OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenters: Dr. Scott Ensign, Aquatic Analysis and Consulting LLC, Morehead City, NC; and Dr. Carolyn Currin, NCCOS Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, Beaufort, NC. Presenting remotely from Beaufort.

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar cordinator is tracy.gill@noaa.gov

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Abstract:The conservation and restoration of salt marshes is a key component of coastal resiliency, as marshes provide numerous ecosystem services to coastal communities.  Municipal, state, and federal agencies require predictions of future wetland change and shoreline erosion to guide responses to sea level rise and develop adaptive management strategies. Simple inundation-based models provide regional scale estimates, but morphodynamic models are needed for fine-scale prediction to support decision-making. However, application of morphodynamic models is limited by 1) the choice of model and 2) site-specific measurements of suspended sediment regime. We developed a GIS-based method of delineating shorelines into the two types addressed by morphodynamic models; the method can be automated within a GIS to provide a decision support system for shoreline change analysis and also allows estimation of suspended sediment regime for model parameterization. We found that the suspended sediment regime in a North Carolina salt marsh was considerably influence by sediment transport at the air-water interface. For example, up to 16% of sediment mass carried across the salt marsh on a flood tide was moved via water surface tension (not turbulent suspension). Moreover, up to 100% of the sediment that settles onto the marsh surface from the water column is lifted by surface tension during the next tide. Incorporation of this process in morphodynamic models, in conjunction with a GIS-based shoreline modeling framework, will improve the resolution and accuracy of wetland shoreline predictions in the US and abroad. 

About the Speakers: Dr. Ensign is an aquatic ecologist who studies coastal eco-hydro-biogeochemical processes across the freshwater-tidal spectrum, from streams and swamps to estuaries and saltwater marshes. Dr. Ensign is Managing Principal at Aquatic Analysis and Consulting, LLC, an environmental consulting group that conducted this research on behalf of the Defense Coastal-Estuarine Research Program. More information is available at http://www.aquaco.us and dcerp.rti.org

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dori Dick, 2016 Knauss Fellow, NOAA Fisheries, Office of Protected Resources

For remote access: Audio: Dial toll-free US 866-833-7307, participant code is 8986360#. Webcast at http://www.mymeetings.com Under "Participant Join", click "Join an Event", then add conf no: 742656968. Passcode is brownbag. Be sure to install the correct plug-in (or run the plug-in as a temporary application) for WebEx before the seminar starts.

Abstract:  Ocean management and conservation in the face of climate change depends on
robust understanding of current relationships between species and their environment. This study built spatially-explicit models to identify multispecies seabird foraging aggregations (hotspots) in the California Current System and assessed how locations may shift due to climate change. Models for 30 species were built and validated using 15 years (1997-2012) of seabird survey data. We predicted species-specific relative densities during February, May, July and October under three scenarios and assessed current relationships between SST, sea surface height (SSH) and chlorophyll-a concentration (Chl-a) to predict future scenarios. Standardized predicted means were averaged by foraging ecotype to create scenario-specific multispecies hotspot maps by month. Results suggest suitable foraging habitat will shift offshore and north, diving and surface feeders will be the most sensitive to a changing climate, and some seamounts may retain suitable habitat in the future.

About the Speaker: Dori Dick is a marine spatial ecologist who uses GIS and spatial analyses to understand what factors influence how species use the ocean and improve marine conservation and management decisions.  She has a PhD in Geography from Oregon State University and is a Protected Species Program Specialist on Climate Change with NOAA Fisheries Office of Protected Resources.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Nate Mantua, Landscape Ecology Team Leader, Fisheries Ecology Division, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

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Abstract: Between the winters of 2013/14 and 2014/15 during the strong North American drought, the northeast Pacific experienced its largest marine heatwave on record. The extraordinary warming persisted into 2015/2016 under the influence of an extreme El Niño event. Here I’ll review the extent to which regional atmospheric forcing of the NE Pacific marine heat wave was related to known atmospheric teleconnections between El Niño, the PDO, and the North Pacific Gyre Oscillation (NPGO). I will also review the dramatic shift in Pacific climate that followed the end of the 2016 El Niño that included a brief reappearance of the dreaded Blob.

