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MISSOULA- A symposium at The University of Montana Saturday explored adaptation strategies to climate change through a blend of indigenous ecological knowledge. The purpose of the symposium was to create a conversation about traditional ecological studies and modern scientific climate change studies.

The University of Montana's Native American lab helped collaborate on the event. One of the labs main focuses in today's discussion was how viruses emerge as pathogens amid climate change. Director of the Native American research lab Michael Ceballos said because climate change is such a broad topic, it is important people come together to explore different specific issues.

"Its an integration of these two groups and it's a dialogue. Its to come together to see the issues that are of importance to tribal people and indigenous people- not just in Montana, not just in the United States, but across the world. , and how that information and those concerns can be integrated in with the modern scientific endeavor of climate change." Said Ceballos.

The climate change symposium was hosted by the Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group of the University's College of Forestry and Conservation.