Climate Events
May
23
Climate Lecture Series
May 23, 2018 - May 30, 2018
Fracking wastewater.
Legal expert and natural resource law theorist Mary Christina Wood will deliver a Bedrock Lecture at noon on Wednesday, May 16. The lecture can be viewed live online or through social media channels; if you would like to see it together with others as an event, there...
May
24
Tsunami Resilience Lecture
May 24, 2018, Newport
Photo by Portland Photographic Society
Preparing the region for the inevitable "Big One"--a tectonic earthquake and subsequent tsunami--will be the subject of a talk by Meg Reed, Coastal Shores Specialist with the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, on Thursday, May 24,...
Oct
9
Northwest Climate Conference
October 9, 2018 - October 11, 2018, Boise
Wave heights are growing in the Pacific Northwest.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
This is a mark-your-calendars item. The 9th annual Northwest Climate Conference has been scheduled for Oct. 9-11 at the Riverside Hotel (2900 W. Chinden Blvd.) in Boise, Idaho.
Information about registration, lodging...
Dec
21
King Tide Project, First Series
December 21, 2018 - December 23, 2018
Lost Creek State Recreation Site at a king tide.\Photo by Cathy Avilez.
Dates have been selected for next winter’s King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year. The first round of the 2018-2019 King Tide Project will take place December...
Jan
19
King Tide Project, Second Series
January 19, 2019 - January 21, 2019
King tide at Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.\Photo by Walter Duvall.
Dates have been selected for next winter’s King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year. The second round of the 2018-2019 King Tide Project will take place January...
Feb
18
King Tide Project, Third Series
February 18, 2019 - February 20, 2019
Pirate Cove (Depoe Bay) during a king tide.\Photo by Bob Loewen.
Dates have been selected for next winter’s King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year. The third and final round of the 2018-2019 King Tide Project will take place February...
Past Events
May
12
Climate Advocacy Training
May 12, 2018, Newport
A king tide fills Yaquina Bay, providing a preview of sea level rise with climate change.\Photo by Linda Reid.
The Newport group of the nationwide Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) will be sponsoring a climate advocacy training session from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, at the Newport...
May
11
Seminar on Shells
May 11, 2018, Charleston
Geerat Vermeij, UC Davis Professor. | Photo from UC Davis
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's Spring 2018 Seminar Series features Geerat Vermeij, a distinguished professor at UC Davis. His seminar is entitled, "Shells: an ecological and historical window on the marine world." This 7...
May
1
Climate Science Webinars
May 1, 2018
Mill Creek entering the Yaquina River at a king tide, previewing flooding due to climate change. | Photo by John Bauer for the Wetlands Conservancy
The Northwest Climate Science Center has announced a new Actionable Climate Science Skills-building Webinar Series. These webinars are designed...
Apr
29
Coastal Issues Forum
April 29, 2018, Lincoln City
Nelscott Beach at Lincoln City during a king tide.\Photo by Lisa Voelker.
Three key coastal concerns—sea level rise, ocean acidification, and the opening of our waters to oil and gas drilling by the Trump administration—will be addressed in a public forum taking place in the auditorium of...
Apr
26
Talk on Oregon Shelf Dynamics
April 26, 2018, Newport
Pacific City shoreline from Cape Kiwanda. | Photo by Sonja Peterson.
Oregon State University's Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) is offering a talk on nearshore ocean ecology by Clare Reimers, a professor of ocean ecology and biogeochemistry at OSU. Her topic will be "Benthic Exchange...
Apr
25
Climate Change Dialogue
April 25, 2018, Newport
Newport, Oregon. | Courtesy from @NewportOregon
Fear, hope, and climate change will be the topic of a public dialogue offered by 350.org on Wednesday, April 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the Newport Public Library (35 N.W. Nye St.).
The subject will be the exciting times we live in, frightening due to...
Apr
22
Plastic Ocean Film Viewing
April 22, 2018, Coos Bay
Kayakers on South Slough.\Photo courtesy of South Slough NERR.
South Coast audiences are invited to a viewing of the film “A Plastic Ocean.” The film will show on Saturday, April 21, and Sunday, April 22, each at 7 p.m. in Cos Bay’s Egyptian Theatre (229 S. Broadway).
The South Slough...
Apr
20
Invasive Algae Seminar
April 20, 2018, Charleston
This skiff - suspected Japanese tsunami debris - was found near Moclips, Washington. | Credit Washington Department of Ecology
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's Spring 2018 Seminar Series features a talk by Gayle Hansen, from the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Her seminar is...
Apr
13
Ocean Film Screening
April 13, 2018, Bandon
Coos County's Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) is presenting a film about environmental impacts on our ocean environment with a screening of Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Stewardship on Friday, April 13, 6...
Apr
13
Ocean Acidification Seminar
April 13, 2018, Charleston
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's Spring 2018 Seminar Series features a seminar by George Waldbusser, from the College of Earth, Ocean and Atomospheric Sciences at the Oregon State Univeristy. His...