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Storms and Invasives in the Pacific, with Heather Kerkering and Elliott Parsons
For this episode, we're joined by Heather Kerkering, the Assistant Regional Administrator for the US Geological Survey's Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and Elliott Parsons, a specialist with Pacific RISCC, which is the Pacific Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Management Network, through the Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. They were here to talk about the work that their organizations conduct, particularly with a view to invasive species in the Pacific Islands context, and how that all relates to serious storms and other weather-related events.
Learn more:
Regional Super El Niño Impacts: Hawaiʻi and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands | U.S. Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/regional-super-el-nino-impacts-hawaii-and-us-affiliated)
Pacific Islands Climate Adaptation Science Center (PI-CASC): Adapting Together | U.S. Geological Survey (https://www.usgs.gov/programs/climate-adaptation-science-centers/science/pacific-islands-climate-adaptation-science-0)
PI-CASC (@pacificcasc) • Instagram photos and videos (https://www.instagram.com/pacificcasc/)
2 Oct 2026
Florida Scrub-Jays at Archbold Biological Station, with Sahas Barve
For this episode, we're joined by Sahas Barve, Director of Avian Ecology at Archbold Biological Station. Today's episode focuses on Archbold's long-term research on the Florida scrub-jay, along with a conversation about the AIBS Congressional Visits Day event, in which Dr. Barve was a participant.
Learn more (https://www.archbold-station.org/projects/long-term-florida-scrub-jay-project/) about the Long-term Florida Scrub-Jay Project.
2 Sept 2026
Science Communication, with Thom Sanger
For this episode, we're joined by Dr. Thom Sanger, Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago, in the Department of Biology. He was here to science communication, and in particular, the ways that scientists can communicate more effectively about topics that are often a source of controversy among the general public.
Learn more (https://io.aibs.org/writing) and register for Writing for Impact and Influence.
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