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Mississippi River Expert to Discuss Floods and Droughts
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Dr. James Knox
Dr. James Knox, the Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin and the world expert on the Upper Mississippi River Basin, will present the 2006 Distinguished Geography Lecture on March 30. His presentation, “Living with Uncertainty: Changes of Climate, Land Cover, and Floods in the Upper Mississippi Valley,” will focus on research that indicates the upper Mississippi River watershed may be experiencing a modern analogue of past warm episodes. If this is the case, there is a high probability that in the early 21st century, the Upper Mississippi Valley will experience high frequencies of both moderately large floods and droughts. The lecture, which is funded by a generous gift from Professor Emerita E. Joan Miller, will be held on Thursday, March 30, at 3:00 p.m. in the Circus Room at the Bone Student Center.

 

Knox’s research includes the development of high-resolution post-glacial and historical chronologies of how floods on the upper Mississippi River have responded to environmental change, and responses of river and stream systems to changes in water runoff, soil erosion, sediment mobility and storage, and human modifications of draining systems. He has published dozens of scientific papers on the results of his research. Knox’s research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Geological Survey. He has served on the editorial board of the Association of American Geographers since 1993.

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