MARQUETTE, Mich. — Northern Michigan University will host a presentation titled “Amazonian Dark Earths and Their Implications for the Conservation and Development of the Region" on Monday, Oct. 14. Antoinette M.G.A. WinklerPrins, director of the environmental studies program at John Hopkins University, will be the featured speaker. The talk begins at 7 p.m. in Mead Auditorium in the West Science Building. It is free and open to the public.

This event is sponsored by the Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Department and NMU's Eta Chi chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon International Geographical Honors Society.