Beyond Copenhagen Water and Marine Services 03 December 2009 AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005
Sponsors/Organizers C-Sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Embassy of Sweden, and Delegation of the European Commission
Thursday, 3 December 2009
5:30pm – 6:45 pm
Registration opens at 4:45pm with light hors d'oeuvres served
Oceans provide a number of services that are vital to human life, giving sustenance to over a billion people as well as regulating global carbon and water cycles.Scientific findings increasingly signal the potentially adverse affects that climate change may have on these services.Oceans work to regulate climate by absorbing excess carbon dioxide, which, in the process, make seawater more acidic.Marine ecosystems, many of which are already vulnerable due to over-fishing and polluted coastal run-off, are under increased pressure by these changes.This panel will explore how humans and marine organisms can adapt to accommodate changing oceans, specifically:
1) What evidence is there of adaptability of marine ecosystems?
2) Are there management strategies to help key species adapt?
3) What additional services might be provided by the species that thrive in a more acidic
ocean?
Moderator:
James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, HarvardUniversity, and Chairman of the Board, AAAS
Panelists:
Keith Brander, Senior Research Scientist, DTU Aqua – Danish Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark(tentative)
Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Space is limited.To attend, RSVP to international@aaas.org
Moderator:
James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, HarvardUniversity, and Chairman of the Board, AAAS
Panelists:
Keith Brander, Senior Research Scientist, DTU Aqua – Danish Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark(tentative)
Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Space is limited.To attend, RSVP to international@aaas.org
1) What evidence is there of adaptability of marine ecosystems?
2) Are there management strategies to help key species adapt?
3) What additional services might be provided by the species that thrive in a more acidic
ocean?
Moderator:
James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, HarvardUniversity, and Chairman of the Board, AAAS
Panelists:
Keith Brander, Senior Research Scientist, DTU Aqua – Danish Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark(tentative)
Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Space is limited.To attend, RSVP to international@aaas.org
Moderator:
James McCarthy, Professor of Biological Oceanography, HarvardUniversity, and Chairman of the Board, AAAS
Panelists:
Keith Brander, Senior Research Scientist, DTU Aqua – Danish Institute of Aquatic Resources, Technical University of Denmark(tentative)
Steven Murawski, Director of Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA
Space is limited.To attend, RSVP to international@aaas.org
