiana State University.  \nThis event will take place Monday\, March 27 at Noon online via Zoom. \nAbstract:With 57% of the human population now living in urban areas\, urbanization is one of the most important drivers of global environmental change. Urbanization and its associated environmental consequences such as habitat fragmentation\, urban heat island effects\, pollution\, and altered biogeochemical and hydrologic cycling are affecting all living individuals in urban areas\, forming novel ecosystems. However\, we know little about how and why urbanization affects species\, limiting our ability to have better urban planning and management. Plant phenology – the timing of plant life-cycle events\, such as leaf-out and flowering – can serve as a “canary in the coal mine” for impending system shifts because phenology shifts are often the most immediate and visible ecological response to environmental change. In this seminar\, Dr. Daijiang Li will talk about the effects of urbanization on plant phenology across the United States and most of the Europe using both in situ observatory and remote sensing data. Dr. Li will also briefly talk about a current project to build a global plant phenology database — phenobase. \n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-li-32723/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T160000
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SUMMARY:Expedition Patagonia: LiveStream
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URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/expedition-patagonia-livestream/2023-02-23/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230213T120000
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CREATED:20230120T212934Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: "Follow Your Nose: How birds use scent to find mates\, assess rivals\, and recognize relatives"
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: “Follow Your Nose: How birds use scent to find mates\, assess rivals\, and recognize relatives”\nSpeaker: Danielle Whittaker\, Oregon State University.  \nThis event will take place online Monday\, February 13 at Noon. \nAbstract: Smell has been called the most ancient sense\, and songbirds are no exception in their use of it. Behavioral\, genomic\, and neurobiological work has demonstrated that birds can use smell to navigate\, find food\, avoid predators\, and even communicate with each other. The primary source of odors in most birds is preen oil\, secreted by the uropygial gland and used by birds in grooming and maintaining their feathers. The compounds that make up these odors provide important information about a bird’s identity\, health\, breeding status\, aggressiveness\, and more. Interestingly\, these compounds appear to be produced by symbiotic microbes that inhabit the uropygial gland. In this talk\, Dr. Whittaker will share over a decade of her research on dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis)\, a widespread North American sparrow\, investigating how these odors are produced\, what they communicate\, and how they relate to behavior.  \n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-follow-your-nose/
LOCATION:Online
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SUMMARY:The Datafied Animal: Big Data\, Machine Learning\, and Wildlife Conservation
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: The Datafied Animal: Big Data\, Machine Learning\, and Wildlife Conservation\nSpeaker: Emily Wanderer\, University of Pittsburgh \nAbstract: Over the past twenty years\, scientists have developed an ever expanding “internet of animals.” This internet of animals is composed of GPS-tracking and biologging technologies and machine learning and AI tools; they are being deployed globally to produce what has been called a regime of benign surveillance of non-human life. As miniaturized GPS tags\, camera traps\, and bioacoustics monitoring now capture exponentially more data about wildlife\, scientists and engineers are developing AI and machine learning tools to process that data. These include things like facial recognition systems for bears\, an analogue to FaceNet\, Google’s human facial recognition system\, and machine learning translation of sperm whale sounds\, part of a project to develop models for the study of non-human communications. There have been many studies of the social construction of machine learning and the effects of datafication on human lives. However\, these studies leave unexamined what happens when these technologies are developed for or transferred to the study of animals. In this talk\, Wanderer brings an anthropological perspective to tech for conservation\, analyzing the ideas\, cultural categories\, and histories that shape machine learning and AI about non-human animals.\n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-the-datafied-animal/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Working the Face: Integrative Evolutionary Morphology & Physiology in the Mammalian Face
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Working the Face: Integrative Evolutionary Morphology & Physiology in the Mammalian Face\nSpeaker: Anne Burrows\, Duquesne University \nAbstract:Faces are ubiquitous in the mammalian and general vertebrate clades. However\, our understanding of the evolutionary morphology and physiology of the face remains unclear. We have many paleontological pieces of evidence for how the bony and dental aspects of mammalian faces changed over time\, especially in regard to dietary functions\, brain development\, and even the hearing and vestibular mechanisms. Similar evidence for the muscles of facial expression\, the “mimetic muscles”\, and associated connective tissue are lacking. This talk integrates evidence from the fossil record\, comparative anatomy\, physiology\, biomechanics\, plastic surgery\, genetics\, social networks\, and artificial intelligence to understand the evolution of the mammalian face.\n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-working-the-face/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220425T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Modern mineralogy at the Smithsonian NMNH