BIO
Nate Mantua currently leads the Landscape Ecology Team at NOAA’s Southwest Fisheries Science Center in Santa Cruz, California. Nate was at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1995-2012, where he co-directed the Climate Impacts Group and was an associate professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. His research interests include climate variability and predictability, climate impacts on natural resources, and the use of climate information in resource management. His lifelong int

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Peter Etnoyer, NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2347373041482223108
 
Sponsors: This webinar is part of a NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program webinar series to highlight research, exploration, and management of deep-sea corals and sponges around the U.S.

Seminar POC: Heather.Coleman@noaa.gov (301-427-8650)

Abstract: The term ‘coral garden’ is useful for science and management because it identifies vulnerable marine ecosystems and promotes metrics for comparison, specifically density and extent of coral aggregations. This study measured gorgonian octocoral density, extent, and condition in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary (30-150 meters) and compared these to densities reported for ‘coral gardens’ in other regions. Three transect approaches were considered, based on distance (100 meters) and duration (5 and 15 minute). The 100 m and 5 min transects identified several aggregations where density exceeded 100 colonies/100 m2. None of the 15 min transects achieved these densities due to the patchiness of coral coverage. The highest average densities were north of Santa Rosa (36 corals/100 m2). The most abundant taxa were Eugorgia rubens and Adelogorgia phyllosclera, with maximum densities of 55 and 70 colonies/100 m2 respectively. Leptogorgia chilensis was also present. Most octocorals appeared to be in healthy condition, but there were some notable declines in density and condition since 2005 in shallow parts of Anacapa Island. Aggregated densities meet the Oslo/Paris convention’s (OSPAR) definition for ‘coral garden’ (100-700 colonies/100 m2), suggesting the criteria are applicable to this area. Further work is needed to map the full extent of the ‘coral gardens’ and assess the potential threats.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Janessy Frometa, JHT, Inc., Contracted to NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science

Register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2347373041482223108
 
Sponsors: This webinar is part of a NOAA Deep Sea Coral Research and Technology Program webinar series to highlight research, exploration, and management of deep-sea corals and sponges around the U.S.

Seminar POC: Heather.Coleman@noaa.gov (301-427-8650)

Abstract: One outcome of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the realization that no well-established toxicity thresholds exist for benthic taxa in deep water (>50 m). Surveys of mesophotic reefs along the Gulf of Mexico Pinnacle Trend in 2011 showed that large octocoral colonies below the oil slick exhibited significantly more injury than in years before the spill. Swiftia exserta, an octocoral species found throughout the West Atlantic at depths of 20-200 meters, was among the injured taxa. In the Gulf of Mexico Swiftia has white polyps, as opposed to the typical red polyps in East Florida, but haplotype frequencies suggest no difference between the two localities. Live fragments of S. exserta from East Florida were exposed to varying concentrations of water-accommodated oil fractions (WAFs), Corexit® 9500 dispersant, and chemically-enhanced WAFs to determine the vulnerability of Swiftia octocorals to oil and dispersants. Following 96-hour toxicological assays, dispersant-alone and oil-dispersant mixtures were substantially more detrimental to coral health than any of the WAF concentrations tested. Complete mortality was observed within 48 hours for some fragments in the dispersant-alone and oil-dispersant treatments, while the WAF and control groups remained relatively uneffected. This is the first toxicity threshold established for a mesophotic octocoral species subject to the DWH spill, and provides evidence of octocoral sensitivity to oil and dispersants, which should inform scientists and managers in the event of a future oil spill.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenter: Richard Thoman, Climate Science and Services Manager, NWS Alaska Region

Seminar Sponsor: Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, 
Point of Contact: accap@uaf.edu

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Abstract: This webinar will review recent conditions and current state of the climate system in and near Alaska and the status of important global climate drivers, review guidance available for the monthly and seasonal scale outlooks and finish up with the official outlooks by NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. 

