SEMINAR: Sea Secrets Lecture Wednesday - Bruce Parker

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

Please join us for the third presentation of the

2012 Sea Secrets Lecture Series:

THE LONG STRUGGLE TO PREDICT MARINE DISASTERS

Dr. Bruce Parker

 

The oceans and their power have long held mysteries we have struggled to understand. In his book The Power of the Sea: Tsunamis, Storm Surges, Rogue Waves and Our Quest to Predict Disasters, Dr. Bruce Parker interweaves dramatic tales of natural marine disasters with fascinating stories of how scientists and mariners very slowly learned how to predict them. From ancient humankind’s strange notions about the sea, working up to modern innovations that have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, Parker offers amazing insight into marine disasters. He also answers intriguing questions about the sea. Were tide predictions crucial to D-Day landings in World War II? Can elephants ‘hear’ a tsunami coming? Did a perigean spring tide almost ruin the Boston Tea Party? How did the 2011 Japan tsunami kill so many? Parker, the former chief scientist for NOAA’s National Ocean Service, is a visiting professor at the Center for Maritime Systems at the Stevens Institute of Technology.

SEA SECRETS LECTURE SERIES

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

 WEDNESDAY, March 14, 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.

Laura Bracken

Alumni & Outreach Manager, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science
Science & Education Specialist, R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation Program

University of Miami 
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
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