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Modern mineralogy at the Smithsonian NMNH\nSpeaker: Gabriela Farfan\, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History \nAbstract:The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History is renowned for its National Gem and Mineral Collection that encompasses the American “crown jewels\,” such as the Hope Diamond\, world class mineral specimens\, and hundreds of thousands of reference specimens for use in research. This presentation will be a tour of some of the most recent highlights that have been added to the National collection\, as well as a behind-the-scenes tour of modern mineralogical research being done by Dr. Gabriela Farfan and her colleagues in the Department of Mineral Sciences. The first research example is a gem science project on the origin of trapiche-like inclusion patterns in quartz from Inner Mongolia\, China. The second is an example of environmental biomineralogy and how we can use crystallography and mineralogy to learn more about how coral skeletons and mollusk shells grow under changing aquatic environments.\n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-modern-mineralogy-at-smithsonian/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220404T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220404T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Dead shells speak: detecting unsuspected ecosystem change without being there
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Dead shells speak: detecting unsuspected ecosystem change without being there\nSpeaker: Susan Kidwell\, University of Chicago \nAbstract:One of the major challenges for environmental management and conservation biology is simply discovering ‘what was natural’ before human impacts. This problem is especially pressing in marine systems\, where biological monitoring and other records are brief or lacking. This question can be tackled locally in a geologically common-sensical way. First\, we compare local dead-shell assemblages — sieved from the surface mixed layer — to a census of the local living community\, identifying which species occur only as dead individuals (suggesting their populations have waned) and those that occur only alive\, despite having mineralized tissues that should leave a trace\, suggesting they are new arrivals to the habitat or region. We can then “age un-mix” the dead-shell assemblage using radiocarbon or other methods\, which permits us to establish when taxa declined (or increased) relative to local timelines of natural and cultural stressors. This simple approach\, strongly supported by meta-analysis and mechanistic modeling\, provides a powerful tool for recognizing ecological change retrospectively. Importantly\, it has the power to exonerate as well as to incriminate human activities. The method will be illustrated with some case studies from around the world.\n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-dead-shells-speak/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220328T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Eavesdropping on wildlife: Realizing the potential of autonomous acoustic surveys for ecology and conservation biology
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Eavesdropping on wildlife: Realizing the potential of autonomous acoustic surveys for ecology and conservation biology\nSpeaker: Tessa Rhinehart\, University of Pittsburgh \nAbstract:: In an era of rapid global change\, it is critically important to understand how anthropogenic actions like habitat disturbance and restoration affect wildlife populations. Ecologists and conservation biologists are increasingly applying autonomous survey methods to study these questions at large scales. Autonomous surveys involve using passive sensors such as camera traps and autonomous acoustic recorders to gather data on the species present in a location. To interpret the large data sets that such sensors produce\, many practitioners are turning to machine learning algorithms that can identify the species captured in these data.\nHowever\, these machine learning-driven approaches come with several drawbacks. For example\, algorithms regularly misidentify species and their accuracy can differ between datasets. Interpreting this error-prone output poses challenges that this work aims to address. This talk will describe three case studies applying autonomous acoustic recorders to study bird populations. It will identify common obstacles in using such approaches and discuss how to overcome these obstacles to test ecological theories and conserve biodiversity in a changing world. \n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-eavesdropping-on-wildlife/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220324T140000
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SUMMARY:Educator Webinar: Specimens\, Artifacts and Adventure: Supporting All Learners During Pandemic Disruptions
DESCRIPTION:Two years ago\, as Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH) and partner educational organizations experienced lockdowns\, staff furloughs\, and other COVID-19 related disruptions\, continued communication with the teachers and other educators we had long served informed decisions about necessary and frequently drastic program adjustments. In this three-segment session\, presenters from Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Tree Pittsburgh\, an environmental non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the city’s urban forest\, will share lessons learned about engaging neuro-atypical learners in virtual space\, overcoming the challenge of gaining and retaining the attention of scattered remote audience members\, and how the primacy of authentic objects in learning is not diminished through a virtual interface. Time for participant questions will be provided. \nAvailable for one hour of Professional Development credit! \nLearn more and register for the free webinar on Share My Lesson! \n\nPresenters\n\n\nPatrick McSheaProgram OfficerCarnegie Museum of Natural History\n\nJoe StavishAssociate Director of EducationTree Pittsburgh\n\n\n\nMandi LyonProgram Manager: School & Group ProgramsCarnegie Museum of Natural History\n\nJohn BitsuraProgram Manager: Offsite ProgramsCarnegie Museum of Natural History