About the Speaker: Richard Thoman works as the Climate Science and Services Manager, for NWS Alaska Region Headquarters. He works closely with NOAA line offices and partners throughout Alaska providing information on climate monitoring, analysis and forecasting at the two week to one year time frame

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series
 
Presenters: Sheekela Baker-Yeboah, Ph.D.  NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI 

Sponsor: NOAA NESDIS National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) Arctic Team (NCEI.Arctic.Actions@noaa.gov). NCEI Arctic Action Team's webpage: https://www.nodc.noaa.gov/arcticteam.html

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Abstract: The Arctic Data Center is a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded archive for Arctic scientific data and information (see https://arcticdata.io/). It is a national partnership, led by the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California Santa Barbara, in collaboration with NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and the NSF-funded Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE). NCEI (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/) are responsible for hosting and providing access to one of the most significant archives on earth for ocean, atmosphere, and geophysical data. NCEI was formed in 2015 as the merger of the former NOAA National Oceanographic Data Center, National Climatic Data Center, and National Geophysical Data Center.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenter: Heather Heenehan, Ph.D. Postdoctoral researcher at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center in the Passive Acoustics Group; she will be presenting work from her dissertation at the Duke University Marine Laboratory

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill@noaa.gov 

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Abstract: For more than a decade, interactions between humans and Hawaiian spinner dolphins in their resting bays have been a concern for members of the general public, managers, scientists, policymakers, and tour operators. Hawaiian spinner dolphins are the target of a large wildlife tourism industry due to their predictable daytime resting behavior and presence in coastal areas. Using results from passive acoustic monitoring between January 2011 and March 2013 on the Kona coast of Hawai?i Island, USA, the relative importance of four known Hawaiian spinner dolphin resting bays, the contribution of anthropogenic noise including vessel noise to the four bay soundscapes, and the dolphins' response to human activities were assessed. Here the findings are summarized and visualized and recommendations are provided for action to regulate directed dolphin watching and ensuing unauthorized takes under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. These findings and recommendations have implications for the federal government's ongoing efforts to implement rules that protect Hawaiian spinner dolphins in their resting bays.

About the Speaker: Heather has a BS in Environmental Science from the University of Connecticut. She received both her Master of Environmental Management and PhD in Marine Science and Conservation from Duke University. Heather is now working in the passive acoustics group at NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center where she has been working on the Caribbean Humpback Acoustic Monitoring Programme.
 
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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series 

Speaker: Galen A. McKinley, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Center for Climatic Research

Seminar sponsor: NOAA OAR Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
Seminar POC for questions: nicole.rice@noaa.gov

Remote access: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8732706556168576513

Abstract: Biogeochemical and carbon cycling in Great Lakes occurs in the context of a highly variable aquatic landscape that is significantly impacted by physical forcing. In order to understand biogeochemical cycling in its mean state and as it changes, we must quantify the role of physical variability in space and time. Here, three carbon cycle examples will be presented. In Lake Superior, analysis of a coupled hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model (MITgcm.Superior) shows that physical gradients cause large variation in rates of both production (P) and respiration (R) between nearshore and offshore waters.  Accounting for this variability helps to bring the lake-wide carbon budget into balance (Bennington et al. 2012, JGR). In the model, fluxes of organic carbon from nearshore lead to elevated R:P ratios in the slope region, which could support the observed enhanced heterotrophic biomass on the slope (McKinley and Bennington, in prep). Lastly, in all the Great Lakes, I demonstrate that increasing atmospheric CO2 should lead to a reduction of pH by ~0.3 units by 2100, quantitatively the same as projections for “ocean acidification” in the global oceans. In the Great Lakes, the existing carbon cycle observational system is insufficient to track such changes (Phillips et al. 2015).

Bio: Professor McKinley studies the mechanisms of the carbon cycle in the global oceans and Great Lakes, with her research lying at the intersection of physical and chemical oceanography. Her primary tools are numerical models and analysis of large datasets. More specifically, her research addresses the physical drivers of ecosystem and carbon cycle variability in the North Atlantic, global oceans and Great Lakes. Professor McKinley teaches oceanography and climate science in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at University of Wisconsin - Madison. She is also very active in service to the national and international scientific and policy-making communities. 

