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Global Futures Special Seminar Series

Damian Grundle

  • Assistant Scientist, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Leo Blanco-Bercial

  • Associate Scientist, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Yvonne Sawall

  • Assistant Scientist, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Eric Hochberg

  • Senior Scientist, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences

Join us for a series of four seminars offered by scientists from the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, a marine-research and educational nonprofit.

Monday, January 24, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual and in-person at ISTB-7, 777 E University, Room 560

Nitrous Oxide Cycling in the Ocean: It’s No Laughing (Gas) Matter
Damian Grundle is a biogeochemical oceanographer whose research focuses on marine nitrogen cycling. In this talk, he will discuss the growing concern that marine N₂O production, and subsequent ventilation to the atmosphere, will increase through this century and detail the future directions of marine N₂O research.

Tuesday, January 25, 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Virtual and in-person at ISTB-7, 777 E University, Room 560

New Tools for Understanding the Ocean's Diversity
Leo Blanco-Bercial is an ecologist who investigates zooplankton community diversity and its role in the carbon cycle. In this talk, he will show how molecular and semi-automated image data are enabling new insights into how species and communities respond to the changing environment.

Wednesday, January 26, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual and in-person at ISTB-7, 777 E University, Room 360

Coral Thermal Tolerance and Stress Mitigation
Yvonne Sawall is a marine benthic ecologist whose research focuses upon coral reefs and seagrass meadows. Her talk will present work on mechanisms of coral thermal tolerance and the potential of artificial upwelling to mitigate coral heat stress.

Thursday, January 27, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Virtual and in-person at ISTB-7, 777 E University, Room 560

Coral Reef Ecology Through Optics
Eric Hochberg is a reef-systems ecologist who researches the interaction between light and the function of tropical and subtropical shallow-water ecosystems, particularly coral reefs. In this talk, he will discuss how optics provide both information about reefs and energy to reefs, offering an important perspective for reef ecology.

Following the ASU Community of Care guidelines, we highly recommend a negative COVID test before attending in-person.