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/educator-webinar-specimens-artifacts-and-adventure-supporting-all-learners-during-pandemic-disruptions/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220314T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Integrating the living and the dead: how functional traits can improve our understanding of early Cenozoic fern evolution
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Integrating the living and the dead: how functional traits can improve our understanding of early Cenozoic fern evolution\nSpeaker: Molly Ng\, Carnegie Museum of Natural History \nAbstract:Plants have different economic strategies to grow\, survive\, and reproduce. In leaves\, these strategies are important in producing energy for the entire plant. Leaf mass per area (LMA)\, the ratio of leaf area to dry mass\, is one way we can compare different strategies and has been shown to provide valuable insights about relative growth rates\, productivity of plants within their environment\, and even evolution. Ferns are important environmental and ecological indicators yet are not as well studied as angiosperms. The majority of modern ferns are considered ecological opportunists\, hypothesized to have evolved as a response to angiosperm dominance ~55 million years ago\, which also coincides with early Cenozoic climatic events. It is unclear whether ecological opportunity or climate is responsible for modern fern radiation\, but LMA may provide insights into ecological opportunity. Using collections\, both living (Powdermill Nature Reserve) and dead (herbarium and fossil specimens)\, Molly Ng estimates LMA across ferns to test whether “new” ferns strategize differently from “old” ferns. She determines plant response to atmospheric carbon dioxide and temperature\, and tests phylogenetic conservation of traits across lineages. Finally\, she introduces the work she is doing with fossils\, which will ultimately improve our understanding of trait evolution and function within ferns.\n. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-cenozoic-ferns/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220228T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: The mysterious megaraptorids: giant-clawed meat-eating dinosaurs from the southern continents
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: The mysterious megaraptorids: giant-clawed meat-eating dinosaurs from the southern continents\nSpeakers: Matt Lamanna\, Carnegie Museum of Natural History \nArticulated antebrachium (forearm) and manus (hand) of eponymous megaraptorid Megaraptor namunhuaiquii. The largest\, innermost claw at right is approximately 40 cm (~16 inches) in length. Credit: Wikipedia (raffaele sergi from Pinerolo\, Italia – dinosauri 013 Uploaded by FunkMonk).\n  \nThe field team celebrates the discovery of the most complete adult skeleton of the megaraptorid Megaraptor namunhuaiquii yet found\, on the shore of Lago Barreales\, Neuquén Province\, northern Patagonia\, Argentina. Credit: Matt Lamanna.\nAbstract: Over the past quarter-century\, paleontological field explorations in landmasses that once comprised the Southern Hemisphere supercontinent of Gondwana have yielded fossil finds representing a host of new and unusual dinosaurs. Among the most extraordinary of these are Megaraptoridae\, an enigmatic group of large-bodied\, Cretaceous-aged (~125–66 million-year-old) theropods (generally predatory dinosaurs) characterized by low and elongate skulls\, proportionally small but sharp teeth\, extensively air-filled bones\, and\, most strikingly\, powerfully built forelimbs tipped with enormous claws on the innermost two digits. In this R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar\, Dr. Lamanna will present several of he and his Argentine collaborators’ recent megaraptorid discoveries and their implications for scientific understanding of the anatomy\, phylogenetic relationships\, and paleoecology of these mysterious Cretaceous carnivores. Among these finds are two exceptionally preserved skeletons that cast significant new light on megaraptorid morphology and evolutionary history\, strengthening the hypothesis that these animals are Gondwanan cousins of tyrannosaurids\, the theropod group that includes the notorious Tyrannosaurus rex. \nBio: Matt Lamanna is the Mary R. Dawson Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology and the principal dinosaur researcher at Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Born and raised in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York\, he received his B.Sc. from Hobart College in 1997 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1999 and 2004\, respectively. Within the past 25 years\, he has directed or co-directed field expeditions to Antarctica\, Argentina\, Australia\, China\, Croatia\, Egypt\, and Greenland that have resulted in the discovery of numerous new species of dinosaurs and other fossil animals from the Cretaceous Period\, the third and final time period of the Age of Dinosaurs; indeed\, he is one of only a handful of paleontologists to have found dinosaur fossils on all seven continents. Lamanna served as chief scientific advisor to Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s $36M Dinosaurs in Their Time exhibition and has appeared on television programs for PBS (NOVA)\, the Discovery Channel\, the History Channel\, A&E\, the Science Channel\, and more. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-the-mysterious-megaraptorids-giant-clawed-meat-eating-dinosaurs-from-the-southern-continents/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220221T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20220202T144333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220203T144626Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Rethinking Plant Heat Tolerances and Photosynthetic Strategies of Tropical Plants
