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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">August 10, 2023 Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif">The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
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<b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">Marine Heatwaves<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">With Physical Oceanographer</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">Dr. Svenja Ryan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">BREWSTER, MA —The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster is offering an after-hours series of programs designed to reach those in
our community who are not able to attend programs during regular hours. </span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">On
<b>Tuesday, September 5th at 7pm*</b> the Museum presents <i>Marine Heatwaves</i> with Dr. Svenja Ryan, physical oceanographer at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">In her talk, Dr. Ryan will introduce Marine Heatwaves, i.e., how we define and detect ocean temperature extreme events, what are common physical
drivers, and what impacts these extreme events can have on the ecosystems and our society. In addition, she will discuss the strong ocean warming that we have been experiencing in the recent decade in Cape Cod waters, the Gulf of Maine, and Mid-Atlantic
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">coastline</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:black">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">Considering the record-breaking global ocean temperatures over the past few months, and recent flooding events in New England, Dr. Ryan will finish with some remarks on the role
of climate change in these events.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#212121">Svenja received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in ‘Climate Physics’ in Kiel, Germany and pursued her PhD in Bremerhaven, Germany where she studied warm water transport toward one
of the largest Antarctic Ice Shelves. As part of her PhD research, she went on three research expeditions on the German icebreaker RV Polarstern to Antarctica. In 2019, Svenja came to the U.S. to work at WHOI and lives on the Cape with her husband and young
son. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">*Doors open at 6pm</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif;color:#262626">Admission: FREE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Teresa Izzo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Program Coordinator/Publicist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">869 Main St. / Rte. 6A<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Brewster, MA 02631<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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