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series
 
Presenters: Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist, Environmental Systems Research Institute (Esri). Possibly also Roger Sayre, Senior Scientist for Ecosystems, Climate and Land Use Change, USGS and Sean Breyer, ArcGIS Content Program Manager, Esri

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill@noaa.gov

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Abstract: We report progress on the Ecological Marine Units (EMU) project, a new undertaking commissioned by the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) as a means of developing a standardized and practical global ecosystems classification and map for the oceans, and thus a key outcome of the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). The project is one of four components of the new GI-14 GEO Ecosystems Initiative within the GEO 2016 Transitional Work plan, and for eventual use by the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The project is also the follow-on to a comprehensive Ecological Land Units project (ELU), also commissioned by GEO. The EMU is comprised of a global point mesh framework, created from 52,487,233 points from the NOAA World Ocean Atlas; spatial resolution is one-quarter degree by one-quarter degree by varying depth; temporal resolution is currently decadal; each point has x, y, z, as well as six attributes of chemical and physical oceanographic structure (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, silicate, phosphate) that are likely drivers of many ecosystem responses. We implemented a k-means statistical clustering of the point mesh (using the pseudo-F statistic to help determine the numbers of clusters), allowing us to identify and map 37 environmentally distinct 3D regions (candidate 'ecosystems') within the water column. These units can be attributed according to their productivity, direction and velocity of currents, species abundance, global seafloor geomorphology (from Harris et al.), and much more. A series of data products for open access will share the 3D point mesh and EMU clusters at the surface, bottom, and within the water column, as well as 2D and 3D web apps for exploration of the EMUs and the original World Ocean Atlas data.
Future plans include a global delineation of Ecological Coastal Units (ECU) at a much finer spatial resolution (not yet commenced), as well as global ecological freshwater ecosystems (EFUs; in earliest planning stages). We will also be exploring how to conceptually and spatially connect EMUs, ELUs, and EFUs at the ECU interface.
 
About the Speakers: Dawn Wright (http://dusk.geo.orst.edu/) was appointed Chief Scientist of Esri in October 2011 after 17 years as a professor of geography and oceanography at Oregon State University. In this role at Esri, she reports directly to the Esri CEO, with a mission to strengthen the scientific foundation for Esri software and services, while representing Esri to the national and international scientific community. Dawn also maintains an affiliated faculty appointment in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State. Her current research interests include data modeling, benthic terrain and habitat characterization, coastal/ocean informatics, and cyberinfrastructure. Her recent advisory board service includes the NOAA Science Advisory Board and the National Academy of Sciences Ocean Studies Board, the Science Advisory Board of Conservation International, the Board of COMPASS Science Communication Inc., and many journal editorial boards. Dawn is a AAAS Fellow, a GSA Fellow, and a fellow of Stanford University's Leopold Leadership Program. She holds an Individual Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Physical Geography and Marine Geology from UCSB, an M.S. in Oceanography from Texas A&M, and a B.S. cum laude in Geology from Wheaton College (Illinois). Other interests include road cycling, 18th-century pirates, apricot green tea gummy bears, her dog Sally, and SpongeBob Squarepants. Follow her on Twitter at @deepseadawn.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series
 
Presenters: Tony Marshak, PhD, NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology, 1315 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910 USA  

