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During this four-week mini-school, speakers from the Virginia Institute
of Marine Science and NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office in Virginia 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 Wednesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. on Oct 11, 18, 25, and Nov
1, 2006 at the
Science Museum of Virginia. This series is supported by the
Chesapeake Bay Restoration Fund,
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Global Warming: It's not just hot air 
(October 11, 2006) 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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The Coming Storm 
(October 18, 2006) Sea level rose by about a foot in Chesapeake Bay between the "Storm King" hurricane of 1933 and
Hurricane Isabel in 2003. How much will sea level rise during the next 70 years? How will a rising sea level affect the Bay's shoreline?
Join VIMS emeritus Professor
Dr. John Boon as he explores how daily, seasonal, and year-to-year changes in sea level
can help predict just how high future storm tides might reach.
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Sea Grass? Me neither 
(October 25, 2006)
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 1, 2006) Many residents of the Chesapeake Bay watershed know that adding excess fertilizer to their lawn is bad news for Bay health.
Join Ms. Paula Jasinski, Head of NOAA's Chesapeake Bay Office in Virginia, as she discusses some
unexpected ways that local citizens can help revitalize the Bay ecosystem.
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