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Rethinking Plant Heat Tolerances and Photosynthetic Strategies of Tropical Plants\nSpeakers: Timothy Perez \n \nStomata and leaf size thermoregulatory traits\, a thermograph of leaves\, and a tropical forest. \nAbstract: As climate changes so too do the compositions of terrestrial plant communities that sequester carbon and mitigate climate change. However\, the physiological mechanisms underpinning these changes are unclear. To understand these mechanisms\, Perez and collaborators studied the photosynthetic heat tolerances (PHTs) and carbon assimilation strategies of tropical plants. In this talk he discusses their findings\, which suggest that scientists need to rethink how PHTs are measured and assumed to influence plant performance. He also presents research that highlights how plant PHTs are unlikely to improve carbon assimilation at high temperatures\, but may characterize thermal generalists with slow resource acquisition strategies. Finally\, he presents a case-study using the genus Scalesia\, endemic to the Galapagos\, that indicates how climate selects for different photosynthetic strategies. \nBio: Timothy grew up in Upstate New York and in 2010 obtained a BSc in plant biology from the University of Vermont. After four years of working for NGO’s\, the Bureau of Land Management\, and as a research assistant\, Timothy started a PhD in the Feeley Lab at the University of Miami. After obtaining his PhD in 2019\, Timothy began a postdoctoral position in the Michaletz Lab at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver\, Canada\, where he is currently a Killam Postdoctoral Scholar. Timothy’s research focuses on how plant ecophysiology can be used to understand plant responses to climate change\, and he is motivated by a desire to develop tools that aid plant conservation. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-rethinking-plant-heat-tolerances-and-photosynthetic-strategies-of-tropical-plants/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220124T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220124T130000
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Understanding the Mid-Atlantic Flora...One Specimen at a Time
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Understanding the Mid-Atlantic Flora…One Specimen at a Time\nSpeakers: Cindy Skema\, Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania \nPlant collections and their archiving in herbaria form a cornerstone in the foundation of plant science studies. We will discuss the why\, how\, and where of this work\, as well as the process of digitization\, i.e.\, how we bring these invaluable specimens into the digital realm. The Mid-Atlantic Megalopolis (MAM) Project\, a National Science Foundation funded collaboration between 13 institutions including Carnegie Museum of Natural History\, has enabled the digitization of >1.2 million specimens since 2016 and the creation of a virtual consortium of herbaria throughout the Mid-Atlantic. I will introduce the project\, its participants\, and outcomes. We will end with a consideration of Ripariosida hermaphrodita (Virginia mallow)\, a case study that uses MAM data to better understand the biology of a plant that is threatened in the Mid-Atlantic region. \nPhoto description:\nClose-up of a high resolution image of an herbarium specimen of Cornus florida (flowering dogwood)\, taken as part of the MAM Project’s herbarium digitization efforts. Copyright Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-understanding-mid-atlantic-flora/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220110T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220110T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211222T161923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211222T161923Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Resilience and adaptation to climate change and environmental shifts in ancient Egypt and Nubia
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Resilience and adaptation to climate change and environmental shifts in ancient Egypt and Nubia- the 4.2 ka BP and 3.2 ka BP events reconsidered\nSpeakers: Nadine Moeller and Emilie Sarrazin \nIn the history of ancient Egypt\, two periods of important societal change have often been linked to major climatic events: the transition from the Old Kingdom to the First Intermediate Period\, connected with the so-called “4.2 ka BP event\,” and the end of the New Kingdom\, roughly associated with the “3.2 ka BP event.” In both instances\, seemingly unprecedented periods of aridification are thought to have had a direct impact on the (dis)organization of ancient societies in Egypt\, Nubia\, and the broader Near East. While the appeal of such a theory is undeniable\, the proxy data on which this narrative is based are rarely critically assessed\, and the link between the environmental and historical data is rarely conclusively made. \nThis lecture proposes to re-examine the evidence for both climatic and sociocultural changes at the end of the Old and the New Kingdoms in Egypt and Nubia\, with a particular focus on settlement data. The growth\, contraction\, shifting\, and abandonment of sites often reflect important changes happening beyond their bounds. In this regard\, the benefits and limitations of using proxy data to explain changes in those settlement patterns will be reviewed\, particularly when these changes coincided with periods traditionally associated with societal “collapse” in the scholarly literature. \nRegister Now \nEvent photograph copyright Gregory Marouard
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-climate-change-egypt/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211122T192020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T152336Z
UID:18482-1639396800-1639400400@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Is climate change shading out our forest wildflowers?
