SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY MUSEUM

 

                   Date:    September 12, 2011

Contact: Jennifer Reynolds, Media Specialist • (909) 307-2669 ext. 278 • jreynolds@sbcm.sbcounty.gov

                Cameron Barrows, Center for Conservation Biology • (760) 834-0934 • cameron.barrows@ucr.edu

For release:     Immediately

Event date: Wednesday, September 28, 2011

 

Shifting Climates in the Desert Southwest

“Shifting Climates in the Desert Southwest—winners & losers in a hotter, drier world” is the topic of the September 28 guest lecture by Dr. Cameron Barrows at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. The lecture, which starts at 7:30 p.m., is free to the public.

 

How will chuckwallas, fringe-toed lizards and other desert creatures adjust to climate change? What about desert flora such as Joshua trees? Using current observations, Cameron Barrows will explain modeling efforts that show how a warmer and drier environment can shift those distributions and explain how habitat fragmentation could exacerbate effects on our icons of desert survival.

 

Camera Barrows is an Assistant Research Ecologist with the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of California, Riverside. He coordinates the Desert Studies Initiative and was honored with the 2008 George Miksch Sutton Award by the Southwestern Association of Naturalists.

 

The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. Parking is free. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening devices or other auxiliary aids are needed in order to participate in museum exhibits or programs, requests should be made through Museum Visitor Services at least three business days prior to your visit. Visitor Services’ telephone number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD) 909-792-1462.

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