FOSB Events
Friday, March 07, 2014
Projecting Future Scenarios for Fidalgo Bay (All day)
Projecting Future Scenarios for Fidalgo Bay - Modeling Water Circulation and Coastal Changes
Dr. Eric Grossman, Research Geologist, U.S. Geological Survey
“Dr. Grossman will discuss how the US Geological Survey is using powerful 3D computer modeling to examine coastal processes and inform ecosystem restoration and hazard mitigation in the Salish Sea. How might climate change, sea level rise and land use influence coastal communities, ecosystem restoration outcomes, and Fidalgo Bay? Learn how USGS is constructing a 3D hydrodynamic model of Fidalgo Bay as part of a larger Salish Sea model to study these questions. Citizen science can help USGS and its partners improve these models through research and monitoring – find out how you can get involved as a volunteer!”
Dolphins of the Bahamas "In their world - on their terms" (Fri. 7 Mar, 2014 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)
Dr. Cindy Elliser, marine biologist with Pacific Biodiversity Institute, will depict the lives of spotted and bottlenose dolphins in the Bahamas. How do dolphins communicate? How do we tell them apart? What are their lives like? Learn about the individual dolphins the researchers have seen grow up and how their complex society resembles our own! Cindy will also talk about the new work she is beginning with harbor porpoises in the Salish Sea with Pacific Biodiversity Institute.