OxTalks will soon move to the new Halo platform and will become 'Oxford Events.' There will be a need for an OxTalks freeze. This was previously planned for Friday 14th November – a new date will be shared as soon as it is available (full details will be available on the Staff Gateway).
In the meantime, the OxTalks site will remain active and events will continue to be published.
If staff have any questions about the Oxford Events launch, please contact halo@digital.ox.ac.uk
Dr Myers-Smith studies the influence of warming climate on tundra vegetation in northern ecosystems. In particular, she investigates the spread of willows and other shrub species into arctic and alpine tundra. Shrubs have the potential to restructure tundra ecosystems by changing ecosystem functions and creating feedbacks to climate warming that could further the increase of shrubs. She collaborates with researchers working at sites around the circumpolar Arctic to synthesise data to better understand vegetation change in tundra ecosystems.
Dr Myers-Smith was recently selected by WIRED magazine as a member of the select group WIRED25, a list of “25 innovators who are using technology to lead society through this period of global uncertainty and pointing the way to a safer future“. You can warm-up ahead of her presentation by visiting her WIRED25 presentation here: www.wired.com/video/watch/wired25-2020-drs-isla-myers-smith-deonie-allen-steve-allen
