Buffet Lunch

Welcome and AERC Overview
Knute Nadelhoffer (President) and AERC Board

The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON)-
Will NEON Forecast Tipping Points?
Dr. James A. MacMahon, Chair, NEON Inc. & Utah State University

Recent Changes in the Arctic Freshwater Cycle and
Impacts on Global Climate
Dr. James McClelland, University of Texas

Northward Movement of Forests in the Arctic:
Why Changing Arctic Ecosystems Matter
Dr. Andrea Lloyd, Middlebury College

Coffee Break

Could Warming and Increased CO2 Concentrations Lead
to Tipping Points in Coral Reef Ecosystems?
Dr. Chris Landgon, University of Miami

Detecting Changes in Highly Variable Environments -
Lessons from the Western United States
Dr. Kris Havstad, New Mexico State University

Desertification and Societal Uncertainty
Dr. David Mouat, Desert Research Institute

Discussion

Please join us for a reception! Room 3112