Dr. Holly Menninger - Climate at Hyper-Local Scales

July 18, 2014 at Science Boot Camp Southeast for Librarians, Raleigh NC

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1. Climate at Hyper-Local Scales: Engaging the Public to Study the Ecology of Our Homes and Bodies Dr. Holly Menninger
2. BIODIVERSITY
5. Citizen Science
6. /yourwildlife @YourWild_Life yourwildlife.org
7. So what does this have to do with climate change?
11. Disclaimers • I’m not a climate scientist, but I know some good ones. • I will tell you cool stories that involve the work of many citizen scientists. • Some (most) of these stories are a work-in- progress. • While climate is not a central actor in each story, I promise that climate will be part of the story.
12. Rob Dunn MJ Epps Megan Thoemmes Julie Horvath Julie Urban Neil Mccoy Noah Fierer Jon Leff Jiri Hulcr
16. Brood II 2013 Magicicada.org
17. cicada.yourwildlife.org
20. F. Stewart
21. J. Leach
22. http://bit.ly/UeJ2PG
23. homes.yourwildlife.org
26. March – April 2013
31. Bacterial diversity varies among habitats. Species Richness Dunn et al. 2013, PLOS ONE
32. Microbial communities vary among habitats. Dunn et al. 2013, PLOS ONE
34. Grantham et al, In prep Map of fungus species distribution across US
38. Diestrammena asynamora • Smooth • Stripey • Slender Ceuthophilus spp. • Spiney • Mottled • Meaty Camel Cricket Census crickets.yourwildlife.org
39. Native Ceuthophilus Non-native Diestrammena
40. Human Microbiome Bryan Christie | Scientific American
41. Belly Button Biodiversity navels.yourwildlife.org
42. navels.yourwildlife.org
43. The most common species
44. Julia Rice | Buzz Hoot Roar Can we explain (and predict) differences among individuals?
47. navels.yourwildlife.org Soaps Social networks Families
48. Re: I may be able to shed some (dim) light on your belly buttons
49. Cluster 1 Cluster 2 anaerobic facultatively anaerobic aerobic microaerophilic unknown S. Bewick
50. Network Figure • Microbes cluster according to the way they respire
51. Challenge: Characterizing Navel Climate
53. Citizen Science
54. Dr. Holly Menninger, Director of Public Science @DrHolly | hlmennin@ncsu.edu YourWildLife.org @YourWild_Life