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Is climate change shading out our forest wildflowers?\nSpeaker: Ben Lee\, Ph.D.\, Botany at CMNH \nDescription coming soon. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-is-climate-change-shading-out-our-forest-wildflowers/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211122T191726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211122T191726Z
UID:18480-1638792000-1638795600@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Building a Practice of Community Archaeology at Indian Run/Pandenarium
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Building a Practice of Community Archaeology at Indian Run/Pandenarium (Site 36ME253)\nSpeaker: Angela Jaillet-Wentling\, PA DCNR \nAt the Indian Run or Pandenarium settlement site (36ME253)\, archaeology helps shine a light on the story of a free African American community in the Antebellum North. Twentieth century histories focused heavily on the enslavers and the white community surrounding the settlement\, but the archaeological insight provided by the work undertaken by graduate students at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Angela Jaillet-Wentling\, 2011 and Samantha Taylor\, 2018) has begun to tell the stories of the Black community itself. By fleshing out the history lying underfoot\, archaeological investigation has helped to generate descendant interest and involvement moving forward\, as well as bridge the gap from past to present peoples. As one of several collaborators\, work has focused not on a retelling but on developing a more nuanced and in-depth understanding of the settlement’s history. By adding more context to our understanding\, a far more complex picture emerges of how the inhabitants fashioned a life of their own making from a structured landscape. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-building-a-practice-of-community/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211108T193745Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T151805Z
UID:18353-1637582400-1637586000@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Biogeographic and socioeconomic drivers of global insect invasions
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Biogeographic and socioeconomic drivers of global insect invasions\nSpeaker: Andrew Liebhold\, US Forest Service\, Morgantown\, WV \nBiological invasions are largely an unintended consequence of globalization. With increasing mobility\, humans have accidentally transported organisms around the world\, breaking the geographical boundaries that separated species ranges that persisted for millions of years of evolution. Among animals\, insects are the most numerous group of species\, with thousands of insect species having been established outside of their native ranges and many of these species causing immense impacts on agriculture\, human health and conservation of native ecosystems. \nHere\, we report on an analysis of historical insect invasions in 11 world regions. We use these data to compare frequencies of invasions among different insect orders and among different insect families. Certain groups\, such as the Hemiptera\, Formicidae and the Staphylinidae are generally over-represented in non-native insect assemblages\, while other taxa are under-represented. These patterns generally reflect characteristics of these insects that cause them to enter important invasion pathways and biological characteristics that facilitate invasions. These results ultimately can be of use when conducting invasive pest risk analysis. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-moriarty-science-seminar-biogeographic-and-socioeconomic-drivers-of-global-insect-invasions/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211108T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211108T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211101T175858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T152218Z
UID:18274-1636372800-1636376400@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Every Family Has Its Junk Drawer: Adventures in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Systematics
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Every Family Has Its Junk Drawer: Adventures in Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) Systematics\nSpeaker: Kevin Keegan \nNoctuidae moths are one of the most successful animal lineages on the planet\, being abundant in nearly all terrestrial habitats and with over 12\,000 species globally—some of which are among the world’s most damaging agricultural pests. Despite their success and importance in terrestrial food webs\, relationships among the overwhelming majority of noctuids remain poorly understood\, hampering a broad range of scientific and applied biological endeavors. The extreme morphological diversity of these more than 12\,000 species has vexed taxonomists for centuries resulting in “junk drawer” groups: moths that have no business being classified together but whose proper taxonomic placement within Noctuidae has remained a mystery. This talk will provide an overview of recent advances in our understanding of evolutionary relationships among Noctuidae that have combined new natural history and molecular data\, along with adult and larval morphological data to produce the largest ever molecular phylogeny of Noctuidae. These new findings have resulted in a taxonomic sea-change for the group\, including the discovery and description of new tribes and subfamilies\, and have provided a roadmap for future systematic studies of Noctuidae across the world.  \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-tandem-effects-of-changes-in-both-climate-and-land-use-on-body-size/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211025T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211025T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211018T150133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T152038Z
