The Early Days of the UC Natural Reserve System and the Acquisition of SNARL
This talk took place at the 2015 NRS Management Workshop at SNARL. Roger Samuelson was the founding Director of the Natural Reserve System. Phil Pister was a graduate student at SNARL in the 1940-50s and went onto a distinguished career with CA Fish & Game in Bishop, CA.
Heating and Cooling Buildings with Ground Source Heat Pumps: What it is, How it Works & Why its worth Using
By John D. Geyer, Certified Geothermal Designer. This is the first lecture (April 30) in the SNARL 2013 Lecture Series and was co-sponsored by the High Sierra Energy Foundation. Apologies for the slight audio hum and some focus issues. We will do better next week.
The National Ecological Observatory Network: The Biggest Thing at SNARL
This is the June 6 lecture in the 2013 SNARL Lecture Series; the final lecture of the season. Dr. Pitelka is a Senior Visiting Scientist at NEON.
Rediscovery of the Sierra Nevada Red Fox in Southern Sierra Nevada
This is the final lecture in the 2012 SNARL lecture series recorded June 12, 2012. Sherry Lisius is a Wildlife Biologist with the Bureau of Land Management in Bishop, CA formerly with the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in Bridgeport, CA.
The sound is missing from the first 60 seconds of the lecture. Please stick with it and the sound will come in.
Dragonflies of the Eastern Sierra
This is the May 29, 2012 lecture from the SNARL Lecture Series. There is a short glitch at the beginning of the lecture but it plays fine after that.
Population dynamics in Mountain Yellow Legged Frogs
Mary Toothman, PhD candidate in Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology at the University of California, Santa Barbara has studied disease dynamics in mountain yellow legged frogs since 2008. The full title of her presentation is “Immunity and the Environment: factors influencing disease-driven population dynamics in Mountain Yellow Legged Frogs”.
A Field Study of Storm Snow Avalanches
Dr. Edward Bair examines a field study of storm snow avalanches in the sierras.
A plant’s eye view of climate change in California mountains
Frank Davis, Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, UC Santa Barbara talks about some results of ongoing research in the Sierra Nevada and Tehachapi Mountains in which he links tree seedling establishment to historical and projected future microclimates over large landscapes. His results suggest shrinking windows of opportunity for tree seedling establishment in these landscapes, but mountain microclimates will buffer the impacts to some extent.
Generating Jovian Jets in a Giant Gyrating Jacuzzi
Dr. Jon Aurnou, Professor of Planetary Physics, Department of Earth, Planetary & Space Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles studies geophysical fluid dynamics by way of laboratory experiments and massive computer simulations. Working at UCLA since 2002, he focuses on understanding planetary magnetic field generation as well as the large-scale flows observable on planetary surfaces (like Jupiter’s jets and vortices). In this talk he presents fresh Juno images of Jupiter and explains how Jovian-style atmospheric jets and vortices form, using a mix of movies from his lab as well as through participation in hands-on experimentation using outreach turntables and tanks. We apologize that due to technical difficulties with our equipment, we were not able to record the first several minutes of the presentation.
Extreme Weather and the Drought of 2013-14
This is the third lecture in the 2014 spring lecture series at the Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory (SNARL).