[SEMCO] SURF'S UP! Climate change Detection Through Surfing!

[Teresa Izzo]

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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE 
RELEASE 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
August 9, 
2017 
Teresa Izzo
   508-896-3867 ext. 137
tizzo at ccmnh.org
The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
Presents
SURF’S UP! Climate Change Detection Through Surfing
with
Smartfin Founder Dr. Andrew Stern


BREWSTER, MA­The Cape Cod Museum of Natural 
History is proud to present SURF’S UP! Climate 
Change Detection Through Surfing with Smartfin 
Founder, Dr. Andrew Stern on Saturday,
  September 9, 2017 at 1 pm.

The world’s oceans have played a critical role in 
human history. However, with the growth of modern 
industry, the oceans have also faced the effects 
intensifying climate change including the waters 
off Cape Cod. In response, environmentalist and 
surfer, Dr. Andrew Stern developed Smartfin, 
surfboard fins with sensors that will measure 
multiple ocean parameters including salinity, pH, 
temperature, GPS location, oxygen, chlorophyll, and wave characteristics.

The data surfers acquire while in the water will 
become accessible in near real-time to the 
worldwide scientific community for ocean 
research. Nearly half of humanity lives on the 
coasts, yet we are missing important near-shore 
data due to the difficulty of placing sensors in 
the relatively harsh surf zone. The Smartfin 
Project invites surfers worldwide to serve as 
citizen scientists and Earth advocates by simply 
doing what they love to do: surf!

Smartfin is an innovative collaboration with 
researchers at the Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, one of the world’s leading 
institutions for oceanographic research, 
Surfrider Foundation, a non-profit organization 
dedicated to the protection and enjoyment of the 
world’s oceans through environmental activism, 
and Future Fins, the world’s leading surfboard 
fin manufacturer. Their hope is that Smartfin 
will also bring attention to ocean health, and 
help to galvanize local communities of surfers 
and non-surfers alike to come together to make a 
truly meaningful response to the threats of climate change.

Dr. Stern is a former Associate Professor of 
Neurology at the University of Rochester, now 
raising awareness of environmental issues. He is 
the founder of Smartfin, a project from Lost 
Bird, an art-based initiative focusing on the 
earth. Smartfin testing is currently being 
conducted by researchers at the Scripps 
Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California.


Free with Museum Admission
For more information, please call: 508-896-3867 ext. 133
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Teresa Izzo
Program Coordinator
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History
869 Main St./Rte. 6A
Brewster, MA 02631
508-896-3867 x137
508-896-8844 - fax 
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