[SEMCO] Creating a Climate for Change Through Art and Science Lecture Series - Emil Ruff, 7/28

[Gina Hebert]

Join Highfield Hall & Gardens<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/> for the second installment of the Creating a Climate for Change Through Art and Science lecture series<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event-calendar/lectures-and-classes/art-science-lecture-series/> featuring Marine Biological Laboratory Assistant Scientist Emil Ruff who will present “Microbes Munch Methane: how microbes reduce methane emissions from the oceans,"<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/creating-a-climate-for-change-through-art-science-emil-ruff-mbl/> Wednesday, July 28 from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.



Microorganisms play a vital role in the Earth’s carbon cycle. They can be a source or a sink of the greenhouse gas methane. In this presentation we will dive to the murky depths of the ocean and visit otherworldly landscapes that harbor microorganisms eating methane. Together these methane munchers remove millions of tons of methane from the world oceans, methane which otherwise may enter the atmosphere and accelerate climate change.



Admission is FREE and PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED HERE<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/event/creating-a-climate-for-change-through-art-science-emil-ruff-mbl/>



The Marine Biological Laboratory<http://www.mbl.edu/>, in collaboration with Highfield Hall & Gardens<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/>, the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution<https://www.whoi.edu/>, and the Woodwell Climate Research Center<https://www.woodwellclimate.org/>, are pleased to present this series of conversations which will explore the synergies between art and science as a way to communicate important issues surrounding the environment and planetary health while inspiring change and stimulating action.



In conjunction with two exhibitions at Highfield, SEAChange: Meditations on Sustainability<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/current-art-exhibits/sea-change-meditations-on-sustainabilityjune-15-2021/> and Turn the Tide: Courtney Mattison<https://highfieldhallandgardens.org/current-art-exhibits/turn-the-tidejuly-14-2021/>, participating artists and scientists will discuss a range of topics, including ocean acidification and coral bleaching, biofuels and the Blue Economy, mapping as an artform and a communication tool, plastics in the ocean, and art as means to amplify science and transform how we learn about the world.
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