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202101Apr12:00 PM1:00 PMStrategies for Successful Research to Application Projects: A Case Study of the National Sea Grant College Program12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET Region:OnlineTopic:Data,Educational,TrainingCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Student Focused,Webinar

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As coastal landscapes change, management professionals are working hard to transition research results into actions that support scientifically informed decisions impacting coastal communities. This type of research faces many challenges due to competing priorities, but boundary spanning organizations can help mediate these conflicts by forming transdisciplinary collaborations. The National Sea Grant College Program (Sea Grant), a NOAA-based agency, is a networked organization of 34 university-based state programs that uses a three pronged approach of research, extension, andeducation to move academic research into the hands of stakeholders and decisionmakers. The objective of this study is to better understand strategies for successful research to application (R2A) projects that address complex environmental problems occurring in a socio-economic context. Specifically, this work examines R2A projects from the Sea Grant network to better understand the drivers for project development and common deliverables produced through the R2A process. We identify five common facilitating factors that enabled ‘successful’ R2A across all projects: platforms for partnerships, iterative communication, transparent planning, clear examples of R2A, and graduate student involvement. By providing examples of successful frameworks, we hope to encourage more organizations to engage in the R2A process. And here is a link to the publication.

Presenter(s):
Hollis Jones, Graduate Student, University of California Davis. At time of publication, a Louisiana Sea Grant Knauss fellow with the National Sea Grant Office.Co-Authors: Rebecca Briggs, Alison Krepp, Elizabeth Rohring, both with the National Sea Grant College Program, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, NOAA.

Sponsor(s):
NOAA’s National Ocean Service (NOS) Science Seminar Series: coordinator is
Tracy.GIll@noaa.gov

Remote Access:
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https://noaabroadcast.adobeconnect.com/hollisjones/event/registration.html
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Thursday, April 1 - 12:00pm 2021 - Thursday, April 1 - 1:00pm 2021

202101Apr3:00 PM4:00 PMScience to Support Management of a Fishery with Competing Interests: the Atlantic Menhaden Story3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET Region:OnlineTopic:Fisheries,Ocean Science,ScienceCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Registration

202107Apr2:00 PM3:00 PMEnvironmental-Health Warning Systems, the Case of Cold for Quebec2:00 PM - 3:00 PM ET Region:OnlineTopic:Climate ChangeCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsCanada,Free,online,Registration

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Presenter(s):
Fateh Chebana, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique

Sponsor(s):
NOAA National Weather Service, Environment and Climate Change Canada

Seminar Contact: michelle.hawkins@noaa.gov, kimberly.mcmahon@noaa.gov

Remote Access:
Please register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/866620085105683983
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Abstract:
For several years, the effects of climate and the environment on human health have been increasingly observed in several geographic regions through certain health outcomes (mortality, hospitalization). In a prevention perspective, warning systems are implemented by the public health authorities to intervene during episodes of extreme environmental events. In Quebec, the SUPREME system (Surveillance and Prevention of the Impacts of Extreme Meteorological Events on Public Health System) has been used for a decade. SUPREMME is a source of information that affords regional and departmental interveners in the public health network access, at a single site through a secure portal, to health and meteorological information concerning the health impacts of extreme weather events.

On the other hand, “health” alerts are only about heat and all-cause mortality, as well as with basic statistical approaches in general. It is therefore important to adapt to the specific health impacts that may be linked to other extremes such as extreme cold or air pollution, using appropriate methodologies (statistics and machine learning). In this talk, we focus on cold-mortality/hospitalisation system in Quebec and we briefly present a number of methodological developments and perspectives.

Bio(s):
Fateh Chebana is a professor at Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) and he has a PhD in Statistics from University of Paris. His main research focuses on statistical hydrology as well as environmental health with statistical approaches. In particular, he is interested in hydrological risk assessment with advanced approaches and more complex situations, as well as in developing environmental health-warning systems based on recent machine learning techniques.

Recordings: A recording of this presentation will be available on the National Weather Service YouTube channel. Please check https://www.youtube.com/user/usweathergov for updates.

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Wednesday, April 7 - 2:00pm 2021 - Wednesday, April 7 - 3:00pm 2021

202108Apr1:00 PM2:00 PMMonitoring marine sanctuary usage with NMS-COUNT1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT Region:OnlineTopic:MarineCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Registration,Webinar

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Presented by: Robert Burns and Ross Andrew of West Virginia University Description: Visitor use drives change in both ecological and economic conditions in marine areas.

