Quaternary Science is the multi-disciplinary study of geological, biological, climatological and human systems of the past two million years (the Quaternary Period), and the evolution of these systems into present conditions on Earth. The Alaska Quaternary Center (AQC) is committed to the promotion of interdisciplinary research and the enhancement of interdisciplinary instruction in Quaternary sciences.
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We are very happy to announce that the AQC has a new director! Dr. Mat Wooller of WERC/SFOS has taken over the reins; he can be reached at mjwooller@alaska.edu. Seminar Speaker: Dr. Glen MacDonald from UCLA gave a seminar that was jointly supported by AQC, CGC and IAB. The title of the seminar was: It’s a Dry Heat - Climate Warming, the Pacific Ocean and Drought in Western North America. The seminar on the 21st September 2011. An AQC potluck was held for Glen at Matthew Wooller's house on the evening of the 22nd.
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2011 Friends of the Pleistocene field trip: Prince of Whales Island, September 2nd - 6th! |