GLIN==> Stone Laboratory Lecture to Discuss Lake Erie's Geologic History

Stone Laboratory Lecture to Discuss Lake Erie's Geologic History

 

July 28, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

PUT-IN-BAY-Stone Laboratory, Ohio State University's island campus on Lake
Erie, will continue its summer guest lecture series this evening at 7:45 as
Dr. Lawrence Krissek, Professor and Associate Director of Ohio State
University's School of Earth Sciences, discusses "The Geologic History of
the Lake Erie Basin."

 

The public can either attend the presentation at Stone Lab or view the
presentation via a live web seminar. Those interested in learning more about
this simple and fast option and receiving the log-in information should
contact Matthew Forte at  <mailto:forte.40 at osu.edu> forte.40 at osu.edu or by
phone at 614.247.7439.

 

Each lecture begins at 7:45 p.m. and lasts until approximately 9 p.m. A
brief presentation on current research precedes each lecture at 7 p.m. Linda
Merchant-Masonbrink, Coordinator of the Harmful Algal Bloom, Inland Lake,
and Source Water Assessment Programs  at the Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency will speak this evening about the state's strategy for combating
harmful algal blooms.

 

Guests interested in attending in person can take Lake Erie Water Taxi at
their own expense at 7:15 p.m. from the Boardwalk Restaurant dock to
Gibraltar Island, where they will be given a short island tour before the
lecture.

 

"The Guest Lectures Series is a great way to get Great Lakes information out
to the public," says Dr. Jeff Reutter, Director of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone
Laboratory. "I encourage the public to come and take advantage of the
opportunity to hear directly from researchers and interact with each of
them."

 

The lectures also will be broadcast live into 333C Kottman Hall on the Ohio
State main campus and upon request, broadcasts can be sent to other remote
locations. Contact the Stone Laboratory Office at 614.247.6500 for more
information.

 

Tune in next week on August 4 to hear from Dr. Andrew Gronewold, Physical
Scientist and hydrologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. He will present "Climate Change Impacts on Great Lakes Water
Levels." Ohio Sea Grant Researcher Dr. Darren Bade, Assistant Professor of
Kent State University's Department of Biological Sciences, will answer the
question, "Should We Care About Nitrogen in Lake Erie?"

 

Located on the 6.5-acre Gibraltar Island in Put-in-Bay harbor, Stone
Laboratory is The Ohio State University's Island Campus on Lake Erie and the
education and research facility of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program. The
Ohio State University's Ohio Sea Grant Program is part of NOAA Sea Grant, a
network of 32 Sea Grant programs dedicated to the protection and sustainable
use of marine and Great Lakes resources. For information on Ohio Sea Grant
and Stone Laboratory, visit
<http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/news/ohioseagrant.osu.edu>
ohioseagrant.osu.edu.

 

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Contact:

 

Matthew Forte, Ohio Sea Grant, Associate Editor, 614.247.7439,
<mailto:forte.40 at osu.edu> forte.40 at osu.edu.

 

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