Sponsor: NOAA Fisheries Office of Science and Technology Brown Bag Seminar

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Abstract: Large and apparently unprecedented increases in the abundance of juvenile gray snapper (Lutjanus griseus), lane snapper (L. synagris), groupers and other tropically-associated species within northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) seagrass meadows have been recently observed.  Although occurring infrequently in the nGOM, their increased abundance has been suggested to reflect regional warming trends, and has resulted in higher numbers in offshore adult habitats.  Additionally, recent invasion by the Indo-Pacific red lionfish (Pterois volitans) into nGOM offshore habitats has been documented.  Increases in tropically-associated confamilials, and invasive lionfish, could result in pronounced competitive interactions with nGOM reef fishes, such as juvenile red snapper (L. campechanus), in limited natural reef habitat, and cause shifts in the species composition of offshore fish assemblages.  We experimentally investigated the intensity of these interactions between increasingly abundant tropical snapper species, red lionfish, and indigenous members of the nGOM reef fish community in large outdoor mesocosms.  Compared to tropical counterparts, red snapper demonstrated increased partial roving behavior, aggression, and predation, suggesting their potential to exploitatively outcompete lower latitude snappers.  However, lionfish were more active than red snapper, and consumed more prey than range-shifting reef fishes, suggesting additional partial advantage over nGOM fishes.  As conditions continue to favor ongoing warming-related species shifts and marine invasions within marine ecosystems, these findings contribute toward the assessment of their impacts toward the valuable nGOM reef fish community.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenter:  Dr. Toste Tanhua, Senior Scientist, GEOMAR (Kiel, Germany)

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Abstract: Transient tracers are a group of (chemical) compounds that can be used in the ocean to quantify ventilation, transit time distribution and transport time-scales. These compounds are ideally conservative in sea-water and a well-established source function over time at the ocean surface, or have well-defined decay-functions. Measurement of transient tracers in the interior ocean thus provides information on the time-scales since the ocean was ventilated, i.e. in contact with the atmosphere. Knowledge of the transit time distribution (TTD) of a water-mass allows for inference of the concentrations or fates of other transient compounds, such as anthropogenic carbon or nitrous oxide. Commonly measured transient tracers are the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) 11 and 12, although in the past also CFC-113 and CCl4 have been measured. More recently also the related compound sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) is regularly measured since it provides information on ventilation of the fast ventilated parts of the ocean. Exciting new techniques might allow for a global survey of Argon-39, a isotope with a 269 decay half-time. 
Knowledge about ventilation is key to quantify the transport of (climate) perturbations from the surface to interior ocean. For instance, the ocean is storing about 95% of anthropogenic global warming (heat content) and about 30% of anthropogenic carbon. A system of global sustained observations of interior ocean transient tracer observations will help to answer several societal relevant questions articulated in, for instance, climate agreements and SDG-14. 
Here I will present some basic concepts of transient tracers, and put that in a global context with focus on societal benefits.

About the Speaker: Dr. Toste Tanhua obtained a PhD in Marine Chemistry in Sweden in 1997 based on work on transient tracers. After a few years at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Dr. Tanhua took a position at GEOMAR in Kiel, Germany. Measurements of oceanic transient tracers has been a central theme of Dr. Tanhua's research, particularly the use of transient tracers to detect and quantify temporal changes in ocean ventilation and ocean storage of anthropogenic carbon. 

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenter: Yizhen Li, Research Oceanographer, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCMA and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill@noaa.gov

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Abstract: In situ observations in austral summer of early 2012 in the Ross Sea suggest the presence of low-salinity, high-biomass lenses within cold eddies along the edge of the Ross Ice Shelf (RIS). Idealized model simulations are utilized to examine the processes responsible for ice shelf eddy formation. 3-D model simulations produce similar cold and fresh eddies, although the simulated vertical lenses are quantitatively thinner than observed. Model sensitivity tests show that both basal melting underneath the ice shelf and irregularity of the ice shelf edge facilitate generation of cold and fresh eddies. 2-D model simulations further suggest that both basal melting and downwelling-favorable winds play crucial roles in forming a thick layer of low-salinity water observed along the edge of the RIS. These properties may have been entrained into the observed eddies, whereas that entrainment process was not captured in the specific eddy formation events studied in our 3-D model—which may explain the discrepancy between the simulated and observed eddies, at least in part. Additional sensitivity experiments imply that uncertainties associated with background stratification and wind stress may also explain why the model underestimates the thickness of the low-salinity lens in the eddy interiors. Our study highlights the importance of incorporating accurate wind forcing, basal melting and ice shelf irregularity for simulating ocean dynamics near the RIS edge.

