From Doom and Gloom to Hope: Innovations in Ocean Science and Policy

Date: 

Monday, February 8, 2016, 6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street

See also: 2015-2016

The lecture will take place tonight, in spite of the snow. Free indoor parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage 

The Honorable Jane Lubchenco, U.S. Science Envoy, University Distinguished Professor and Advisor in Marine Studies, Oregon State University

Prather Lecture Series

Jane Lubchenco, former Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will discuss how NOAA advances and utilizes research on weather, climate, and oceans to guide its services and to improve environmental stewardship in the U.S. She will also highlight new scientific advances that are transforming attitudes, behaviors, and policies that affect ocean health and the future of humanity.

Presented in collaboration with the Departments of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Free parking is available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage

Free and open to the public

See also: Public Lectures