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Representatives from Collaborative member institutions attend day-long professional development programs, meeting with scientists to discuss the latest research findings, methodologies and analytic techniques that scientists use to unravel human versus natural impacts on climate. This dialogue also allows scientists to learn more about how informal educators present complicated subject matter to the public in “digestible bits.”

 

Past Workshops

Meet the Oceanographers

It’s not just hot water we’re in:
Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Ocean Acidification

 

Ocean acidification is the phenomenon by which increased CO2 absorption in oceans results in decreased pH levels, which has the potential to cause catastrophic change to biodiversity and foodwebs, especially through its impacts on organisms with calcareous shells or exoskeletons, including corals, sea urchins, and oysters.

Hosted by
The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk
10 North Water Street
Norwalk, CT 06854
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
6:00 pm -8:30pm

The Presenters

• Dr. Penny Vlahos, Assistant Professor of Marine Sciences and Chemistry at UConn-Avery Point (More about Dr. Vlahos here)
  Ocean Chemistry and the Carbon Cycle
• Dr. Scott Doney, Senior Scientist in the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (More about Dr. Doney here)
  The Biological Ramifications of an Acidic Ocean

Meet the Technologists
Learning about Clean Energy Technologies as Solutions to Climate Change

Friday, December 5, 2008
10:00am - 3:00pm

hosted by
Boston Children’s Museum
300 Congress Street
Boston, MA 02210

“Wind Energy 101”
Lynn B. Di Tullio, P.E. - Program Manager, The Wind Energy Center,
Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Massachusetts
&
“Solar Energy Science and Technology Exploration”
Richard Lawrence - Clean Energy Program Coordinator and adjunct instructor at Cape Cod Community College

Climate Change: Impacts on New England Ecosystems
March 19, 2008, 10 - 3.
Hosted by The Vermont Institute of Natural Science, Quechee, VT. Cost: $15 includes lunch.

• “Life in the Clouds: Potential Effects of Climate Change on Montane Fir Forests in the Northeast”
  Kent McFarland – Research Biologist, Vermont Center For Ecostudies
• “Projected Climate Change in New England: Impact to Riparian Wetlands"
  Michael Simpson – Wetlands Scientist, Antioch New England University
  
  

Download event flyer here (PDF file).

Climate Change: Science and Solutions
November 14th, 2007, 10-3
Hosted by The Fulcrum Institute for Leadership in Science Education at Tufts University
Medford, Massachusetts;

• “Engaging Students and the Public in the Science of Climate Change: Look to the Arctic!”
  Dr. R. Max Holmes – Earth System Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center
  
• “Suspended in Ice: Profiling the Arctic Ocean with New Technology”
  Mary-Louise Timmermans – Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  
• “An Introduction to the Costs and Benefits of Modern Wind Power”
  Sally Wright – Mechanical Engineer, Renewable Energy Laboratory at the University of Massachusetts
• View Dr. Holmes' presentation here.

 

Impacts of Global Climate Change in Vermont
November 9th, 2006, ECHO at the Leahy Center for Lake Champlain
Burlington, Vermont;

• “Impacts of Global Climate Change on the Maple Sugar Industry in Vermont”
  Dr. Timothy Perkins, Director - Proctor Maple Research and Associate Professor of Botany and Agricultural Biochemistry, The University of Vermont
  
• “Air Pollution and Global Warming” Dr. Nadine Unger, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, The University of Vermont
  
• “Global Climate Change and Vermont”
  Dr. Alan K. Betts, President - Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering
  

 

Learning and Teaching about Climate Change
November 16th, 2006, Harvard Museum of Natural History and the Harvard University Center for the Environment In Collaboration with the New England Science Center Collaborative

• Viewing of Climate Change:  Our Global Experiment exhibit and presentation of draft curriculum guide for Climate Change:  Our Global Experiment , developed by the HMNH and the HUCE
• Daniel Schrag, Professor of  Earth and Planetary Science and  Director, Harvard University Center for the Environment
• Paul Moorecroft, Professor, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
• Presentation and discussion of Climate Change unit from:  The Habitable Planet:  A Systems Approach to Environmental Science, developed for Annenberg Media as a  course for teachers by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in collaboration with the HUCE (appearing fall 2007)

 

More Past Workshops

Get synopses, research abstracts, reports and powerpoint presentations from previous Meet the Scientist forums, featuring the latest climate change research, in our event archives.