UID:18057-1635163200-1635166800@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Tandem Effects of Changes in Both Climate and Land Use on Body Size
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Tandem Effects of Changes in Both Climate and Land Use on Body Size\n\nSpeaker: Amanda Martin   \nAlterations in body size\, a fundamental ecological trait\, can have profound impacts on an organism’s life history and ecology with long-lasting effects that span multiple biological scales. Increased warming from climate change has led to smaller body size due to impacts on growth (i.e.\, Bergmann’s rule and temperature-size rule)\, but several exceptions exist. The impacts of land use change may offer an explanation as why not all animals are getting smaller in response to climate change. While impacts of land use on body size should adhere to the same physiological principles due to urban heat island effect\, urbanized environments are also characterized by substantial habitat fragmentation and altered resource availability and quality which selects for larger body sizes associated with enhanced dispersal abilities. Thus\, understanding the combined effects of climate and land use changes on body size is imperative for biodiversity preservation and predicting future responses to rapid environmental change. \nRegister Now
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-climate-and-body-size/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211011T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211011T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20211004T142809Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T152908Z
UID:17959-1633953600-1633957200@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Beasts of the Southern Wild: the African Aurochs in Art\, Ritual\, and DNA.
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Beasts of the Southern Wild: the African Aurochs in Art\, Ritual\, and DNA.\n\nSpeaker: Shayla Monroe   \nAurochsen\, the swift and powerful wild predecessors of domesticated cattle\, have captivated human beings since our earliest encounters.  In the 2012 film Beasts of the Southern Wild\, a young girl named Wink fixates on the mythical return of the aurochs\, convinced that they are harbingers of the extreme climate change and the flooding that threatens her coastal Louisiana home. Dramatic shifts in weather patterns and ecology also served as the backdrop of interactions between early human populations and the African aurochs\, Bos primigenius africanus. Rock art\, archaeological remains\, and aDNA analysis all tell an interlocking story of the African aurochs as a prevailing preoccupation in the lives and rituals of human communities at the dawn of social complexity in the Sahara and the Nile Valley\, a time of intense environmental change. The genetic legacy of the aurochs in domesticated cattle on the African continent reveals an enduring entanglement between the genus Bos and the genus Homo that is unique in the long history of human-animal interactions.     \nJoin the Zoom on Monday October\, 11 at 12:00 p.m. EST
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-beasts-of-the-southern-wild/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210517T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210427T150811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T152457Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Promoting Indigenous Participation in Environmental Governance
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Promoting Indigenous Participation in Environmental Governance\n\nSpeaker: Ryan E. Emanuel  \nIndigenous peoples often face barriers to participation in decision-making about their contemporary and ancestral territories. In the United States\, the extent to which Indigenous voices are heard\, let alone incorporated into decision-making\, depends heavily on whether or not Native nations are recognized by the federal government. In eastern North Carolina\, several non-federally recognized Native American tribes continue to occupy their ancestral territories near rivers\, floodplains\, pocosins (a regionally unique non-riparian wetland)\, and in interstitial uplands. Historically\, these tribes were rarely involved in environmental affairs. The situation changed in 2017\, when plans to construct the Atlantic Coast Pipeline prompted eastern North Carolina tribes to demand formal involvement in environmental decision-making. Their actions\, along with responses by governments and corporations\, expose barriers to participation in environmental governance faced by Indigenous peoples throughout the United States\, but especially barriers faced by non-federally recognized tribes. The pipeline was cancelled in 2020\, but lessons remain.  I tell the story of the pipeline and its lessons through my lens as an environmental scientist who belongs to one of the affected tribes (Lumbee).  I discuss Lumbee connections to land and water\, how these connections are (or are not) reflected in environmental decision-making\, and lessons for the future. \nRegister for this Seminar
