[Ecolunch] Ecology of Sacred Sea: Today, 5:30 PM

[Jai Ranganathan]

Please join us for the kick-off to Science for Everyone! This monthly
series is intended for everyone that is interested in the world around
them.

Lake Baikal, the Sacred Sea of Siberia
Dr. Stephanie Hampton, National Center for Ecological Analysis and
Synthesis (NCEAS)
Thursday, September 13, 5:30-6:30 PM 
NCEAS lounge, 3rd floor, 735 State Street, Santa Barbara
This event is free, open to all, and will feature light refreshments.

Join us for a journey to the other side of the planet to Siberia. Our tour
guide is ecologist Dr. Stephanie Hampton who will lead us on an ecological
tour of Lake Baikal, where she conducts her research. Lake Baikal is a lake
of superlatives; it is the world's deepest, most ancient, most biologically
diverse, and largest freshwater lake by volume. Home to the world's only
freshwater pinniped, the Baikal seal, and an astonishing diversity of
freshwater creatures and underwater landscapes, this unique ecosystem
depends on long periods of ice cover and cold temperatures. As Siberia
rapidly warms, Dr. Hampton and her colleagues are working to understand
Baikal's unique biology, primarily through the use of 60 years of detailed
data that have been collected by three generations of a single family of
Siberian scientists and their dedicated colleagues. Join us on September
13th to pierce the veil that surrounds one of the most fascinating places
on the globe.