Gillian Galford: Insights from the Vermont Climate Assessment

The Vermont Climate Assessment (VCA) examines current trends and impacts of climate change within our state. This talk will highlight VCA findings on the effects of global change on Vermont’s people, economy, and environment. VCA thoroughly examines the effects of climate change in Vermont and is a key input into climate planning actions.

Gillian L. Galford is a Research Associate Professor in the Rubenstein School of the Environment and Natural Resources and a Fellow of the Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont. She serves as Coordinator of the Geospatial Technologies program. As an ecosystem ecologist and earth system scientist, Gillian studies land-cover and land-use change and its impacts, particularly on greenhouse gas emissions and the water cycle. She works across scales, from plot level studies on farms to regional analyses through remote sensing and ecosystems modeling. In Vermont, her work focuses on resilience in the face of climate change and variability. Gillian leads the Vermont Climate Assessment and collaborates with state and national-level sustained assessments. She holds a B.A. in Earth and Planetary Sciences and a Ph.D. from Brown University.

Gillian spoke at UVM on March 18th, 2022. Read more about Gillian: https://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/profiles/gillian_galford

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