A complex biotic community characterized by distinctive plant and animal species and maintained under the climatic conditions of the region, especially such a community that has developed to climax.
Beginning in the Fall 2009 semester, the Yale School of the Environment (at the time, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES)) began hosting a weekly seminar series Wednesdays at noon.
Following 10 years of insightful research seminars led by members of the Yale Community and beyond, the F&ES Seminar Series was reimagined into BIOMES.
Week after week, BIOMES fills Burke Auditorium in Kroon Hall with faculty, staff, and students from across the University. It remains a staple via Zoom during difficult pandemic times.
BIOMES is more popular than ever, and the number of suggested speakers has grown exponentially as community members offer their ideas to the committee.
a snippet from the 2019 announcement of "BIOMES"