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-indigenous-participation-environmental-governance/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Happening During Your Visit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210503T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210503T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210427T140040Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T152629Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Northward Migration of Umbrella Magnolia via Horticultural Escape
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Northward Migration of Umbrella Magnolia via Horticultural Escape\n\nSpeaker: Jesse Bellemare  \nDue to climate change\, many species will need to shift their distributions northward in coming decades; however\, slow rates of natural dispersal might be insufficient to keep pace with the high rate of change\, resulting in species declines or extinctions. To avoid this outcome\, some biologists have proposed human intervention via “assisted migration” to move species northward into regions where they have not lived in the past\, but where they are expected to survive in the future. Significant concerns about the potential for invasive behavior have delayed implementation of this controversial strategy\, but native plant horticulture might already be resulting in “accidental” assisted migration for some plant species. This talk will review the case of Umbrella Magnolia (M. tripetala)\, an understory tree species native to southern Pennsylvania and areas southward that has historically been planted north of its native range in the Northeast U.S. With recent climate change\, this tree has begun to escape from horticulture and naturalize north of its native range\, effectively shifting its range northward in the directions forecast by climate models. The species provides a striking example of human-assisted migration and raises challenging questions about our definitions of “native” in a world of increasing species range shifts due to climate change.  \nRegister for this Seminar
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-northward-migration-of-umbrella-magnolia/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210418
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210423
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210316T184557Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210624T221102Z
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SUMMARY:A Damming History: Cultural and Ecological Consequences in Egypt and Pittsburgh
DESCRIPTION:This year for Earth Day\, join us virtually by watching Lake of Betrayal (about the Kinzua dam) and The World Saves Abu Simbel; submitting questions to a panel of experts and meeting with us on Zoom on Earth Day to hear from the experts about the impact of dams. \nIf you register below\, you will be emailed access to a page to watch the documentaries the week of April 18\, 2021 where you can submit questions to our experts. This page will also contain the information and link for the zoom webinar\, taking place Thursday\, April 22 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. \n\n\nSchedule of Events:\n\nApril 18: Receive email with access to webpage with where to watch films\, Zoom Webinar information\, form for submitting questions to experts\, and expert bios.\nApril 22 at 6 p.m.: Zoom Webinar \nAbout the Expert Panelists\nDrew Armstrong is Associate Professor in the department of History of Art & Architecture and director of Architectural Studies at the University of Pittsburgh. He currently teaches a course on the Oakland neighborhoods and is researching the development of the University of Pittsburgh campus in the 1960s.   \nCaleb G. Abrams is an award-winning Onöndowa’ga:’ (Seneca) filmmaker and multimedia artist based out of what is currently considered Brantford\, Ontario. Raised on the Seneca Nation’s Allegany Territory of Ohi:yo’\, much of his work emerges from the social\, historical\, and cultural fabric of the Onöndowa’ga:’. \nChristine Johnston is an Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean History at Western Washington University\, and the Natural Environment Area Editor for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. Her research centers on the cultures and history of the Ancient Mediterranean world\, particularly on economic exchange and cross-cultural interaction. \nMore information about the panelists will be included in the information emailed to registrants.\n\n\nIf you have registration problems\, please email ProgramRegistration@CarnegieMuseums.org to register. \n[swaddtocart site=”6″ item=”106047″] \nFunding for the event was provided by the American Society for Environmental History (ASEH). For more ASEH events\, please visit the ASEH Environmental History Week webpage.
