BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20211020T230000Z DTEND:20211021T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Seminole State Speaker Series: Confronting Coastal Risk in an Age of Rising Sea Levels DESCRIPTION:The rate of global sea-level rise today is roughly three times the average rate over the last century\, which was itself already the fastest rate in at least three millennia. What's driving this sea-level rise? What can science say about sea-level rise over the coming decades and centuries? And how can society manage the risks these changes are creating?\n\n \n\nDr. Robert Kopp is a climate scientist who serves at Rutgers University as a Professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences and as Co-Director of the University Office of Climate Action. His research focuses on past and future sea-level change\, the interactions between physical climate change and the economy\, and the use of climate risk information in decision-making. He is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report and a director of the Climate Impact Lab. He also directs the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub\, a National Science Foundation-funded consortium that advances coastal climate adaptation and the scientific understanding of natural and human coastal climate dynamics.\n\n \n\nA Q&A session will follow the presentation. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
The rate of global sea-level rise today is roughly three times the average rate over the last century\, which was itself already the fastest rate in at least three millennia. What'\;s driving this sea-level rise? What can science say about sea-level rise over the coming decades and centuries? And how can society manage the risks these changes are creating?
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Dr. Robert Kopp is a climate scientist who serves at Rutgers University as a Professor in the Department of Earth &\; Planetary Sciences and as Co-Director of the University Office of Climate Action. His research focuses on past and future sea-level change\, the interactions between physical climate change and the economy\, and the use of climate risk information in decision-making. He is a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change&rsquo\;s Sixth Assessment Report and a director of the Climate Impact Lab. He also directs the Megalopolitan Coastal Transformation Hub\, a National Science Foundation-funded consortium that advances coastal climate adaptation and the scientific understanding of natural and human coastal climate dynamics.
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A Q&\;A session will follow the presentation.
\n LOCATION:Online event presented via Zoom webinar. UID:e.2138.25649 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260406T103602Z URL:https://business.seminolebusiness.org/events/details/seminole-state-speaker-series-confronting-coastal-risk-in-an-age-of-rising-sea-levels-25649 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR