Free Lecture:
The 2019 Gilbert F. White Lecture:
A Turn to the Territories featuring a Cautionary Tale of the 2009 American Samoa Tsunami
Friday, December 7, 3:30-4:30pm EST
The National Academy of Sciences
Washington, DC
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As sea surface temperatures rise, we are ever mindful of how this process fuels larger and more frequent storms and storm surges in the world’s oceans. These storms grab headlines, but also the attention of policy makers, if only briefly and often in a reactionary rather than prescriptive sense. In the United States, rarely are we focused on the U.S. Territories, where U.S. citizens and nationals are also deeply affected.
Join Dr. Dawn Wright, Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI), for the 2019 Gilbert F. White lecture, as she discusses how we have yet to use past experiences in the U.S. Territories to fully enrich our knowledge of hazard adaptation and in ways that will improve our policy, practice, and decision-making.
