Metcalf Institute is celebrating over 25 years of bringing science to the conversation! Join us for a weekly dose of inspiration and education as part of our Annual Public Lecture Series. Each week, we bring you a free, virtual talk with an inspired thought leader, grappling with real-world issues of climate change and water issues. Together, we’ll explore the latest research and collaborative efforts to respond to our changing environment.
This year, we’re holding our Annual Lecture Series weekly on Thursdays from May 30th to June 20th from 1-2pm ET. The keystone Leeson Lecture held both in-person and via Youtube on June 6th, 2024, during the in-person Annual Science Immersion Workshop for Journalists.
All lectures are free and will be live-streamed online. Limited in-person seating will be available for the June 6 Leeson Lecture at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. All of our lectures are accessible for deaf and hard of hearing via live ASL interpreters and Zoom captioning. Learn more and register below!
2024 Public Lecture Schedule
Environmental Racism and Climate Impacts: How Frontline Communities are Creating Their Own Adaptations. - Thursday, May 30, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual Discover how frontline communities are overcoming environmental challenges in the face of climate change. Join us for an inspiring talk featuring Marquetta Dickens, co-founder of Freedom Org in historic Princeville North Carolina, the first town in America chartered by formerly enslaved Africans after the Civil War. Learn firsthand […]
2024 Leeson Lecture - Listening to Water: How We Can Thrive in a Time of Drought and Deluge Thursday, June 6, 2024, 3:30-4:30pm ET In-person and virtual (see below) Climate change is bringing more frequent and severe floods and droughts. Such disasters spur calls for more infrastructure, but the ways we try to control water make these disasters worse. […]
Implications of Under-researching the South Atlantic for Water Scarcity in South America - Thursday, June 13, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual Curious about the intricate connections between climate patterns, water scarcity, and the under-explored South Atlantic? In this thought-provoking lecture, Dr. Regina Rodrigues will delve into the fascinating nexus of climate dynamics and water availability in South America. She’ll discuss how the temperatures of the tropical South Atlantic influence […]
Restoring the Great Salt Lake: A Roundtable Discussion on the Science of Restoring this Inland Sea to Safe Levels by 2034 - Thursday, June 20, 2024, 1-2pm ET Virtual The Great Salt Lake plunged to a historic low in 2022 due to water diversions, drought and a changing climate. The impacts will be significant to the vast majority of Utah’s population around the lake with toxic dust storms, reduced snowpack and harms to public health, wildlife and […]
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| Date | Lecture |
|---|---|
| Thursday, May 30, 1-2pm ET | Environmental Racism and Climate Impacts: How Frontline Communities Are Creating Their Own Adaptations |
| Thursday, June 6, 3:30-4:30pm ET | Leeson Lecture with Erica Gies |
| Thursday, June 13, 1-2pm ET | Implications of Under-researching the South Atlantic for Water Scarcity in South America |
| Thursday, June 20m 1-2pm ET | Restoring the Great Salt Lake. A Roundtable Discussion on the Science of Restoring this Inland Sea to Safe Levels by 2034 |