A DC Science Café Event: Three Trillion Trees
Date and Time
Mar 2, 2016 5:30 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Mar 2, 2016 5:30 pm
450K
For each of the 7.2 billion people on the planet, there are hundreds of trees. These beloved cohabitants of Spaceship Earth give us breath, food, shelter, and beauty. Their importance in ecological systems cannot be overstated. And many of them face novel threats as the human touch on the planet gets ever heavier.
Join University of Maryland remote-sensing scientist Matthew Hansen, arborist Earl Eutsler, Deputy Director of DC’s Urban Forestry Administration, and science journalist Gabriel Popkin for a discussion about trees that will sweep from a global perspective on the state of trees in a climate-changing world, to a local effort to increase tree coverage in the District of Columbia, to a tale illustrating the diversity of challenges our arboreal partners face today.
Now in its fourth year, DC Science Cafe is brought to you with support from DC Science Writers Association and encouragement from Busboys and Poets.
Free and open to the public.
For more info, contact Ivan Amato: DCScienceCafe@dcswa.org
