Climate Events
Dec
1
Talk on Climate and Rocky Shores
December 1, 2022
Bruce Menge in the field, with student Elizabeth Cerny-Chipman.
On Thursday, Dec. 1 at 6:30 p.m., the Midcoast Watersheds Council is hosting their remote December Community Meeting. This meeting will feature Bruce Menge, a professor at Oregon State University with an extensive history...
Dec
8
Lecture on Salmon Survey
December 8, 2022, Newport
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will host Laurie Weitkamp a Research Fisheries Biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northwest Fisheries Science Centerto discuss the...
Dec
8
Community Conversation about Offshore Wind
December 8, 2022
Flyer for Rogue Climates Community Conversation on Offshore Wind. /Photo courtesy of Rogue Climate
Rogue Climate, a nonprofit advocating for climate justice in Southern Oregon, continues its series of "Community Conversations on Floating Offshore Wind Energy" by hosting a virtual session for...
Dec
15
Lecture on Monitoring Marine Energy Converters
December 15, 2022, Newport
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will host Joe Haxel, the principal investigator of the Triton Initiative and an Earth scientist in the Coastal Sciences Division at the Marine and Coastal...
Past Events
Nov
19
Talk on Ocean Acidification
November 19, 2022
Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. /Photo by Jason Waicunas.
As part of the remote Winter Speaker Series, the Cape Perpetua Collaborative will be hosting Jenny Koester to talk about creating a ocean acidification on Saturday, Nov. 19, at 2 p.m. Jenny Koester works as an Ocean Acidification Policy...
Nov
17
Global Warming Commission Meets
November 17, 2022
King tide on the Siuslaw River.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Thursday, November 17. The public portion of the meeting will be held from noon to 4 p.m. online.
At this meeting, the Commission will discuss:
- An updated proposal...
Nov
17
Symposium on Climate and Work
November 17, 2022 - November 18, 2022, Eugene
Bandon's shoreline. /Photo by Sonja Peterson.
On Thursday Nov. 17 and Friday Nov. 18, the University of Oregon's Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute will be holding a symposium called "The Futures of Work: Climate and Lifeways in the Pacific Northwest." This event will take place in the...
Nov
15
Meeting on Offshore Wind Power
November 15, 2022
Offshore wind turbines. /Photo courtesy of NOAA
On Tuesday, Nov. 15, The Climate Reality Project: Portland Chapter to discuss offshore wind power development at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Jason Busch from the Pacific Ocean Energy Trust (POET) will discuss the wind energy potential for the Oregon coast...
Nov
12
Talk on Blue Economy Innovation
November 12, 2022
View from Cape Perpetua across the marine reserve. /Photo by Rena Olson.
As part of the remote Winter Speaker Series, the Cape Perpetua Collaborative will be hosting Connor Nolan to talk about creating a Blue Economy on Saturday Nov. 12, at 2 p.m. Nolan is a team member from Oregon RAIN...
Nov
10
Rogue Climate Shindig
November 10, 2022
Community members gathered to protest the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline project. /Photo courtesy of Rogue Climate.
On Thursday, Nov. 10, Rogue Climate will be holding a virtual Climate Shindig from 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Shindig will include short film screenings,...
Nov
10
Talk on Dune Plant Carbon Storage
November 10, 2022, Newport
European beach grass. /Photo by Bonnie Moreland
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will be hosting John Stepanek, a PhD student and member of the Hacker Lab, housed within the Department of Integrative Biology at Oregon State...
Nov
7
Seminar on Kelp Ecosystem Restoration
November 7, 2022, Corvallis
Kelp underwater. /Photo by Shane Stagner.
On Monday Nov. 7, from 4-5 p.m., Tristin McHugh will be presenting about her work on kelp forest restoration at Oregon State University in the Research Way Building (4700 SW Research Way in Corvallis). McHugh is a subtidal ecologist and and kelp...
Nov
3
Talk on Marine Reserves and Climate
November 3, 2022, Newport
Cape Perpetua marine reserve. /Photo courtesy of ODFW.
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will be hosting Jess Hopf, a research associate focusing on ecological modelling and population dynamics, to discuss her work on how marine...
Oct
7
Oregon Global Warming Commission Meeting
October 7, 2022
A view south from Cape Lookout. /Photo by Alex Derr
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 7.
At this meeting, the Commission will discuss:
- Incorporating co-benefits (e.g., health, jobs, and equity) into the TIGHGER analysis and finalizing the...