Sea Secrets Lecture Series 2019

SEA SECRETS 2019

FIVE LECTURES ESSENTIAL TO YOUR CALENDAR MADE POSSIBLE BY:

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LEADING EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE. TRANSFORMING LIVES & MINDS. Established in 1943, the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science unites cutting-edge technology with top-notch minds to tackle global challenges including weather, climate, sea level rise, hurricanes, earthquakes and marine conservation. Through transformational research, dynamic interdisciplinary academics and supporting the establishment of sound environmental policy, we explore the Earth’s great mysteries, improve the quality of human life and educate tomorrow’s leading scientists.

Photo credit: Sevag Mehterian

Hurricane Florence, Photo credit: NASA

Join us as we travel the world with distinguished scientists and explorers at the edge of discovery.

We invite you to learn about today’s global challenges from climate change to marine conservation during this series of evening programs designed for the non-scientific community.

All lectures take place at the UM Rosenstiel School and are free and open to the public. Seating is limited and RSVPs are required. To register for one or more lectures, please go to the link listed for each speaker.

For further information, email: events@rsmas.miami.edu or call 305-421-4061

ALL PROGRAMS: RECEPTION 6:30 PM, PROGRAM 7 PM ROSENSTIEL SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 4600 RICKENBACKER CAUSEWAY, VIRGINIA KEY, FL. 33149

CRAIG MCLEAN If You Like Your Weather Forecast, Thank... an Oceanographer!

January 15, 2019 Reception 6:30pm Program 7pm

Reserve

Acting Chief Scientist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Why does your 7-day forecast hinge on ocean observations?

How do the oceans affect Earth’s climate? What is being done in the science community to increase our knowledge of the oceans? Craig McLean, acting chief scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will answer these questions and more when he discusses the current state of ocean science and policy.

McLean is responsible for a network of NOAA research laboratories and programs, including the Climate, National Sea Grant, Ocean Acidification, Weather Research, and Ocean Exploration programs, the latter which he founded. He serves as the U.S. representative to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, a body of 149 nations leading the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. For more than 24 years, he served as a commissioned NOAA officer commanding research vessels both on and under the sea. An attorney who has practiced marine resource law for NOAA, he is a national fellow of The Explorers Club and a 250th Anniversary Fellow of Rutgers University.

01.15.2019

RSVP: https://rebrand.ly/SeaSecretsMclean

GREG STONE, Ph.D Ocean Renaissance

Tuesday, February 12, 2019 Reception 6:30pm Program 7pm Reserve

Chief Ocean Scientist of Deep Green Resources and President of Ocean Renaissance Oceanographer and author Dr. Gregory Stone has spent most of his life studying the world’s oceans. Described by CNN as “the swashbuckling Indiana Jones of the sea,” he is widely regarded as a global thought leader who finds ways for humanity and the ocean to co-exist and support each other in the modern world. In his talk, Stone will discuss his latest book, Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm, which focuses on our renewed awareness that all life on Earth is connected to the ocean and what humans must do to maintain its health in the face of pollution, overfishing, climate change, and other threats to our collective survival.

Stone cofounded the Ocean Health Index and specializes in sustainable fishing, aquaculture, climate adaptation, and seamount ecology. An accomplished communicator of complex science, he has given TED and Davos talks, appeared in documentaries for Discovery and National Geographic, and written hundreds of articles for such publications as Nature and National Geographic.

He is also the author of four books, one a National Outdoor Book Award winner.

02.12.2019

RSVP: https://rebrand.ly/SeaSecretsStone

BRIAN HELMUTH, Ph.D.

Saving the World One Robomussel at a Time: Ecological Forecasting in the Era of Rapid Climate Change Tuesday, March 5, 2019 Reception 6:30pm, Program 7pm Reserve RSVP: https://rebrand.ly/SeaSecretsHelmuth

Animals experience their world in ways that are difficult for us to comprehend, especially coastal animals that alternate between a terrestrial and aquatic existence during low and high tides. The alternating lifestyles can make predicting the effects of climate change on these organisms—and subsequently on humans—difficult to quantify.

