About this Event
The Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science invites students and the public to learn about leading-edge climate science happening at the school, and to understand how this research is relevant to South Florida and beyond.
The 2024 Climate Café series will feature the WLRN podcast "A Bright Lit Place," reported by award-winning WLRN NPR environment reporter Jenny Staletovich . The podcast explores the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP), enacted by the U.S. Congress in 2000, for the restoration of the Everglades ecosystem in southern Florida.
According to the podcast, the U.S. Congress set out on one of the most ambitious environmental projects ever attempted: to wind back the clock and make the Everglades function like it once did—in 1900. The plan could have given Florida a 20-year head start on climate change, but that didn't happen.
The two-part discussion on the CERP will cover its inception, the current restoration process, and the path forward.
All events will be offered online and in person.
"A Bright Lit Place," part 1
hybrid event
An overview of how the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan, the largest water restoration project in U.S. history, began.
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
4 p.m. reception | 4:30 p.m. program
panelists
Thomas Van Lent, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Friends of the Everglades
Curtis Osceola
Chief of Staff, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida
"A Bright Lit Place," part 2
hybrid event
Now, 30 years after the planning and approval to proceed, this session will explore where we are today, how we got here, and a breakdown of what was promised and is still being delivered. How has climate change and sea level rise impacted the plan’s timeline and factored into the overall goal for sustainable restoration of the Everglades and South Florida?
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
4 p.m. reception | 4:30 p.m. program
panelists
Ben Kirtman, Ph.D.
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
William R. Middelthon III, Chair of Earth Sciences
Director Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies
Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science
Colonel Terrence "Rock" Salt
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Retired)
Evelyn Gaiser, Ph.D.
Endowed George Barley Eminent Scholars Chair
Distinguished University Professor Biological Sciences
Institute of Environment
FCE-LTER
Florida International University
Auditorium
Rosenstiel School
4600 Rickenbacker Causeway
MIAMI, FL 33149
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