Archaeology Brown Bag Lecture Series

Our society is confronting climate changes unlike any experienced by human society: how can we best adapt, and help species adapt? The geological record, with its many past warm states, abrupt changes, and novel climates, offers insights into how species and ecosystems respond to climate change. The end of the last glacial period, with its 6⁰C global warming, is a particularly useful model system for studying climate-driven shifts in species distributions and abundances. Here I’ll focus on...