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Webinar on Seafloor Sediment
February 15, 2024
“Blue carbon,” sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere by marine and coastal vegetation, is a hot topic now, as is marine seafloor mining. However, the sediments of the vast ocean floor represent the world’s largest non-fossil pool of organic carbon,...
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Gray Whale Talk
December 9, 2023, Newport
The American Cetacean Society—Oregon Chapter offers a talk on our familiar gray whales on Saturday, Dec. 9, 11:30 a.m. at the Newport Public Library (35 N.W. Nye St.).
Speaker will be James Sumich, author of E. robustus: the biology and human history of gray whales.
Jim Sumich...
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Dec
7
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Presentation on Blue Carbon
December 7, 2023, Newport
For its December community meeting, the MidCoast Watersheds Council offers a talk on “blue carbon.” The event, free and open to the public takes place on Thursday, Dec. 7, 6:30 p.m., at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center (333 S.E. Bay Blvd.) in Newport.
The...
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Dec
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Heceta Bank Film
December 7, 2023, Coos Bay
Oregon State University's Marine Studies Initiative presents "Heceta Bank: Oregon's Hidden Wonder," on Dec. 7, 6:30-8:20 p.m. in Coos Bay’s Egyptian Theatre (229 S. Broadway). The short film features rare underwater footage of this marine habitat, and winds...
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Nov
18
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Land-Sea Symposium
November 18, 2023, Yachats
Flyer for the Cape Perpetua Collaboratives Land-Sea Symposium
The Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium returns for the11th annual celebration this year. The event will occur at the Yachats Commons (441 U.S. 101, Yachats) on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.
The Land-Sea Symposium is a community event...
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15
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Cancelled: Science on Tap: Plastics in the Environment
November 15, 2023, Newport
This event has been cancelled.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) is holding a hybrid Science on Tap event on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. The theme for the night is “Plastics in the Environment: Impacts on Organisms in Oregon & beyond,” hosted by Dr. Susanne Brander of...
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Nov
14
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Conference on Coast and Estuary Science
November 14, 2023 - November 16, 2023, Portland
Portland is the location of this year’s biennial conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation, from Sunday, Nov. 12, to Thursday, Nov. 16.
The conference is now full and underway. Oregon Shores Land Use Coordinator Annie Merrill is...
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Nov
9
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New Directions in Coastal Science and Management
November 9, 2023
Flyer for Oregon Shores webinar.
Oregon Shores likes to highlight young scientists doing cutting-edge research that will inform our conservation efforts in the coming years.
Oregon Shores board member Ed Joyce will serve as moderator. This is a chance to see the future of ocean and coastal...
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Seminar on Yaquina Bay Geology
November 9, 2023, Newport
Yaquina Bay.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s research seminar continues with a talk on E=evidence for recent displacement across the Yaquina Bay fault. It occurs on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 p.m., in the Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building auditorium at HMSC (2030...
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Webinar on Seafloor Sediments
November 9, 2023
Ocean floor, methane rising.\Photo courtesy of Texas A&M University.
“Blue carbon,” sequestration of carbon from the atmosphere by marine and coastal vegetation, is a hot topic now, as is marine seafloor mining. However, the sediments of the vast ocean floor represent the world’s largest...