Drylands, Not Wastelands Swaner Webinar

Join USU Assistant Professor Dr. Brooke Osborne to learn about the global importance of drylands like Utah’s beloved deserts!
This talk will take place on Zoom. Once registered, you will receive instructions for how to access the webinar in your confirmation email. We will also be recording this program and will share it with registrants afterward. This event is part of Swaner’s Walks, Talks, & Workshops program.

Drylands, which cover ~40% of the western U.S., are sometimes dismissed as “wastelands.” However these understudied and commonly misunderstood systems support billions of people, store vast amounts of soil carbon, and are predicted to be highly sensitive to intensifying changes in climate and land use. We will discuss what makes these ecosystems so unique and important at the global scale and, at the same time, challenging to understand and predict.

This event is designed for adults.