The Ecological Buffalo: On the trail of a keystone species
Wes Olson, Author, artist and retired National Park Warden
March 28, 2021, 7:00 pm
Join author, artist and retired National Park Warden Wes Olson as he takes you on a photographic journey through the hidden lives of wildlife and learn about the incredibly complex relationships they have with both plains and wood bison. This presentation explains in intimate detail the reason bison are so important for maintaining healthy and diverse ecosystems.
Hype and Reality: Small modular Reactors for the Yukon?
Steven Lisgo, PhD, Computational Plasma Physicist
March 21, 2021, 7:00 pm
Do small-scale modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, have a role to play in the north’s energy future? Join Steven Lisgo as he places modular nuclear reactors in the context of energy source transitions over the last 70 years. Steven will draw on his background working on major international fusion energy projects to outline the present-day state of SMR design. In light of the fast pace of global warming in the Arctic, along with recent declarations of a climate emergency, can these reactors contribute to displacing fossil fuels?
This Virus and the Next: The Sources of the Pandemic
David Quammen
Award-winning author of Spillover and The Song of the Dodo
March 14, 2021, 7:00 pm
Covid-19 stands only with AIDS and the 1918 influenza as the most dire infectious-disease disasters inflicted on humanity, by viruses, over the past 103 years. What do those three events have in common? What are the sources of viral pandemics, and what ultimate causes bring them upon us? Viewed through a Darwinian lens, the virus SARS-CoV-2 (the cause of the disease Covid-19) has become one of the most successful viruses on the planet. How is its success linked to failures of human imagination and preparedness? David Quammen will explore.
Wes Olson, Author, artist and retired National Park Warden
March 28, 2021, 7:00 pm
Join author, artist and retired National Park Warden Wes Olson as he takes you on a photographic journey through the hidden lives of wildlife and learn about the incredibly complex relationships they have with both plains and wood bison. This presentation explains in intimate detail the reason bison are so important for maintaining healthy and diverse ecosystems.
Hype and Reality: Small modular Reactors for the Yukon?
Steven Lisgo, PhD, Computational Plasma Physicist
March 21, 2021, 7:00 pm
Do small-scale modular nuclear reactors, or SMRs, have a role to play in the north’s energy future? Join Steven Lisgo as he places modular nuclear reactors in the context of energy source transitions over the last 70 years. Steven will draw on his background working on major international fusion energy projects to outline the present-day state of SMR design. In light of the fast pace of global warming in the Arctic, along with recent declarations of a climate emergency, can these reactors contribute to displacing fossil fuels?
This Virus and the Next: The Sources of the Pandemic
David Quammen
Award-winning author of Spillover and The Song of the Dodo
March 14, 2021, 7:00 pm
Covid-19 stands only with AIDS and the 1918 influenza as the most dire infectious-disease disasters inflicted on humanity, by viruses, over the past 103 years. What do those three events have in common? What are the sources of viral pandemics, and what ultimate causes bring them upon us? Viewed through a Darwinian lens, the virus SARS-CoV-2 (the cause of the disease Covid-19) has become one of the most successful viruses on the planet. How is its success linked to failures of human imagination and preparedness? David Quammen will explore.