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GMGI is excited to bring another season of timely, engaging science to you at home – just in time with the cold weather and dark evenings.
First up: Dr. Ian Hewson! Please join us in welcoming Dr. Hewson to the virtual series on Thursday, December 7th as he discusses the impacts of the long-spined sea urchin’s near-extinction in the Caribbean Sea in 2022. Register today!
You may wonder – what do sick sea urchins in the Caribbean have to do with us here in Gloucester? If a sea urchin population is affected, it can have drastic effects on it’s entire ecosystem, including surrounding coral reefs. And the health of coral reefs is vitally important to human health – they help to regulate our climate and play a crucial role in nutrient cycling.
Our Science Hour Warm Up gives a preview of Dr. Hewson’s talk, The Long-spined Urchin Mass Mortality of 2022: What Happened, What’s Happening Now, and Where to Go From Here. Read the Warm Up to learn more and to register!
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screen grab from Cornell University
Dr. Hewson’s Science Hour talk is on Thursday, December 7th at 7pm. Click here to register!