SEMINAR: 12pm today - Marine disaster discussion with Dr. Bruce Parker

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

Please come by and meet Dr. Bruce Parker to discuss marine disasters and related issues.

This is an informal discussion so feel free to stop by anytime between 12:00-1:30pm, Wednesday, March 14th.

AMP Conference room (behind the MSC fish tank)

Info about Dr. Parker and his Sea Secrets lecture:

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.