Science Under the Dome - Life After Death: How Dead Organisms Serve as Nature's Memories

Name: Science Under the Dome - Life After Death: How Dead Organisms Serve as Nature's Memories
Start: 2025-11-13T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-11-13T20:00:00-07:00
Location: 2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, CO, United States, Colorado 80309

Schedule

Thu Nov 13 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

2414 Regent Drive, Boulder, CO, United States, Colorado 80309 | Boulder, CO

As humans, our memories of the past influence how we behave in the present. But nature, too, has memories. Past events, like fires, storms, droughts, and other catastrophes can determine how ecosystems look and function, well into the future. We refer to this as ecological memory.
In this talk, Kai Kopecky (a postdoctoral researcher at the ESIIL) will discuss the many roles foundation species play both before and after they die, the cutting-edge tools we use to study these incredibly important organisms on land and underwater, and how we can interact with them to support their health.