Be there and be square on February 26th for a special 1-year anniversary Nerd Nite in conjunction with the Ocean Sciences conference!

Doors at 7:30, talks at 8 PM. Free with Ocean Sciences badge, $5 without

DIFFERENT LOCATION! Rumours Nightclub, 410 Atkinson Dr.

With a special musical performance by Megaphone!

“A serenade to the sea by Maggie Mccain: Honey, get the kids inside – the glaciers are melting!”

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Cam McNaughton:  Carbon Capture and Storage: Stuffing Things in Deep Holes to Save the Planet

Abstract:  The World’s two largest carbon capture and storage projects are being built in Western Canada.  Cam will describe these projects and the baseline environmental measurements being used to study ecosystem CO2 dynamics prior to the injection of CO2 into the deep Earth.

Bio:  Cam is an Environmental Engineer with Golder Associates Ltd., holds a Ba.S.C. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo, an MS and PhD from the University of Hawaii and is a Fellow International of the prestigious Explorers Club.

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Lori Ziolkowski: Arctic permafrost: frozen tundra is hot stuff

Abstract: Over the past few decades, the global temperatures are rising.  This warming is amplified in the Arctic, where soils currently contain twice as much carbon as is currently in the atmosphere. Lori will describe how a warmer Arctic may affect the global carbon cycle, and therefore the global climate.

Bio: Lori is an Assistant Professor at University of South Carolina.  With degrees in Environment Chemistry, Chemical Oceanography and Earth System Science, Lori loves figuring out how the global carbon cycle and chemistry are related.

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Grieg Steward: My Tiny Valentine: Viruses can make you sick, but can they also make you sexy?
Bio: Grieg is an oceanography professor at C-MORE, the center for Microbial Oceanography Research and Education, at UH Manoa. He holds a Ph.D. in Marine Biology from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and his work focuses on the ecology of marine viruses.

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