CCPO and ICAR
Spring 2024 Virtual Seminar SeriesÌý
MONDAY, 24 February 2025
3:30 pmÌý
ZOOM Link
Meeting ID: 919 9887 6794; Passcode: 869861Ìý
The CCPO and Institute for Coastal Adaptation and Resilience (ICAR) seminar next week will be given by Dr. Pierre St-Laurent from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (flyer attached).ÌýÌý Dr. St-Laurent’s research spans a diversity of topics and environments that range from Antarctic coastal waters to Chesapeake Bay.Ìý Dr. St-Laurent has developed coupled circulation-biogeochemical numerical models for these different systems to investigate controls on lower trophic levels. His seminar will focus on results from coupled circulation-biogeochemical models he has developed for Chesapeake Bay.Ìý
Information about Dr. St-Laurent’s research is available at:
Dr. Eileen Hofmann will host Dr. St-Laurent’s virtual seminar.ÌýÌýThere will be an informal discussion with Dr. St-Laurent prior to the seminar starting at 3pm.Ìý
Please join via the seminar Zoom link above to talk with Dr. St-Laurent and attend the seminar.Ìý
Everyone is encouraged to attend the seminar.Ìý
Title: Coastal Acidification, Tropical Cyclones, and Alkalinity Enhancement: A Look at Select Chesapeake Bay Research Projects
Abstract
The largest estuary of the continental U.S. (Chesapeake Bay) is intimately linked to the country's history but is also experiencing new environmental challenges. The seminar will cover a number of ongoing research projects related to the Bay. I will first review impacts of coastal acidification (which combines global-scale increases in carbon dioxide and local drivers) on Eastern oysters in the York and Rappahannock tributaries. Then, I will go back in time to revisit 2011's Hurricane Irene with a focus not on damages from flooding, but on changes in estuarine water quality before and after the event. Finally, I will introduce a newly funded project examining the possibility of conducting ocean alkalinity enhancement and marine carbon dioxide removal in the Bay.
Biography
Pierre St-Laurent received a Ph.D. in Oceanography from the Université du Québec before migrating to sunny Virginia for a postdoc at CCPO. He worked with John Klinck, Michael Dinniman, and Eileen Hofmann to model the western Antarctic continental shelf (work that continues to this day). In 2016, he was appointed Research Scientist at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and began working on Chesapeake Bay projects in collaboration with Marjorie Friedrichs. He is now involved in diverse local research projects ranging from coastal acidification to tropical cyclone impacts.
Previous seminars are available on CCPO/ICAR SeminarÌý
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