The National Marine Sanctuary Visitor Counting Process (NMS-COUNT) was developed and conceptualized to address the needs of NMS managers for visitor counting and assessment. NMSs sites function as underwater parks in the US, and are federally protected for their diverse and exceptional biological and cultural resources. In open water areas, many NMS sites are accessible through almost infinite locations, so a rigorous set of methods to count those visitors, assess their activities, and evaluate their expenditures related to NMS site visitation is needed. The NMS-COUNT process considers the local context of sites and builds off the strength of each site using local expert panels to identify the most feasible visitor monitoring solutions. Pilot studies at Gray’s Reef NMS and Florida Keys NMS have produced thousands of visitor observations through wide arrays of sampling techniques. Traditional observation and counting methods are supplemented with specific survey questions and non-traditional techniques for visitor counting (e.g., acoustic signals, social media data, satellite imagery classification, vessel ID tracking data). The methods best suited to a specific site are pulled from the myriad of potential tools, producing a customized counting process that is tailored to the unique attributes of a specific protected area. The NMS-COUNT process can be customized to different marine contexts and holds great potential for learning about visitors in marine settings that are challenging to sample.

Co-sponsors: NOAA National MPA Center and OCTO (MPA News, OpenChannels, EBM Tools Network)

Register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/6528615684946965007

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Thursday, April 8 - 1:00pm 2021 - Thursday, April 8 - 2:00pm 2021

202108Apr4:00 PM5:00 PMTowards Predicting the Fate of Reef Corals4:00 PM - 5:00 PM ET Region:OnlineTopic:Climate ChangeCost:No CostCountry:Canada TagsFree,online,Webinar

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Presenter(s):
Anderson Mayfield, NOAA/University of Miami Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science

Sponsor(s):
Coral Collaboration Webinar Series – NOAA Coral Reef Conservation ProgramSeminar Contact:
Robin Garcia, robin.garcia@noaa.gov

Remote Access: AdobeConnect information:
1. To join the meeting: http://noaacsc.adobeconnect.com/coralscollab/
2. Click the microphone at the top of the screen to connect audio.

Abstract: Corals reefs are threatened the world over by the rapidly rising temperatures associated with global climate change (GCC), as well as other insults of predominantly anthropogenic origin. In this presentation, I will first summarize work myself and my colleagues have been undertaking in recent years that address 1) charting and characterizing previously unstudied reefs (so that we know exactly what stands to be lost) and 2) the physiological implications of GCC on coral health. Then, I will discuss how I have been using the data from such field and laboratory studies, respectively, to develop artificial intelligence-driven models that enable us to identify resilient coral colonies (refugia). Although it may be too late to save many reefs, this novel capacity will allow us to enact coral reef triage, in which coral colonies and their respective habitats are scored along a physiological resilience spectrum (from highly stress susceptible to markedly resilient).

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Thursday, April 8 - 4:00pm 2021 - Thursday, April 8 - 5:00pm 2021

202114AprAll DayVEF Virtual Series: Inclusive Infrastructure Development for Driving Low Carbon Industrialisation(All Day: Wednesday) Region:OnlineTopic:InnovationCost:No CostConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Series

202115Apr11:30 AM12:30 PMOCEANS OF OPPORTUNITY TECH TALK11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Region:OnlineTopic:Marine,TechnologyCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Registration

202116Apr5:00 AM5:30 AMHow K-Sim Connect will improve maritime education5:00 AM - 5:30 AM EDT Region:OnlineTopic:Educational,MarineCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Registration,Webinar

202120Apr12:00 PMThe Marine Social Science Network: Promoting understanding of people’s relationship with the sea12:00 PM EST Region:OnlineTopic:MarineCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Registration,Webinar

202121AprAll Day24The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication 2021(All Day) Organizer: The Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication Region:OnlineTopic:SustainabilityCost:No CostConfidence:High TagsFree,online,Weekday,Weekend

202122Apr1:00 PM2:00 PMThe Pathway Program: Defining approved environmental monitoring for ocean energy projects1:00 PM - 2:00 PM AST Organizer: Offshore Energy Research Association Region:National,OnlineTopic:Energy,Ocean Energy,Ocean Management,TechnologyCost:No CostCountry:CanadaConfidence:High Tagsonline,Webinar,Weekday

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Luiz Faria, OERA and Dan Hasselman, Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE)

The Pathway Program is a technology development and testing program focused on identifying approved environmental monitoring solutions for ocean energy projects. It is a coordinated and focused partnership between industry, academia and regulators. Monitoring and reporting fish and marine mammal interactions with ocean-based devices is essential and approved monitoring solutions are critical to advancing the tidal energy industry.

Canadian-made solutions

Canada’s existing strengths in ocean instrumentation, data analytics and science support innovation. As a result of this program, Canadian suppliers will have new technology to sell globally to the tidal energy, offshore wind, and other sectors of the ocean economy.

Experience-driven success

Prior investments in research and marine monitoring in the Bay of Fundy means this program benefits from existing expertise and hands-on experience. Project developers and regulators are actively engaged in the program, which will help to:

reduce time to regulatory approval for end-users
lower financial risk to achieve regulatory approval for end-users
lessen the cost of technology development for Canadian SME’s
reduce operating expenditures via data automation
test for reliability
attain regulatory confidence

The OERA webinar series is hosted in Zoom.