2013 After Hours Lectures

For information on upcoming After Hours lectures, visit our event calendar. Funding for this series is provided by the CBNERRVA and CCRM programs at VIMS and the VIMS Communications Office.

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Recurrent coastal flooding: How should VA respond?

(January 31, 2013) In 2011, Virginia's General Assembly issued a joint resolution calling for the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to investigate how the Commonwealth can best respond to "recurrent coastal flooding." Join VIMS researcher Molly Mitchell—the report's lead author—as she highlights the study's findings, including a review of potential adaptation strategies from around the world, and specific recommendations for the options that would most effectively protect communities, roadways, and military installations in Tidewater Virginia and along the Eastern Shore.

Uranium mining  in Virginia: a radioactive question

(February 28, 2013) The 2013 session of Virginia's General Assembly is likely to consider a bill that would lift the Commonwealth's 30-year ban on uranium mining. Join Dr. Jim Kaste of the Geology Department at William & Mary as he describes the origins of the $7 billion deposit that lies at the heart of the debate, explains the uranium mining process, and weighs the environmental issues involved in exploiting and using uranium, fossil fuels, and renewable sources of energy.