SEMINAR: Sea Secrets Lecture Series kicks off TOMORROW

[Laura Bracken <lbracken@rsmas.miami.edu>]

Please join us for the first presentation of the

2012 Sea Secrets Lecture Series:

PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE OF FLORIDA'S COASTAL ZONES

 

Dr. Miles Hayes

 

How can we prepare for the projected sea level rise? How can we be ready for oil spills, expanded shoreline development and offshore oil exploration, all of which impact our valuable coastal zone. Florida’s coasts are new, less than 10,000 years old, when melting glaciers began to flood our limestone platform. During the continued rising sea level, a wide range of unique coastal features developed. Barrier islands, tidal inlets, coral reefs, lagoons and dunes making the Sunshine State’s coasts the most varied of any American state. Join Dr. Miles Hayes who has researched the sedimentary processes and resulting landscapes of Florida’s coasts for decades, as he shares his perspective on the history and future of Florida’s amazing coastlines.

  

SEA SECRETS LECTURE SERIES

 Presented by the UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and The Ocean Research and Education Foundation

 WEDNESDAY, January 18, 2012

 Reception begins at 5:30 p.m., followed by the lecture at 6:00 p.m.

Rosenstiel School Auditorium

4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, FL 33149

 

All events are free and open to the public; however seating is limited.