Is the impact of climate change the same on every part of this landscape?
Join Kavya Pradhan, University of Washington graduate student and Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center fellow, for a discussion on a project incorporating resilience to climate change into forest management at our Ellsworth Creek Preserve. The landscape conditions that exist today are a result of patterns of light and warmth, water and nutrients. The conditions that make an environment optimal for survival and growth by trees and other living organisms, however, may not be the same in the future as it is on today’s landscape because of a changing climate.
In our latest Science at Home talk, Kavya dives into her research at Ellsworth Creek Preserve and brings us along on a personal journey toward understanding what it means to protect nature’s stage and the landscape’s ability to shelter and protect organisms from climate change.
What does this mean for how The Nature Conservancy manages forests at Ellsworth Creek? Tune in and see how our science is helping us learn and adapt over time so that old growth can return at an accelerated pace to coastal Washington forests.
The Science at Home speaker series reveals the science and creativity behind our work—by putting a spotlight on answering the questions necessary for people and nature to thrive in our state and beyond.
