{"id":45288,"date":"2018-02-19T18:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T18:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=45288"},"modified":"2018-03-05T18:57:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T18:57:01","slug":"acc-examines-species-facing-extinction-in-global-issues-speaker-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/19\/acc-examines-species-facing-extinction-in-global-issues-speaker-series\/","title":{"rendered":"ACC examines species facing extinction in Global Issues Speaker Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45289 \" src=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/02\/INT_FY18_SpeakerSeries_TW-506x253-FINAL-e1519065921727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"647\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/02\/INT_FY18_SpeakerSeries_TW-506x253-FINAL-e1519065921727.jpg 504w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/02\/INT_FY18_SpeakerSeries_TW-506x253-FINAL-e1519065921727-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/2018\/02\/INT_FY18_SpeakerSeries_TW-506x253-FINAL-e1519065921727-150x51.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/>Austin Community College will present a discussion of the global biodiversity crisis <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">as part of the college\u2019s 2018 Global Issues Speaker Series.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hosted by ACC\u2019s International Programs, the presentation is Wednesday, February 28, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Highland Business Center, Room 201 (5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ACC Earth and Environmental Sciences Department Chair Dr. Mark Shepherd will examine our effect on the species population.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMany species are facing potential extinction as a result of habitat loss, invasive species, pollution, human population explosion, and overuse,\u201d says Dr. Shepherd. \u201cWe will explore the number of species that could be lost within the next few decades.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The event is free and open to the public.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more information, contact William Hayden, International Programs director, at 512-223-7114 or william.hayden@austincc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austin Community College will present a discussion of the global biodiversity crisis as part of the college\u2019s 2018 Global Issues Speaker Series. Hosted by ACC\u2019s International Programs, the presentation is Wednesday, February 28, from 5 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/02\/19\/acc-examines-species-facing-extinction-in-global-issues-speaker-series\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3556,"featured_media":43439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1848,1451,1849],"class_list":["post-45288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","tag-biodiversity","tag-global-issues-speakers-series","tag-shepherd"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}