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Naturalist Night: California's Drought and El Nino
A talk about California's drought of 2011-2015 and the current El Nino conditions of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean.
Tuesday March 15th 7:00pm-8:30pm
$6 Members - $12 Non-Members
Pre-register at santacruzmuseum.org
About the talk:
This lecture will describe California's drought of 2011-2015, the current El Nino conditions of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, and how these events affect our lives here in California.
About the speaker:
Michael E. Loik is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at University of California, Santa Cruz. His research focuses on how short-term weather patterns and long-term climate trends drive ecological patterns and processes. He has conducted research in the four deserts of the US, the Rocky Mountains and Sierra Nevada, Costa Rica, and Australia.