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/a-damming-history/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210324T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210308T153131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T151433Z
UID:16174-1616612400-1616616000@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Attracting Bluebirds and Why It’s Important
DESCRIPTION:Attracting Bluebirds and Why It’s Important – Powdermill Virtual Lecture \nNot very long ago\, Eastern Bluebird populations were in decline. Thanks to many dedicated lovers of nature\, they are doing much better. Can this improvement be sustained? Join us and explore the bluebird’s history in Pennsylvania\, their uncertain future\, and what you can do to help. Pre-registration to this virtual lecture is required as space is limited. All Ages Welcome. \n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”106082″]
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/attracting-bluebirds/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210322T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210309T202141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T153351Z
UID:16201-1616414400-1616418000@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Who Belongs When No One or Everyone Does? Stewarding Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Who Belongs When No One or Everyone Does? Stewarding Novel Ecosystems in the Anthropocene\n\nSpeaker: Nicole Heller  \nConserving biodiversity is a scientifically and socially challenging enterprise. This is perhaps especially the case in the early twenty-first century when global environmental changes associated with the Anthropocene are impacting local ecosystems everywhere. Many ecosystems are characterized as novel; meaning they have unique assemblages of species and altered processes due to human land-use and behavior. Dr. Nicole Heller’s research explores the challenges inherent in setting conservation goals and finding effective stewardship practices in a world of novel ecosystems and ongoing global environmental and social change. Here Heller explores this research question in the context of stewarding ant communities in the Hawaiian Islands. The island biota evolved without ants\, but over the last few hundred years an assemblage of approximately 60 ant species derived from around the world have become established\, and the number of new species continues to rise annually.  The ants have major ecological\, economic\, and social impacts. Determining “what is ‘natural’” and “who belongs” is not easily addressed using standard categories of native versus non-native that often drive conservation decision-making. In this talk\, Heller will discuss this general topic area and present some preliminary research findings about this novel ant community and the struggles of people to manage their distribution and impacts. \nRegister for this Seminar
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-stewarding-novel-ecosystems/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210310T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210223T141901Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210223T191841Z
UID:16029-1615366800-1615377600@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Educator Workshop: Digital tools for observing & documenting nature
DESCRIPTION:Engage your students and visitors with an annual worldwide bioblitz—the City Nature Challenge! Join educators and scientists from Carnegie Museum of Natural History\, Powdermill Nature Reserve\, and organizations throughout southwestern PA to explore applications of the City Nature Challenge (and associated free apps iNaturalist and Seek) to observe and document nature in neighborhoods and backyards\, and make connections between human activities and local plants and wildlife. This virtual workshop will introduce digital resources you can use with your groups and provide opportunities to think collaboratively about how to adapt activities for different needs\, including supporting in-person and/or virtual learning. \nFunding is available to reimburse your school or district for substitute teacher costs on the day you attend this workshop. Act 48 credit is available upon completion & receipt of a two-hour-long activity to be done asynchronously. \n\n\n[swcheckout site=”6″ item=”105892″]
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/educator-workshop-observing-nature/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210308T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210302T165058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211110T191625Z
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SUMMARY:Moriarty Science Seminar: Molecular Paleobiology of Early Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:R.W. Moriarty Science Seminar Presents: Molecular Paleobiology of Early Life on Earth\n\nSpeaker: Betül Kaçar  \nOnly one record of life exists\, but what does that tell us about life’s existence elsewhere? Will we recognize “life” when we see it? Are there characteristic chemical properties that would be common to all forms of life\, or can they differ substantially? What are the significant historical innovations of life that shaped the life we observe today?  \nIn this lecture we will travel back in time and take a journey across the history of life on Earth from a molecular perspective. Betül Kaçar will discuss the emergence of essential metabolisms\, their evolution across billions of years of planetary evolution\, and how molecular innovations were impacted by significant changes in the environment\, including the Great Oxidation Event.  \nRegister for this Seminar
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/moriarty-science-seminar-molecular-paleobiology-early-life-on-earth/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210224T200000
DTSTAMP:20260502T200258
CREATED:20210215T202610Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T151732Z
UID:15996-1614193200-1614196800@carnegiemnh.org
SUMMARY:Panel Discussion: Spring Migration and the Safety of Our Local Birds
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by The Frick Pittsburgh \nFrom the Frick’s website: \nWe all look forward to seeing the first robins of spring\, but the migration season that brings birds back to our region also holds dangers for the birds\, including preventable collision accidents with glass windows and buildings. As the Frick embarks on a project to remedy these dangers at our own Grable Visitor Center\, we welcome Robert Mulvihill\, Ornithologist at the National Aviary\, Jon Rice\, Urban Bird Conservation Coordinator at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History\, and artist Ashley Cecil for a conversation about migration patterns and problems\, and what we can do in our homes and neighborhoods to keep our local bird population safe. \nLearn more and register:\nRegister for this Panel
URL:https://carnegiemnh.org/event/panel-spring-migration-and-safety-of-birds/
LOCATION:Online
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