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| During this five-week course, part of Christopher Newport University's Lifelong Learning Society, researchers from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science will explore the causes and potential consequences of global change in Chesapeake Bay, with particular attention to the effects of increased temperatures, sea-level rise, and excessive nutrients. The series will conclude with a discussion of ways that citizens can help restore Bay health. The lectures take place on Thursday afternoons at the Yoder Barn from 1:00-2:15 pm on October 18 and 25 and November 1 and 8. There is also a field trip to VIMS on Friday, November 16th. |
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Global Warming: It's not just hot air 
(October 18, 2007) There's more to "global warming" than hotter days and nights.
Join Dr. David Malmquist as he explores how our combined disruption of
global carbon and nitrogen cycles places unprecedented stresses on
Chesapeake Bay ecosystems. Malmquist, Director of Communications at VIMS, was
previously with the
Risk Prediction
Initiative,
a partnership between climate scientists and insurers concerned with global-change
issues.Presentation: On-line | pdf Sea Level Primer: On-line | pdf Ocean Acidity/Precautionary Principle: On-line | pdf |
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A Rising Tide 
(October 25, 2007) Sea level in Chesapeake Bay is projected to rise two
to three feet in the next century. Join Dr. Carl Hershner,
Director of VIMS' Center for Coastal Resources Management (CCRM), as he explores
how a sea-level increase of this magnitude will affect the Bay's shoreline, marshes,
and natural and human ecosystems. |
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Sea Grass? Me neither 
(November 1 , 2007)
Chesapeake Bay sea-grass beds, nurseries for blue crabs and other Bay creatures,
suffered a widespread and troubling dieback during the summer of 2005. Join
Dr.
Ken Moore as he examines how the Bay's increasingly warm and cloudy waters threaten
the existence of the dominant sea-grass species in the lower Bay.
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Five surprising ways you can help save the Bay 
(November 8, 2007) Many residents of the Chesapeake Bay watershed know that
adding excess fertilizer to their lawn is bad news for Bay health. Join us as
we discuss both well-publicized and perhaps unexpected ways that local citizens
can help revitalize the Bay ecosystem. |
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