About the Speaker: Yizhen Li is a computational ecologist and research oceanographer at NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS). He is also a guest investigator at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. His research interests include coastal circulation dynamics; coupled bio-physical interactions; especially harmful algal blooms and larval dispersal modeling, variational data assimilation, and satellite oceanography. He earned a BA and an MS at the Ocean University of China. He earned a second MS and then a PhD at North Carolina State University. Yizhen has worked as a research assistant and postdoctoral research associate at North Carolina State University, and a postdoctoral scholar at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. He recently joined NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, where he serves as an ecologist and research oceanographer.  

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Joseph A. Smith, Research Associate, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

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Abstract: TBD

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OneNOAA Science Seminar

Sponsor:             EMC Seminar
Speaker:             Robert Grumbine (NOAA/NCEP/EMC)

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OneNOAA science Seminar Series

Speakers: Britt Parker, Senior Climate and International Specialist, NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program and John J. Marra, PhD, Climate Service Director, Pacific Region, NOAA's NCEI

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill@noaa.gov

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Abstract: 
Pacific leaders continue to call for assistance as they strive to understand, predict, and adapt to a changing climate.  The development and delivery of actionable information about climate patterns and trends - and their impacts on communities, businesses and ecosystems - is essential to many aspects of policy, planning, and decision-making. Consultation with decision makers is critical to ensuring such information is useful, useable and used. NOAA, working through the Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), undertook a two-year, $2.0 million program from 2012-2014 to support climate change adaptation in the Pacific Small Island Developing States by conducting a series of activities to enhance scientific and technical capacity.  These activities were designed to strengthen end-to-end climate services and adaptation capabilities working with the Pacific Island Meteorological Services and other regional organizations to support robust and sustained capacity development consistent with the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS).  With an emphasis on engagement and consultation between service providers and users, activities carried out over the life of the project included the Pacific Islands Climate Services Forum, a series of in-country climate service dialogues, updated products and services, the advancement of core capabilities of the countries to deliver products and services focused on regional issues, and culminated in the release of the climate services storybook electronically and via web presence (http://pacificislandsclimate.org/csstories/).
 
About the Speakers:
Britt Parker is the Senior Climate and International Specialist for NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program. Britt serves as the Climate and International Coordinator for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program. She works with the Federal, State/Territorial, Local and International partners to coordinate planning, inform policies and activities to address the impacts of climate change to coral reef ecosystems and dependent communities.  She also coordinates international program activities and engages with key international partners to improve management of coral reefs globally in the face of climate change, unsustainable fishing, and land-based sources of pollution. She has provided technical expertise to multiple USAID related programs and projects including the US Coral Triangle Support Program, the NOAA-USAID Marine Support Partnership, and the NOAA-USAID Enhancing Global Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Pacific Small Island Developing States project.
 
John J. Marra, PhD., is the NOAA/NCEI Climate Services Director for the Pacific Region, based in Honolulu, HI. For over 20 years he has been working to bridge science, policy, and information technology to address issues related to natural hazards risk reduction and climate adaptation planning.  His particular area of expertise is the development and dissemination of data and products associated with coastal inundation and erosion.  John served as the lead on the NOAA-USAID Enhancing Global Climate Change Adaptation Capacity in Pacific Small Island Developing States project.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. James D. Hogan, Assistant Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M Corpus Christi

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Valbona  Kunkel (NOAA/NCEP/EMC)
POC: Michiko Masutani michiko.masutani@noaa.gov


Sponsor EMC seminar. 
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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speakers:
Brian E. Baird, Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee External Financing Subcommittee Chair
Director, Ocean & Coastal Program, The Bay Institute and Aquarium of the Bay

Dr. Martha Honey, Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee External Financing Subcommittee Vice-Chair
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Center for Responsible Travel (CREST)

Register at: TBA

Sponsors: This webinar is pat of NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center's monthly webinar series focused on building and strengthening MPA networks. The series is 
co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org).

Seminar POC: Lauren.Wenzel@noaa.gov

Abstract:
MPAs require sustainable long-term funding for designation and management, specifically education, outreach, monitoring, research, policy development, and enforcement. Recommendations from a new report produced by the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee will be discussed, along with a wide-range of approaches to obtain external funding, important guidelines for success, and potential sources of external financing.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Michelle Rub, Research Fishery Biologist, Point Adams Research Station, NOAA

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

WEBINAR 
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Abstract: TBD

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker:  Sandra A. Cauffman (Earth Science Division Deputy Director NASA Headquarters, GOES-R Deputy System Program Director)

Sponsor: This is part of the Latinos@NOAA 2017 seminar series. If interested in latinos@noaa activities join our group email at latinos@noaa.gov.

