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Vertical Land Motion in the Chesapeake Bay Workshop
Sponsored by Maryland Sea Grant and National Science Foundation.
Date: February 28th, 2o20
Place: Virginia Air and Space Center Library, 600 Settlers Landing Rd, Hampton, VA 23669
Workshop participants were invited from a variety of communities including coastal resilience scientists, managers, planners, and communicators, as well as vertical land motion’s geologic, hydrologic, and geodetic scientists.
A final technical report from the workshop is available for download.
Brief Summary of the Workshop
Maryland Sea Grant and Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative (CBSSC) held a one day workshop to discuss the latest science on vertical land motion, current monitoring efforts, and anticipated impacts on our coastal ecosystems. This was an opportunity for coastal resilience scientists, managers, planners, and communicators to engage with vertical land motion’s geologic, hydrologic, and geodetic community.
For more information regarding the workshop including the workshop presentations, please visit the CBSSC's website.
This free workshop is made possible through the National Science Foundation’s Coastlines and People grant #ICER-1940218.
The Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Collaborative is a group of scientists, coastal managers, decision makers, and community liaisons across Maryland and Virginia focused on applying sea level rise science to stakeholder decision making.
For more information, please contact:
Julissa Murrieta
Environmental Science Outreach Intern
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: jmurriet@mdsg.umd.edu
Environmental Science Outreach Intern
Phone: (301) 405-7500
Email: jmurriet@mdsg.umd.edu
Taryn Sudol
Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
Coordinator for the Chesapeake Bay Sentinel Site Cooperative
Phone: (301) 405-6378
Email: sudol@mdsg.umd.edu
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