Location
Date & Time
9:00am EDT - 10:00am EDT
About This Event
Join us for a free webinar with Dr. Carey Friedman and Dr. LeAnn Whitney from Maine Maritime Academy’s Corning School of Ocean Studies on Thursday, October 22, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern.
Dr. Friedman studies how toxic chemicals enter and move through the environment, where they accumulate, and how they affect marine organisms. Dr. Whitney is a marine phytoplankton ecologist who studies how these microscopic organisms survive and grow when nutrients are scarce.
Together, they’ve been investigating PFAS, often called “forever chemicals,” in Penobscot Bay and the Penobscot River. They’ll share what they’re finding in our local waters, explain the questions their work raises about marine life and the food web, and discuss what comes next in their research.
They are excellent scientific communicators, making a complicated topic engaging and easy to follow. We’re fortunate to have such talented scientists doing this work right here in our watershed. As your Waterkeeper, I’m so pleased to help them share their research with you.
Learn more about our presenters: Dr. Carey Friedman and Dr. LeAnn Whitney.
About This Event
Join us for a free webinar with Dr. Carey Friedman and Dr. LeAnn Whitney from Maine Maritime Academy’s Corning School of Ocean Studies on Thursday, October 22, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern.
Dr. Friedman studies how toxic chemicals enter and move through the environment, where they accumulate, and how they affect marine organisms. Dr. Whitney is a marine phytoplankton ecologist who studies how these microscopic organisms survive and grow when nutrients are scarce.
Together, they’ve been investigating PFAS, often called “forever chemicals,” in Penobscot Bay and the Penobscot River. They’ll share what they’re finding in our local waters, explain the questions their work raises about marine life and the food web, and discuss what comes next in their research.
They are excellent scientific communicators, making a complicated topic engaging and easy to follow. We’re fortunate to have such talented scientists doing this work right here in our watershed. As your Waterkeeper, I’m so pleased to help them share their research with you.
Learn more about our presenters: Dr. Carey Friedman and Dr. LeAnn Whitney.
Location
Date & Time
9:00am EDT - 10:00am EDT