Community Forum on the Deepwater Horizon Event
What are scientists learning about its impact?    

Dr. Marcus Drymon, DISL, will be one of the speakers on Dec. 3.
     
When:     Saturday, December 3 – 10:00am to 12:00pm
Where:     Dauphin Island Sea Lab Shelby Center
101 Bienville Blvd, Dauphin Island
251-861-2141

Auburn High School
405 South Dean Rd, Auburn
334-887-497

Southern Environmental Center
Birmingham Southern College, 900 Arkadelphia Rd, Birmingham
205-226-4934

All sites will be networked via video-conferencing technology, and audiences will hear from and be able to ask questions of scientists at each location
Admission:     FREE; open to the general public, families, students and teachers.
No pre-registration is required.

The Deepwater Horizon event stimulated a great deal of scientific research in the Gulf of Mexico region. On Saturday December 3, join the Dauphin Island Sea Lab for a conversation with some of the scientists doing this research. Three locations across Alabama will host the event and will be networked via video-conferencing technology. Audiences will hear from and be able to ask questions of scientists at each location.

Scheduled speakers and talks are:
    * Dr. Marcus Drymon, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Implications of the Deepwater Horizon explosion on Alabama's fisheries.
    * Dr. Asim Bej, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Little things rule the world: microbial responses to oil.
    * Dr. Ken Halanych, Auburn University, Oil spill impacts on sediment dwelling animals in the Gulf of Mexico.
    * Dr. Thane Wibbels, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Oil spill impacts on terrapins and turtles in coastal waters.
Please call listed locations or the Dauphin Island Sea Lab at 251-861-2141 for more information.

This Community Forum is sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence, Central Gulf of Mexico Program (COSEE:CGOM). For more information on COSEE, please go to http://cosee-central-gom.org.