Bart Merrick
NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office
(410) 295-3142
bart.merrick@noaa.gov
In early 2015, the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office - in partnership with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the Virginia Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve - is offering the Virginia Weather and Climate Workshop Series.
Session 2 will take place in Gloucester Point, Virginia at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on February 24. This session will focus on the science supporting the understanding of climate change, and opportunities for incorporating climate change into education programming.
Climate change is the most important environmental issue of our time. Overwhelmingly, trends illustrate these changes and their wide-ranging effects. Society and the environment are being affected by the melting of ice sheets, sea level rise, ecosystem changes, alterations in ocean chemistry, and changes in global water supplies. The United States is experiencing the effects of climate change, and the Chesapeake Bay region is particularly vulnerable to many of these impacts.
Session 2 Highlights
This workshop series will bring educators and scientists from the throughout the region together to explore the science that drives the understanding of climate change.
Some of the questions the group will consider include:
Workshop Goals
Workshop participants will:
Workshop Format
The workshop will take place at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The workshop is free and lunch will be provided for workshop participants.
If you are interested in participating, or have questions, please contact Bart Merrick.
More information on this and other NOAA workshops