Threats to biodiversity

Biodiversity is threatened more than ever across the planet. Species and wildlife habitats are seeing a rapid decline in population growth, extreme weather patterns are more prevalent, and drought and high temperatures are contributing to massive extinction and decline in species and ecosystems.

Dr. Thomas Pypker

Dr. Thomas Pypker can speak to how disturbances, such as extreme weather, or wildfires created from climate change patterns affect biophysical processes of ecosystems across Canada’s sub-boreal forests and grasslands, northern Michigan’s wetlands and mountain ecosystems in Oregon, Washington and Colorado. His research provides insight on how management or climate change will affect hydrology, stability and productivity of the Earth’s ecosystems.

Background

Dr. Pypker is an associate professor in the department of Natural Resource Sciences. He teaches courses in watershed management, advanced climate change science, advanced topics in canopy hydrology and advanced topics in soils.

Contact

Dr. Thomas Pypker, associate professor, department of Natural Resource Science
250-572-7489 | tpypker@tru.ca