[SEMCO] Gulf Oil Spill Talk Thursday July 1st at Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport

[Abbey Spargo]

Gulf of Mexico and Oil Pollution- Come to Ocean Voice July 1.
 

John W. Farrington will return to Ocean Voice on Thursday, July 1, to present "A Similar Event:  The 1979 IXTOC I Oil Well Spill Research Cruise:  Lessons for the Deepwater Horizon MC252 Oil Spill".

 

If you are curious and concerned about what is going on in the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Farrington may have the answers.  If you would like to learn more than the evening news reports, come to the Ocean Explorium to hear John W. Farrington talk about his experience and scientific research concerned with oil pollution in the marine environment

 

Dr. Farrington was aboard a scientific expedition that assessed the environmental fate of the IXTOC-l oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 1979.  Lessons learned from that research cruise and how they inform our response to the on-going Deepwater Horizon spill will be presented and discussed.

  

Currently Professor and Interim Dean of the School for Marine Science and Technology of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Dr. Farrington is also Scientist Emeritus at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution where he served as Associate Director for Education and Dean from 1990 to 2002, and as Vice President for Academic Programs and Dean from 2002 until 2005.  

  

Doors open at 6:15 for refreshments and mingling in the Ocean Explorium.  Talk begins at 7 pm.  Ocean Voice admission:  $4/Adult, $3/Senior, Child.

 

The Ocean Explorium is located at 174 Union Street in downtown New Bedford and is handicap accessible via the rear entrance.  

 

For more information, contact Betsy Pye at 508.994.5400 or bpye at oceanexplorium.org or go to the Ocean Explorium website at oceanexplorium.org 


Abbey Spargo
Education Programs Coordinator
Ocean Explorium
(508) 994-5400 x  23
aspargo at oceanexplorium.org
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