{"id":28754,"date":"2020-06-04T05:30:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T10:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=28754"},"modified":"2020-06-03T22:49:55","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T03:49:55","slug":"austin-peay-state-university-partners-with-nevada-reno-to-host-international-tree-ring-symposium-virtually","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2020\/06\/04\/austin-peay-state-university-partners-with-nevada-reno-to-host-international-tree-ring-symposium-virtually\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Peay State University partners with Nevada, Reno, to host international tree ring symposium \u2013 virtually"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – After the coronavirus pandemic forced the cancellation of an annual geography conference, Austin Peay State University (APSU) stepped in to host a virtual gathering of the world\u2019s top tree ring scientists. <\/p>\n

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Austin Peay State University to held International Tree Ring Symposium, virtually, May 29th. (APSU)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Austin Peay State University, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno, hosted the Tree Ring Society\u2019s first-ever virtual Tree Ring Symposium on May 29th. <\/p>\n

Seven people delivered presentations to 136 attendees from all over the world, including India, China and Peru. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve gotten a lot of really great feedback, and the tree ring community in attendance wants this to be a regular occurrence,\u201d said Dr. Chris Gentry, associate professor of geography at Austin Peay and secretary of the Tree Ring Society.<\/p>\n

Tree Ring Society members started discussing a virtual conference after the American Association of Geographers was forced to cancel its annual meeting in response to the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were talking about hosting an online professional conference so people could call in, share their screens,\u201d Gentry said. <\/p>\n

Gentry and Nevada, Reno\u2019s Adam Csank moderated the conference, which included presenters from the University of British Columbia; the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Louisiana State University; the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; the University of Minnesota; and the University of Toronto \u2013 Mississauga.<\/p>\n

The shared presentations they had prepared for the annual meeting.<\/p>\n

Topics included worldviews on wildfire, evaluation of the whitebark pine tree in the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem and emerging technologies in dendrochronology.<\/p>\n

Dendrochronology is the study of tree ring growth to interpret and date past events such as climate trends. Tree ring scientists also are called dendrochronologists.<\/p>\n

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