Seminar from 11:30-12:30.
NOAA HQ SSMC3 Room 9836 (1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910)

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Abstract: Following my dreams is the story of how a Costa Rican girl from a poor family nurtured an improbable dream about space travel, and despite the obstacles, made that dream come true.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenters: Luis A. Solorzano, PhD, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy Caribbean Division and David Vaughan, PhD, Executive Director, Tropical Research Laboratory, Mote Marine Laboratory

Sponsor: NOAA's National Ocean Service Science Seminar; seminar host is tracy.gill@noaa.gov 

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Abstract: TBD

About the Speakers:
Dr. Luis A. Solórzano is the Executive Director of The Nature Conservancy’s Caribbean Program, where he oversees efforts in 16 countries and territories to protect and restore the marine and island habitats and implement nature-based solutions to increase resilience to climate change. Under Luis’s leadership in the region, The Nature Conservancy has supported the creation of 16 new marine parks and three park expansions in the Bahamas, which has added more than 11 million acres of marine protected areas. One of his current strategic priorities is scaling up coral conservation and restoration efforts from research and discovery to field testing and implementation through strategic partnerships aimed at understanding how to most effectively protect and restore reefs throughout the Caribbean. Luis has dedicated his life to ecological research, the conservation of nature and preserving the value of natural ecosystems. He has worked with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute’s Marine Program, the Princeton Environmental Institute, the Woods Hole Research Center, Conservation International, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the CGIAR Consortium. He also served as Environmental Advisor to the Office of the President of Colombia and as an advisor to the Natural Capital Project, a successful partnership between The Nature Conservancy, World Wildlife Federation and Stanford University. Luis holds a B.S. in Marine Biology from the National University of Colombia, an M.A. in Evolutionary Biology and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Princeton, as well as advanced certifications in organizational management from Stanford. 

Dr. David E. Vaughan is a senior marine science researcher, who has designed, built and operated many marine aquatic culture projects, programs and businesses. He initiated the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution’s Aquaculture Division in 1991 and built the Aquaculture Development Park, a 40-acre, recirculating aquaculture research, training, and education demonstration. Dr. Vaughan built and developed the Center for Marine Ornamental Research (CMOR), which is now incorporated as Oceans, Reefs and Aquariums Inc (ORA), which he was president of until 2001. Dr. Vaughan was also Chief Scientist for EarthEcho Internationals’ Coral Reef Restoration Initiative (CRI), a coral gene bank, for reef restoration. Dr. Vaughan is currently the Executive Director of the Mote Tropical Research Lab in the Florida Keys and manages the Coral Reef Research Program, which now re-establishes living coral reefs. David holds a B.S. in Biology/ Chemistry from Graceland College, an M.S. in Biology/Microbiology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Physiology from Rutgers University.
 
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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Presenters: Dr. Hong Chen, Scientist, Environmental Health Assessment, Public Health Ontario; adjunct scientist at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and Assistant Professor at Dalla Lana School of Public Health

Sponsor: NWS; seminar host is michelle.hawkins@noaa.gov

Remote Access: Online Access Only; Register at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1794761797086573826
 
Abstract: The impact of ambient cold temperatures on health has gained renewed attention in North America owing to record low temperatures over past several winters. Advances in understanding the health impact of cold temperatures, especially from both extreme and moderate ranges, can help develop interventions to benefit population health. During this talk, we will present recent findings on cold-related health burdens in Ontario, Canada.

About the Speaker: Dr. Hong Chen is Scientist, Environmental Health Assessment, at Public Health Ontario, adjunct scientist at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and Assistant Professor at Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Hong's current research has focused on understanding the health effects of various environmental exposure (e.g., ambient air pollution, extreme weather, green space, and environmental noise) and evaluating public health impacts of environmental-related policies and programs.
 
