Climate Events
Feb
2
Climate Change and Oregon's Rocky Shores
February 2, 2023, Newport
Tidepool life.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Midcoast Watersheds Council will hold its first in-person community meeting (remote option available) on Thursday, Feb. 2, at 6:30 p.m.
This month's featured guest is Dr. Bruce Menge, who will share his work on long-term ecological research and how...
Feb
3
Global Warming Commission Meets
February 3, 2023
King tide swamps Youngs Bay./Photo by John Bauer.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, February 3. The public meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. online.
At this meeting, the Commission will finalize the recommendations for the Roadmap to 2035.
The agenda and meeting...
Feb
9
Lecture on Climate and Fish Distribution
February 9, 2023, Newport
Spawning salmon. /Photo by Michel Roggo/NPL/Minden Pictures
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will host Lorenzo Ciannelli, principal investigator in the Fisheries Oceanography Lab at Oregon State University, to discuss his research on...
Past Events
May
17
Talk on Photography and Paleoclimate
May 17, 2022
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology.\Photo courtesy of Sitka Center.
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology hosts its Spring Keynote webinar with photographer Ian van Coller on Tuesday, May 17, at 4 p.m. He will discuss his award-winning project Naturalists of the Long now, which featured his...
May
6
Lecture on Cells and Climate
May 6, 2022, Charleston
Lone polar bear in the Arctic.\Photo courtesy of Unsplash.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) offers a free public lecture, “Watermelon Snow: Science and Stories,” on Friday, May 6, 7 p.m., in the Boathouse Auditorium. The event is free and open to all.
The speaker (appearing...
Apr
28
Webinar on Estuary and Climate--CANCELLED
April 28, 2022
King tide at North Bend on the Coos Bay estuary.\Photo by Gary Sharp.
(Note: This event has been postponed, due to a key speaker having to cancel. It will be rescheduled.)
Oregon Shores is collaborating with conservation allies to offer a monthly webinar series about the Coos Bay estuary. ...
Apr
26
Webinar on Ocean Acidification
April 26, 2022
Commercial crab fishing is at risk from ocean acidification.\Photo courtesy of California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife.
The Audubon Society of Lincoln City hosts a webinar on “Our Imperiled Sea: Combating Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia” on Tuesday, April 26, 6:30-7:30 p.m. The speaker will be...
Apr
21
Conversation on Sea Level Rise
April 21, 2022
House on spit isolated by erosion and heavily riprapped.\Photo courtesy of DOGAMI.
The Climate Conversations Initiative of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine offers a nationwide discussion of sea level rise and its impacts on Thursday, April 21, at noon (our...
Apr
18
Global Warming Commission Meets
April 18, 2022
King tide at Drift Creek entering Siletz Bay.\Photo by John Bauer.
Oregon’s Global Warming Commission meets online from 1-4 p.m. on Monday, April 18.
At this meeting, the Commission will hear an update and discuss modeling for the forthcoming Roadmap to 2035 to help the State develop a...
Apr
7
Public Meeting on Offshore Wind Energy
April 7, 2022
Offshore wind farm.\Photo by Stefan Sauer, courtesy of Northeastern University.
The Oregon Department of Energy is holding public meetings to introduce and discuss its Floating Offshore Wind Study. The second meeting takes place on Thursday, April 7, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There is a serious...
Mar
17
Meeting on Roads and Erosion
March 17, 2022
Erosion threatens Highway 101 at Beverly Beach.\Photo by Dennis White.
The state’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and its Coastal Management Program have convened an advisory committee to consider a very specific problem—protecting roads along the ocean, from Hwy 101...
Mar
16
Panel Discussion on Offshore Wind Energy
March 16, 2022
Offshore wind development.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), assisted by Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development, is analyzing the ocean off Oregon’s coast for wind energy prospects. There is a high degree of likelihood that the...
Mar
16
Science on Tap: Coastal Hazards
March 16, 2022
High tide erodes bluffs at Lincoln Beach.\Photo by Fran Recht.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center continues its “Science on Tap” lecture series. In the covid era, the talks are online. The downside is that instead of imbibing with fellow science enthusiasts, you have to pour your own in...