On
tonight’s INT 95 Lecture, we had Brian Haggerty, who is a UCSB PhD student, as
guest speaker. He started off discussing how he gets interested in plants. He mentioned
that he loves backpacking and eco adventure. Besides the journey of his life, he
wanted to encourage us to explore ourselves and those possibilities, but he
stated that we do not necessary need to have everything figured out at this
point.
In the
beginning of the actual presentation, he started off with the advanced
technology and led to the issue related to our environment. He also addressed
that we had alternated the earth, and the global warming problem was severe. He
proposed three methods to address and engage government and citizens to this
issue. However, he pointed out that studying in Phenology can be a more
practical approach to learn about these problems and understand what actually
changes are made to the earth.
As he
introduced Phenology, we learned about how Phenology is an ancient science.
Phenology had been applied in various forms in different cultures for a long
time. Phenology could serve as indicators for hunting, shape our economy, and,
most importantly, serve as an indicator for climate change. He brought up four
key terms for us to remember. The four key terms are: global temperatures
rising, ocean acidification, ice loss, and drought severity. Close to the end
of the presentation, he taught us that climate changing has a relationship with
the seasonal timing. I did not know much about Phenology before the presentation,
but I now know that Phenology has a very strong connection with global warming.
In the end, he introduced us an app where we can adopt a plant and record its
growth daily. I found the app to be interesting, and I would probably adopt a
plant some day.
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