02/18/2016
BATON ROUGE – LSU researchers will present the latest findings on the most critical
coastal and oceanographic issues at the 2016 Ocean Sciences Meeting in New Orleans
next week. Seventeen scientific talks, 56 research posters and two press conferences
will be presented by LSU researchers at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center from
Feb. 21-26.
Experts in coastal land loss and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill will present their research to the media in the following two press conferences.
Combating coastal land loss
Tuesday, Feb. 23
10 a.m. CST
About 500 million people around the world live on deltas, making coastal land loss one of the biggest social and environmental challenges globally. Perhaps nowhere is the issue more apparent than in Louisiana, which loses about a football field of wetlands every hour. Leading experts in coastal geology, ecology and engineering will present new information about coastal land loss in Louisiana and around the world, and report on new research to potentially address this global problem.
Participants:
Samuel Bentley, director, LSU Coastal Studies Institute, Baton Rouge, La., USA;
Robert Twilley, executive director, Louisiana Sea Grant, Baton Rouge, La., USA;
James Syvitski, executive director, Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System, University of Colorado-Boulder,
USA;
Jaap Nienhuis, postdoctoral fellow, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, New Orleans,
La., USA.
Sessions: PO14H, MG21A, MG41A, EC41A
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Marshes in coastal Louisiana: Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Tuesday, Feb. 23
11 a.m. CST
Much of the research following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill focused on offshore, deep-water ecosystems, but a group of scientists have been looking at the effects the spill had on coastal marshes – wetlands that have a long history of oil exploration, high rates of erosion and tropical storm activity. A panel of experts will present new information about how salt marshes in coastal Louisiana have responded to the spill. They will discuss the effects on different marsh species like insects and fish, and how the oil has behaved in these areas, including new information that could help scientists track this spill and others.
Participants:
Ed Overton, professor emeritus, LSU Department of Environmental Science, College of the Coast
& Environment, Baton Rouge, La., USA;
Linda Hooper-Bui, associate professor, LSU Department of Environmental Science, College of the Coast
& Environment, Baton Rouge, La., USA;
Paola Lopez-Duarte, assistant research professor, Rutgers University Marine Field Station, Tuckerton,
N.J., USA.
Sessions: CT24B, HI53B
The press conferences will take place in the Press Room 214 and will be streamed live online. Contact Alison Satake at 510-816-8161 to schedule interviews with LSU scientists.
Keynotes, plenaries and award lectures
The Ocean Sciences Meeting will host a keynote address and several plenary talks and award lectures throughout the meeting including:
The keynote and plenary sessions will take place in the Great Hall A/B.
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Additional Links:
LSU faculty presentations: http://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/docs/LSUbiosheets.pdf
Schedule of LSU science talks: www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/docs/LSU_OceanSciencesTalks.pdf
Schedule of LSU poster sessions: http://www.lsu.edu/mediacenter/docs/LSU_OceanSciencesPosters2.pdf
Live stream of press conferences: http://live.projectionnet.com/OSM2016Press/OSM2016.aspx
Ocean Sciences Media Center: http://osm.agu.org/2016/media-center/
AGU Media Advisory http://news.agu.org/press-release/2016-ocean-sciences-meeting-press-conference-schedule-briefings-streamed-online-badge-pickup/
Contact Alison Satake
LSU Media Relations
225-578-3870
510-816-8161 (onsite)
asatake@lsu.edu
Nanci Bompey
AGU Public Information Manager
202-777-7524
914-552-5759 (onsite)
nbompey@agu.org
Lauren Lipuma
AGU Public Information Specialist/Writer
202-777-7396
504-427-6069 (onsite)
llipuma@agu.org