2011 Shivvers Memorial Lecture: Gene Takle, Will Climate Change Impact the Sustainability of Iowa Farms?
Date: Sunday, February 6th, 2011 
Start: 7:00 pm
Location: Ames, Iowa
Designing sustainable practices for managing today’s landscapes under pressure for producing food, feed, fuel, and fiber presents major challenges. However, designing sustainable practices that also are resilient under future climates adds a new dimension to these challenges. At the 2011 Shivvers Memorial Lecture, Gene Takle outlined current and future threats to the sustainability of resilient landscapes. He also provided examples of current dialog on creating resilient cities and resilience in the built environment that might provide insight for the dialog on designing sustainable landscapes that are resilient to local climate change.
Gene Takle is director of Iowa State's Climate Science Initiative team that was established in response to the public concern over global climate change and its impact on every segment of society. After receiving an undergraduate degree in math and physics from Luther College, he earned a doctorate in physics at Iowa State and then stayed on for a joint faculty appointment in the departments of Agronomy and Geological and Atmospheric Sciences. Takle is one of 11 scientisits who contributed to the Iowa Climate Change Impacts Committee Report published in January 2011.
The Shivvers Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the Leopold Center and the ISU Committee of Lectures.
Related information
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Download overheads from presentation [PDF]
Download "Climate Change Impacts on Iowa 2010" [PDF]
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