Thursdays April 2, 9, 23, 30 & May 7
Extreme Weather: A Five-Part Film & Discussion
Series
Join us for this five-part
film and discussion series on extreme weather, facilitated by UNH Marine Docent and former Conval High School
Oceanography teacher, Jon Manley. Free & open to all!
April 2: Climate Change. What is running our Climate? Presentation on the
physics behind how the wind patterns, the ocean currents, the color of the
earth and temperature changes cause weather and change the climate.
April 9: Hurricanes & Tornados. Film – CYCLONE – A National Geographic
film that gives the basics of these weather systems. Introduction to F-Scales. Predictions of how rising oceans and climate
change will influence future storms.
April 23: Katrina. Film – KATRINA –
This NOVA film follows the buildup and results of one of the most costly and
deadly storms to hit the United States gulf coast. This production underscores the gap between
what scientists can predict and the reluctance of people to listen. Many who died refused to heed a mandatory
evacuation.
April 30: Acid Seas. Film – TBA - This session will be a discussion of how the forces
that are warming the oceans are also causing them to become more acidic. The
implications on the oceans by this twofold threat will be highlighted.
May 7: The Isles of Shoals. A place of history, prosperity, pirates, treasure
and even murder, the isles are subjected to some of the most severe weather in
New Hampshire. This session will be
about the people books and stories of this rocky outpost. As seas rise, the
isles may be among the first to disappear.
Along with the stories will be an opportunity to sign up for a trip to
the isles this summer.
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