Wooly Mammoths lived during the Pleistocene, a geologic era that extends back to 2 million years ago. The Pleistocene is characterized by the waxing and waning of northern hemisphere ice sheets, what we often call the “Ice Ages”. How do we know about the ice ages and what was Earth’s climate like back then? This talk will explore the ice age world, why the glaciers came and went and how they impacted the climate for wooly mammoths.
Hali Kilbourne is a climate scientist looking at the Earth’s past to help understand and predict our planet’s future. Her research focuses on understanding the climate of the last 2000 years to provide context for modern changes and to improve our understanding of climate system processes driving climate variability. This information can help us improve climate models used for predicting future climate change.
This presentation is part of The Mammoth Speaker Series, one of many programs designed to help educate, excite and engage with the Mammoth Exhibition coming to the Natural History Society of Maryland this fall. The ticket price $25 gives you access to all of 5 of talks – not just this one.
- 7PM TUESDAY – SEPTEMBER 26 – The Evolution of Mammoths with Dr. Chris Widga, Director, EMS Museum & Art Gallery, Penn State University
- 7PM THURSDAY – OCTOBER 5 – Climate Fluctuations of the Pleistocene, Dr. Hali Kilbourne, Associate Research Professor, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
- 10AM SATURDAY – OCTOBER 14 – The Natural History of the Mammoth NOTE: Breakfast with a Mammoth with Dr. Adrian Lister, Merit Researcher, Natural History Museum, London
- 7AM TUESDAY – NOVEMBER 28 – Mammoths and Mastodons of Maryland with Ralph Eshelman, Associate Researcher Calvert Marine Museum
- 7PM TUESDAY – DECEMBER 12 – Mammoths and Humans with Dr. Todd Surovell, Director of the George C. Frison Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
NOTE: Speaker Series tickets are one of the Thank You Gifts for donating to the Mammoth GoFnndMe Campaign – CLICK HERE: