{"id":64135,"date":"2008-11-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/scripps-oceanographer-to-examine-human-impacts-on-oceans-in-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-nov-18\/"},"modified":"2008-11-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-11-05T00:00:00","slug":"scripps-oceanographer-to-examine-human-impacts-on-oceans-in-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-nov-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2008\/11\/scripps-oceanographer-to-examine-human-impacts-on-oceans-in-uri-honors-colloquium-lecture-nov-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Scripps oceanographer to examine human impacts on oceans in 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Colloquium lecture, Nov. 18"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 November 10, 2008 \u2013 Jeremy Jackson, director of the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, will discuss how humans have affected the ocean and its ecosystem in a lecture as part of the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s annual fall Honors Colloquium.<\/p>\n


\nFree and open to the public, the lecture will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Edwards Auditorium on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston Campus.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe 2008 Honors Colloquium, \u201cPeople and Planet: Global Environmental Change,\u201d explores human-caused global change, its consequences and potential responses through a series of lectures, films, exhibits and a cabaret. Weekly events run through Dec. 9.<\/p>\n


\n\tA senior scientist emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution and professor of oceanography at Scripps, Jackson studies coral reef ecology and the long-term impacts of human activities on the oceans, among other topics. He was the recipient of the Secretary\u2019s Gold Medal for Exceptional Service to the Smithsonian, the Chancellor\u2019s Award of Excellence in Science and Engineering at the University of California, San Diego, and the International Award for Research in Ecology and Conservation Biology from the BBVA Foundation. <\/p>\n


\nJackson\u2019s work on overfishing was chosen by Discover magazine as the outstanding environmental achievement of 2001. He is also the co-founder of Shifting Baselines, a public educational program aimed at bringing attention to the severity of the decline of the world\u2019s oceans.<\/p>\n


\n\tHis lecture is entitled \u201cBrave New Ocean.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAccording to Jackson, the \u201csynergistic effects of habitat destruction, overfishing, introduced species, warming, acidification, toxins, and massive runoff of nutrients are transforming once complex ecosystems like coral reefs and kelp forests into monotonous level bottoms, transforming clear and productive coastal seas into anoxic dead zones, and transforming complex food webs topped by big animals into simplified, microbially dominated ecosystems with boom and bust cycles of toxic dinoflagellate blooms, jellyfish, and disease.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cWe can only guess at the kinds of organisms that will benefit from this mayhem,\u201d he said. \u201cHalting and ultimately reversing these trends will require rapid and fundamental changes in fisheries, agricultural practice, and the emissions of greenhouse gases on a global scale.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nThe next Honors Colloquium event will feature Robert Socolow, co-director of the Carbon Mitigation Project at Princeton University, discussing \u201cSolutions to the Global Carbon and Climate Problem\u201d on Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n


\nThe major sponsors of the 2008 Honors Colloquium are the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Office of the President, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program, the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography and the College of Arts and Sciences. Additional support came from the Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment, the Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment, the deans of the remaining 溏心vlog免费B站 colleges, the offices of the 溏心vlog免费B站 vice presidents, the EPA Atlantic Ecology Division and Rhode Island Sea Grant.<\/p>\n


\nFor further details about the colloquium, including an updated schedule and information on parking, go to www.uri.edu\/hc or contact the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Center at 401-874-2381 or debg@uri.edu.<\/p>\n

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