NEWSROOM
Global
Climate Change: The Status of Science and Implications for Coastal
Louisiana
March
9, 2007
BATON ROUGE
– National, regional and local experts on global climate
change will discuss its implications for Louisiana at the third
Presidents’ Forum on Meeting Coastal Challenges. The March
20 Forum will be broadcast online at the Louisiana Sea Grant College
Program Web site (www.laseagrant.org).
The live Webcast begins at 9:30 a.m., and presentations made during
the day will be archived online and available for viewing at leisure.
“The
Forum provides an opportunity for state and community leaders
to learn about the accepted pool of scientific information concerning
global climate change and discuss its implications for our coastal
communities,” said Chuck Wilson, Louisiana Sea Grant executive
director.
Topics to
be discussed include trends in temperature, precipitation and
runoff; tropical storm frequency and intensity; and sea level
rise and coastal sustainability. Sponsors of the 2007 Forum include
Louisiana Sea Grant, LSU, the University of Louisiana System,
LSU
AgCenter and the U. S. Geological Survey.
As Louisiana
continues to pursue long-term coastal restoration goals, it is
only fitting that its universities take a lead role in addressing
the near-term, politically sensitive and economically challenging
implications of the
state’s coastal land loss problem. With that objective in
mind, the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, LSU
Systems Office and LSU Agricultural Center convened the first
Presidents’ Forum on Meeting Coastal Challenges
in January 2005. Information about the previous Presidents’
Forums is available online at www.laseagrant.org.
Since its
establishment in 1968, Louisiana Sea Grant has worked to promote
stewardship of the state’s coastal resources through a combination
of research, education and outreach programs critical to the cultural,
economic and environmental health of Louisiana’s coastal
zone. Louisiana Sea Grant, based at LSU, is part of the National
Sea Grant Program, a network of 32 university-based programs in
each of the U.S. coastal and Great Lakes states and Puerto Rico.
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