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Greetings!<br>
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Join Woods Hole Sea Grant for its annual series of lectures titled "<b>Oceans
Alive: Plain Talk on Current Topics in Marine Science Presented for the
General Public</b>." The talks are free of charge and are designed to
inform and involve the general public in relevant and timely marine
science issues. This year’s series will feature the following
presentations:<br>
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<u>Tuesday, April 18, 7:00 p.m.</u><br>
<b>The Changing Massachusetts Coastline: How it Affects Waterfront
Property Owners—and You</b><br>
In Massachusetts, nearly 70 percent of the population resides in
coastal counties. The Commonwealth’s 1,500 miles of tidal shoreline
boasts spectacular coastal landforms of varying elevations: moraines,
drumlins, outwash plains, and barrier beaches. Yet over two-thirds of
the shore is eroding. Nationally, one in four structures located within
500 feet of the shore will be lost to erosion each year, costing
coastal property owners $530 million per year. In recent decades,
acceleration of erosion rates and forecasts of increasing sea level
rise for the next century will change the shoreline. In some areas, the
changes will be drastic. Coastal engineers scramble to devise methods
to control erosion for waterfront property owners. Join coastal
geologist <b>Jim O’Connell</b>, extension agent for Woods Hole Sea
Grant and Cape Cod Cooperative Extension, for an aerial and ground
slideshow tour of the Massachusetts coast. Witness, through photographs
and first-hand accounts, how the shore is changing and how waterfront
property owners are responding to erosion and storms.<br>
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<u>Tuesday, April 25, 4:00 p.m.</u><br>
<b>Young Scientists Present: Winning Science Fair Projects</b><br>
In a science town, the scientists come in many shapes and sizes, and in
a wide range of ages. Join us for special presentations by local high
school students from Falmouth Academy and Falmouth High School as they
discuss their winning science fair projects.<i> Please note the special
time for this presentation.</i><br>
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<u>Tuesday, May 2, 7:00 p.m.</u><br>
<b>Freeze Frame: A Photojournalist's Experience on an Arctic Expedition</b><br>
Ice, ocean, atmosphere. These three components constitute the health of
the Arctic climate. At the heart of this system is one of the least
studied bodies of water on the planet: the Beaufort Gyre, a slowly
swirling bowl of icy water north of Alaska ten times the size of Lake
Michigan. To study the climatic changes underway in the Beaufort Gyre,
scientists from the United States, Canada, and Japan have set out every
summer since 2003 for month-long expeditions aboard the Canadian
icebreaker Louis S. St-Laurent. Using an array of newly-developed
instruments, they are measuring the environment above, below, and
within the floating icepack. Join <b>Chris Linder</b>, WHOI researcher
and freelance photographer/writer as he recounts his role in the 2005
expedition. Linder documented the expedition's progress via text
dispatches and photographs posted to a daily website. During his
presentation, Linder will discuss the scientific objectives of the
cruise, present his favorite photos, and share his photographic methods
and artistic process.<br>
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Presentations are held in Redfield Auditorium, Water Street, Woods Hole
(free parking for evening lectures is available in lot opposite
auditorium; look for on-street meter parking for afternoon
presentation). Admission is free. PDPs available for educators.<br>
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For more information, contact Woods Hole Sea Grant at 508-289-2398 or
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:seagrant@whoi.edu">seagrant@whoi.edu</a>.<br>
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