Join us Saturday June 1st at 617 Surry St for our June First Saturday Seminar!

Free pancakes and coffee at 8 am and seminar at 9 am.
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Title: Ghost forests of Smith Creek: insights from tree rings and sediment cores
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Speaker: Dr. Monica T. Rother
Co-authors: Kendra Devereux (MS) and Andrea Hawkes (PhD)
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Description: Ghost forests occur in the Cape Fear Region, including along Smith Creek. These areas of dead bald cypress trees form from saltwater intrusion related to dredging and/or relative sea-level rise. We use a combination of tree-ring and foraminiferal records from sediments to learn more about ghost forest formation.
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Bio: Dr. Monica T. Rother is an Associate Professor in the Environmental Sciences Department at UNCW. Monica conducts research within the broad disciplines of forest ecology, biogeography, and dendrochronology (tree-ring science). She earned her PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2015 and previously worked as a fire ecologist at Tall Timbers Research Station in Tallahassee, Florida. She teaches courses in Tree & Forest Measurement, Environmental Conservation, and Wildland Fire Ecology, among other topics.
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Learn more about Monica’s research at: https://sites.google.com/view/monicarother/