Event Details
In this year’s WestportREADS selection, All the Water In the World by Eiren Caffall, much of Manhattan is under water due to melting glaciers. Before real life follows fiction, there are ways we can reduce the chances of warming trends. Expanding on this concept is executive director of CIRCA (the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation) James O’Donnell, who will be at the Library to share facts about the effects of climate change on the water levels of the Connecticut shoreline and Long Island Sound.
With projections for future sea levels and the implications of these findings, O’Donnell will add valuable context to the story so we can avoid living in the same urban-aquatic future as main character Nonie and her family.
This event is presented in partnership with Westport’s Conservation Department and Sustainable Westport.
About the Speaker
James O’Donnell is professor of marine sciences at the University of Connecticut and executive director of CIRCA (the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation). He earned a BSc in Applied Physics at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland, and an MS and PhD in Oceanography at the University of Delaware. At UConn, he lectures and conducts research on the physical processes that control the circulation, mixing, and waves in the coastal ocean, as well as providing leadership for CIRCA in its mission to assist the towns Connecticut adapt to the effects of climate change.
Link: https://westportlibrary.org/event/westportreads-the-real-impact-of-climate-change-on-connecticut-shores/Town: Westport
Focus Area: Flood and Sea Level Rise
Type: Presentations