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Log Lunch: “Cuba’s Tropical Environment and Rivers,” Paul Bierman, Prof. of Geology, UVM

Fri, May 3rd, 2019
12:00 pm
- 1:00 pm

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Cuba!  A fascinating mix of well-educated people, soviet-era trucks, ’57 Chevy’s, and a lush tropical landscape used heavily for agriculture has long been off limits to Americans. Thanks to Obama-era opening, half a dozen Americans teamed with Cuban Environmental Scientists to understand the connection between changing agricultural systems, erosion, and the quality of water flowing down Cuban Rivers.  The talk will be a mix of travel-log, new data, and speculation about how the Cuban landscape works over human and geologic timescales including a little bit of how a William’s trained glacial geologist, end up wading down tropical rivers?

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