[SEMCO] PCCS.MediaLectures

[Tanya Gabettie]

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Release 10.1

PCCS, 508.487.3622 Ext. 103

 

MARINE MATTERS

 

(Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA) – The Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies
(PCCS) will present three lectures as part of the Lifetime Learning Series
sponsored by the Friends of Snow Library.  Learn about Marine Matters from
PCCS scientists, researchers and policy specialists beginning at 5:00 p.m.
on Tuesdays, from October 9, 2007 through October 23, 2007 at Snow Library
in Orleans.  

 

Registration is available at Snow Library and a $7.00 donation is suggested.
For more information about the Marine Matters series, please visit HYPERLINK
"http://www.coastalstudies.org"www.coastalstudies.org or call PCCS at
508.487.3622 Ext. 103.  Please see session details below. 

 

Graham Giese

10/9/2007

Land & Sea Interaction

Cape Cod has long intrigued visitors to its narrow sandy peninsula.  Trace
the evolution of our present understanding of the geological processes
responsible for Cape Cod’s coastal forms and changing coastlines.  Graham
Giese is a senior scientist and co-founder of PCCS.  His widely published
works explore sea waves, tides, and ocean phenomena which affect the land
and how it is formed.  This talk will provide a brief introduction to the
study of land-sea interactions and provide insight into the subject using
examples from research carried out in the Caribbean, Philippines and Cape
Cod.

 

Theresa Barbo 

10/16/2007

Stewardship and Sustainability of Cape Cod Bay

Cape Cod Bay is located in the southernmost region of the Gulf of Maine.
Human interaction within the bay will be analyzed.  Theresa Barbo, M.A., is
a published author, maritime historian, and Director of the Cape Cod Bay
Ocean Sanctuary Program, a public policy initiative of PCCS.  Barbo will
discuss her current project as part of a Working Partnership that will apply
for a No Discharge Area designation for Cape Cod Bay, which would prohibit
the dumping of raw or treated human waste into the bay.

 

Amy Costa

10/23/2007

Monitoring Water Quality

PCCS began a long-term study of the water quality in Cape Cod Bay in 2006 as
a follow-up to the Center’s four year study of the effects of the Boston
Effluent Outfall.  Now in its second season, the program studies downstream
sources of pollution and analyzes effects on the ecosystem of the bay.  Amy
Costa, Ph.D., is the Director of the Cape Cod Bay Monitoring Program.  Costa
will reveal how pollution, eutrophication and habitat degradation affect our
coastal waters.  The present health of Cape Cod Bay will also be discussed
and specific areas of interest to scientists will be identified.  

 

# # #

 

PCCS is a private, non-profit dedicated to conducting scientific research
with emphasis on marine mammals, coastal and marine habitats, and resources
in the North Atlantic.  PCCS provides educational resources that encourage
responsible use and conservation of coastal and marine ecosystems.

 

# # #

PCCS Contact:

Tanya Gabettie

PCCS, Communications

Office:  508.487.3622 Ext. 103

Email:  tgabettie at coastalstudies.org

 

 

 

 

 


No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition. 
Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.14.0/1046 - Release Date: 10/3/2007
10:08 AM
 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.whoi.edu/pipermail/semco/attachments/20071003/30b302d9/attachment.htm