The University of Rhode Island Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting will hold its second annual workshop for journalists on June 25-30. As part of the workshop, several public lectures and a panel discussion have been scheduled, featuring an array of prominent speakers. The five presentations will be held in the Coastal Institute Auditorium at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography's Narragansett Bay Campus.
All events are free and open to the public.
Phytoplankton growth, which controls carbon transport from the atmosphere to the ocean, is limited by nutrients. By adding nutrients to the oceans, the carbon transport rate can be increased. The Columbia River, the most powerful river in the West, is the most thoroughly dammed, transformed into a series of puddles separated by concrete plugs. Harden will explain how the history of this river is the story of the West, where progress was a synonym for dominance. Two veteran reporters and two scientists discuss whether a coastal area can be both ecologically healthy and economically rewarding and how marine resources might be managed to achieve this balance.