Saving Metro NY from Climate Change - Joint event with MIT Club of NNJ
Learn how one of the world’s leading R&D centers on coastal resilience is working to protect the NYC metro area from the risks of another Superstorm Sandy and the inevitability of sea level rise.
See the Lab’s amazing system for monitoring, modelling, and forecasting water levels and behavior within a radius of 100 miles from New York Harbor. Share your thoughts with other alumni from MIT, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Wharton and the University of Pennsylvania, as well as those from the Stevens Institute of Technology.
Bring as many guests as you like (within reason): they are free and the Davidson Lab wishes to spread the word of its world-leading activities!
Davidson Lab Wave Tank
One of the largest in the world, it is used for modeling hurricane-driven waves and coastal morphological changes to project the effect of global warming on the vulnerability of beaches and coastal dunes to erosion. We will see a demo.
We will also learn about the Lab’s many other initiatives to manage the impacts of climate change and their work with other national and international research organizations. Kids will especially enjoy the wave tank demonstration.
Parking will be provided free at the Babbio Center parking garage on Frank Sinatra Deive; details will be sent to registrants before March 18.
When: Saturday, March 18, 10am - Noon
Where: Babbio Center of the Stevens Institute of Technology, Auditorium-Room 122, 525 River Street, Hoboken, NJ
For more information: https://northernnewjersey.alumclub.mit.edu/s/1314/2015/club-class-main.aspx?sid=1314&gid=119&pgid=62973&cid=103126&ecid=103126&crid=0&calpgid=61&calcid=7000
Tickets are $20 per person. Additional family members can attend without charge. Please buy the tickets through the Harvard website. Do not register through the MIT website because you have to log in as an MIT alumni. For questions, please contact Ron Randall at ron2randall@gmail.com.
