Austin Water Center for Environmental Research
Austin Water – The University of Texas – Texas A&M University
A Partnership for Urban Ecology and Sustainability: Community, Ecology, Research
located at the Hornsby Bend Biosolids Management Plant
2210 South FM 973, Austin, Texas 78725
CER website: www.austintexas.gov/cer
May 5 Tuesday NOON to 1pm at Waller Center, 625 East 10th Street [Between Red River and I-35] Room 104
· Center for Environmental Research Lunchtime Lecture by Kevin M. Anderson
· 2015 Lunchtime Lecture theme – The Geography of Rivers: The Nature and Culture of Flowing Water
· May Lunchtime Lecture – River Process: Fluvial Systems and Hydrology
· With May, we turn from the cultural geography of rivers and flowing water to their physical geography. Rivers write their way across the surface of the Earth, inscribing deeply or shallowly depending on the resistance of the surface to the flow of water and sediment carried by river currents. From the first flowing rill to the slow merge with sea at a river delta, fluvial systems shape the landscapes in which we live, and fluvial geomorphology reveals how dynamic those landscapes are. Join me for a talk about how rivers work as physical systems that transport water and sediment on the way to the sea – and lots about one of my heroes…Aldo’s son, Luna Leopold.
Same Lecture Repeated Next Wednesday –
May 13 Wednesday – NOON to 1pm at Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton Springs Road
· Center for Environmental Research Lunchtime Lecture by Kevin M. Anderson
· 2015 Lunchtime Lecture theme – The Geography of Rivers: The Nature and Culture of Flowing Water
· May Lunchtime Lecture – River Process: Fluvial Systems and Hydrology