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CONTACT: Terry Gearing
561-799-8026, gearing@fau.edu
FAU Jupiter Hosts Geologist Dr.
Harold Wanless
Author to Speak on Coastal
Changes in Florida
WHAT: FAU
Jupiter and the Scripps Howard Institute on the
Environment present Dr. Harold Wanless, who will speak
on
“Comes the Sea: Earth’s Changing Coastal
Future.”
WHEN: Monday,
May 12 at 7 p.m.
Book signing at 6:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served after the
lecture
WHERE:
FAU’s John D. MacArthur campus
AD Auditorium
5353 Parkside Drive, Jupiter
COST: Free and open to the public
CONTACT: 561-799-8462 or scrippsinstitute@fau.edu
Dr. Harold Wanless is professor and chair of the department of geological sciences at the University of Miami. He and his students have been studying the dynamics and evolution of coastal and shallow marine environments of South Florida and the Bahamas since the mid 1960s. The study focuses on the influence of sea level and hurricanes and on the dynamics of biotic wetland and marine communities. He is now applying the research to projecting future changes in response to global warming.
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FAU’s MacArthur Campus in Jupiter offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs. The campus is home to the Wilkes Honors College, the Lifelong Learning Society, and Scripps Florida research facilities.
