Friends of Oceanography Free Public Lecture Explores the Impacts of Climate Change
Narragansett, R.I. — March 21, 2000 — Friends of Oceanography at the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Graduate School of Oceanography invite the public learn about “Living in a Changing Climate” in a free lecture given by global change scientist, Dr. Lynne Carter.
The lecture will be held on Thursday, March 30, at noon in the Coastal Institute Auditorium on the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Narragansett Bay Campus. The presentation will focus on the potential impacts of climate variability and change and how humans are adapting to climate change.
A resident of Slocum, Rhode Island, Carter is the former Director of the Office of Global Change at the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾. She now serves as the Regional Liaison for the National Assessment Coordination Office of the U.S. Global Change Research Program. This program was created as a Presidential Initiative in 1989 and formalized in 1990 by the Global Change Research Act of 1990. Since that time, global change research has remained a key science initiative.
This lecture is free and open to the public. For more information or directions, call Friends of Oceanography at 874-6602.
Friends of Oceanography is a community-based membership organization established in 1986 to support the educational and public programs of the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Graduate School Oceanography. Friends provides financial support of fellowships for GSO students, and other research, education, and outreach activities. The organization also helps sponsor a variety of special events such as The JASON Project, oceanography lectures, Bounty on the Bay Day, the Annual Friends of Oceanography Auction, open houses, and the Narragansett Bay Classroom.
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Visit the äçÐÄvlogÃâ·ÑBÕ¾ Graduate School of Oceanography website: http://www.gso.uri.edu/
Contact: Lisa Cugini, (401) 874-6642, lcugini@gso.uri.edu
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