Lecture | Speaker |
Big data for Big Mammals: Genomic Study of Ecology & Evolution of Whales | Morgan McCarthy, PhD Candidate in the Marine Mammals Ecology Group at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark |
Instability: Climate Change, Health, Loss of Wildlife, and what we can d about it | Dr. Alexander More, Associate Professor of Environmental Health at Long Island University, in NYC, Assistant Research Professor at the Climate Change Institute and group leader at Harvard University |
Sinking Ocean | Rob Moir, Executive Director of the Ocean River Institute |
Building toward US federal climate action – a look at key strategies needed to win federal action to cut carbon emissions | Margie Alt, Environmental Campaigner and Strategist at Climate Action Campaign DC |
Offshore Wind: Power, Policy, and Promise | John Rogers, Senior Energy Analyst at the Union of Concerned Scientists |
The effects of ocean acidification on the shell mineralogy of Crassostrea virginica (Eastern Oyster) | Isabel Gutowski, Research Assistant and Outreach Instructor at Northeastern University Marine Science Center in Nahant MA ( March 6, 2019) |
Wildland Fire Ecology in Massachusetts and Beyond | Alexander Etkind, Specialist at Northeast Forest and Fire Management, LLC in Sandwich MA (February 13, 2019) |
A Volunteer’s Perspective on Youth, Gender, and the Environment | Torey Hart, Peace Corps, Malawi (January 24, 2019) |
Optimizing Community & Business Resilience: Preparing for Natural Disasters by Practicing Pollution Prevention | Mary Dever-Putnam, Chief of the Environmental and Compliance Assistance Unit of EPA Region 1 |
Nature and Maritime Archaeology: Can Massachusetts’ hidden history be used to better understandsea level rise and global warming? | Victor T. Mastone, Director and Chief Archaeologist of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaeological Resources. |
Consumer product chemicals in the environment: How did they get there and what can we do? Preventing Cancer at Home and About Town | Dr. Laurel Schaider of the Silent Spring Institute |
We Need to Come Clean – the Fight Belongs to Everyone! | Emily Norton, Massachusetts Chapter Director for the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental advocacy group in the country |
Habitat Diversity- Can ecosystems thrive when species diversity is declining? | Christian Alsterberg currently pursues a postdoctoral degree at UMASS Boston. He obtained a PhD in Marine Ecology and BS in Biology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. |
Ocean Acidification: Are coral reefs and clams fizzing away? | George D. Buckley, Assistant Director of the Sustainability program at the Harvard University Extension School. |
Plastic Pollution in the Ocean- And what you can do about it! | Jessica Donohue, Research Assistant, Sea Education Association (SEA; Woods Hole, MA). |
Flood Mitigation Lessons Learned from Hurricane Sandy | Sarah Hamm, M.S. Geology, Colorado School of Mines; Coastal Geologist, an expert in flood hazard analysis. |
Legal From the Start: Partnering Legal and Policy Research with Current Science for Better Coastal Management | Julia Wyman, J.D., Director of Marine Affairs Institute & Rhode Island Sea Grant Legal Program |
From Antarctica to the Arctic: A Story of Snow, Sea Ice, and the Frigid Cold | Dr. Ross Lieb Lappen |
Size matters: The fate of vernal pools and their inhabitants | Steven Schwartz |
Developing 21st Century Green Students & Schools | Robin Organ |
What’s Behind the Revised FEMA Flood Maps and Understanding Storm Surge Impacts to the Coastline | Ingeborg E. Hegemann & Matthew Creighton |
Coastal Habitat Resiliency | Mary B. Griffin |
Restoration of Coastal Wetlands on the South Shore | Jason D. Burtner |
Learning from Coastal Systems how to adapt to Environmental Changes | Dr. Anamarija Frankic |
Diversity in the Spice of Life in Coastal Ecosystem | Jarrett Byrnes |
Exploring the Bowhead Whale Feeding Hotspot near Barrow, AK | Carin Ashjian PhD |
Beside Still Waters: Exploring Vernal Pools | Jonathan Twining |
From Headwaters to Harbor – A Look at Restoration and Research in the Gulf River | Dr. Sara Grady |
Current Issues in Environmental Policy: Climate Change Adaptation, MA Initiatives | John Clarkeson |