Free virtual webinar, registration here: https://outdoornebraska.zoom.us/…/tJApceqqpjkuHNbmwxcIE…

The Nebraska State Climate Office is an operational climate services center based in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Our roles are to provide environmental monitoring for the state, engage stakeholders and inform management decisions. It is more important than ever that communities, agencies and jurisdictional leaders have trusted, science-based and locally-relevant information upon which to both mitigate and plan for climate change. This presentation will provide a discussion of locally-based climate change implications and a description of climate change perceptions across a range of stakeholders.

Presenter: Dr. Martha Schulski, Nebraska State Climate Office

Dr. Martha Shulski is a Professor of Applied Climate Science in the School of Natural Resources at UNL where she has been faculty since 2009. Her work focuses on climate variability and change and understanding climate impacts. She spent seven years at the Alaska Climate Research Center, six years as Director of the NOAA High Plains Regional Climate Center and has served as the Nebraska State Climatologist, directing the Nebraska State Climate Office, since 2016. Her research has taken her from remote Alaska villages to the windswept Nebraska Sandhills. She was co-author on the 2018 U.S. National Climate Assessment and you can find her weather column in NEBRASKAland magazine.

This webinar is part of the Conservation Education Lunch & Learn Series. Education is an essential part of conservation. Understanding how people learn and what motivates conservation-based behavior changes are complex subjects that span across many scientific disciplines. This free virtual series dives into the science behind educational efforts and practices by learning from experts on a variety of science and educational topics. For questions about the series, contact Amber Schiltz, Wildlife Education Program Manager at amber.schiltz@nebraska.gov

Conservation Education Lunch & Learn Schedule
July 20 – Aligning Practice with Development Needs in Environmental Education
August 10 – Nature & Human Well-being: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic
September 7 – Climate Services & Perceptions Across Nebraska
October 19 – What Community Science Taught Me, Panel Discussion
November 9 – Cultural & Historical Interpretation Panel Discussion
December 14 – Science Communication 101

All webinars will be recorded and found here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5jnrlvrCTp2f0ksRmppXPl2E9eB70lOO