Ecological forecasting techniques, including the use of cutting-edge instruments such as biomimetic sensors, provide a means of prioritizing vulnerabilities, potentially delaying some of the worst impacts. Using the marshes of Southern Iraq as a case study, Helmuth will discuss how his research group, working with Iraqi scientists, uses ecological forecasting to address the ongoing impacts of global climate change on the people and ecosystems of this fragile region—often referred to as the cradle of civilization.

In addition to focusing on the likely ecological impacts of climate change on coastal and coral reef ecosystems, Helmuth’s lab group collaborates with formal and informal educators to develop cutting-edge technologies to facilitate science learning by K-16 students as well as the general public. A veteran of several saturation missions in the Aquarius underwater habitat, Helmuth was a science advisor to the Fabien Cousteau Mission 31 project in 2014, and is a fellow of the Aldo Leopold Leadership program, which trains select scientists to interact with policy makers, journalists, and the public. In 2011, he was named a Google Science Communication Fellow in the area of climate change.

03.05.2019

Professor, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts

MARGARET LEINEN, Ph.D .

Big Science and Big Ideas

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Reception 6:30pm, Program 7pm Reserve

Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Vice Chancellor for Marine Science at the University of California at San Diego A pioneering paleoceanographer, paleoclimatologist, and national science leader, Dr. Margaret Leinen will discuss how ocean observations lead to new ways of thinking about our planet. She will share her perspective on her groundbreaking research and broad administrative experience, which includes leading early deep-sea expeditions; discovering the dramatic effects hydrothermal vents have on the sea’s basic chemistry; and overseeing a study that shaped our understanding of how the ocean absorbs carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and transports it to deep waters and sediments on the ocean floor. Leinen helped to develop new observation capabilities and research vessels that enabled a long-term research presence in the deep ocean. As a director and vice chancellor of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and a U.S. State Department Science Envoy, she continues to be at the forefront of exploring solutions and collaborations across disciplines and countries to address the most pressing problems affecting our oceans.

Leinen is a former president of the American Geophysical Union, the largest geoscience society in the world, and has also served as president of The Oceanography Society, chair of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Section on Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Science, assistant director for geosciences at the National Science Foundation, vice chair of the International Geosphere Biosphere Programme, chair of the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and vice chair of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program.

04.02.2019

RSVP: https://rebrand.ly/SeaSecretsLeinen

RONI AVISSAR, Ph.D.

Challenges and Achievements in Hurricane Forecasting Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Reception 6:30pm, Program 7pm Reserve

Dean and Professor, UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science As much as the public fears storms, every hurricane season is an opportunity for scientists and students at the Rosenstiel School to conduct interdisciplinary, cutting-edge research that helps improve hurricane track and intensity forecasts, with the end goal of protecting life and property. Whether researchers are flying on NOAA’s hurricane hunter aircraft missions to measure pressure and wind velocity, deploying sophisticated atmospheric sondes and floats that gather data to improve numerical models, observing air-sea interactions in a unique wind-wave tank capable of generating Category 5 winds, or piloting a helicopter equipped to detect gravity waves, their activities advance the science of forecasting hurricanes. Dean Avissar will explain the accomplishments made to date and the remaining challenges to improving hurricane track and intensity forecasts.

Appointed dean of the Rosenstiel School in 2009, Avissar is an internationally recognized atmospheric scientist, an award-winning hydro climatologist, and a widely published author of peer-reviewed journals. He pioneered the development and evaluation of various numerical and analytical models to study ocean-land-atmosphere interactions, and developed a unique environmental helicopter observational platform, which he pilots for scientific missions. He is a fellow of both the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Meteorological Society. He received the AGU Horton Award in 1998.

04.30.2019

RSVP: https://rebrand.ly/SeaSecretsAvissar

2018 Best Overall Image by Massimo Gorgetta: American Crocodile – Crocodylus acutus Location: Jardines De La Reina, Cuba

University of Miami Rosenstiel School Underwater Photography Contest Since its inception in 2005, the contest has attracted more than 5,000 images from entrants across the globe.

Photographs are judged in five separate categories: Fish or Marine Animal Portrait, Macro, Wide Angle, Student, and Best Overall.

Winners of the 2019 Rosenstiel School Underwater Photography Contest announced at the conclusion of the April 30 lecture.

View 2018 winners: https://rebrand.ly/2018Winners View 2018 Winners