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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Przemyslaw Bajer, Research Assistant Professor, Dept. Fisheries, Wildlife, and Cons. Biology, University of Minnesota

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

WEBINAR 
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Abstract: TBD

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speakers: Sarah Kienle, Dr. Nancy Foster Scholar, University of California, Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab

Seminar sponsor: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Remote access: Register for webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9222481810699475201

Location: Online Webinar

Title: Males vs. Females: Feeding Behavior of Northern Elephant Seals

Abstract: Male and female northern elephant seals exhibit dramatic differences in size, shape and behavior. My research compares the feeding behavior of male and female seals to understand how the sexes use marine resources throughout the North Pacific Ocean.

More information on the National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/webinar-series.html

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Daniel Bottom, Estuarine Ecologist, Estuary and Ocean Ecology Program, ODFW/NOAA

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

WEBINAR 
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Abstract: TBD

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Mark Carr, Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Long Marine Laboratory, University of California, Santa Cruz

Register at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4922555718190278401

Sponsors: This webinar is pat of NOAA's National Marine Protected Areas Center's monthly webinar series focused on building and strengthening MPA networks. The series is co-sponsored by the NOAA National MPA Center, MPA News, and the EBM Tools Network (co-coordinated by NatureServe and OpenChannels.org).

Seminar POC: Lauren.Wenzel@noaa.gov

Abstract: The US Marine Protected Area (MPA) Federal Advisory Committee (FAC) has a Connectivity Subcommittee charged with understanding how knowledge about ecological spatial connectivity and climate climate change can be incorporated into the design, use, and management of effective MPAs and MPA networks. The committee has summarized the current scientific understanding of: 1) different types and scales of connectivity and their ecological implications, 2) how connectivity processes create ecological linkages among marine areas, populations, communities, and ecosystems, and 3) how connectivity impacts conservation outcomes in MPAs. This webinar will summarize the work of the FAC on the implications of spatial ecological connectivity for the design and application of MPAs in a changing ocean. This work forms the basis of the FAC's recommendations to the US Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior for future US MPA management and policy. 

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speaker: Dr. Leigh Torres, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Oregon State University

Sponsor: Monster Seminar Jam (http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/news/events/weekly_seminars/monster.cfm)
POC:  diane.tierney@noaa.gov (206-860-3380)

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Abstract: TBD

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speakers: Britta Schroeder, National Park Service; Nicole Kinsman, NOAA's National Geodetic Survey.

Sponsor: NOAA NGS; POC for questions: christine.gallagher@noaa.gov

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Abstract: Last summer, an intern visited over one hundred National Geodetic Survey (NGS) bench mark sites in Denali National Park and Preserve to collect survey-grade GPS coordinates. Most of these first-order vertical leveling bench marks were established along the ninety-two miles of Denali's park road in 1965 and since then, only a handful had been revisited. Now, over 50% of the monuments have been recovered or were ascertained to exist. The National Park Service (NPS) and NGS also provided geospatial courses and citizen science opportunities to high school and college students funded, in part, through the NOAA Preserve America Initiative. The courses included classroom time and field trips to understand how geospatial science is applied in the wilderness. This webinar will address some of the challenges and accomplishments of the project.

About the Speakers: Britta Schroeder works as the GIS Specialist and Unmanned Aerial Systems pilot in Denali National Park and Preserve; Nicole Kinsman is the National Geodetic Survey’s Regional Advisor for Alaska and the US Arctic.

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OneNOAA Science Seminar Series

Speakers: Sarah Waters, NOAA Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Seminar sponsor: NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Seminar POC for questions: Claire.Fackler@noaa.gov, (805) 893-6429

Remote access: Register for webinar at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4233694090270569729

Abstract: Building your own ROV is not as complicated as you think! Find out how students near Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary are designing and building their own ROVs to explore the Thunder Bay River and Lake Huron, as well as participate in environmental stewardship projects. This webinar will showcase how ROVs are used to explore our national marine sanctuaries and provide a basic overview of designing and building ROVs with students for your own explorations! 

More information on the National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/education/teachers/webinar-series.html

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