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DCIS Lecture Series 2022-2023

The 2022-2023 Lecture Series for the Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, PA) was virtual and in-person.  We thank the online Zoom presenters for allowing their talks to be recorded and placed on our YouTube channel.

  • Changing oceans: anthropogenic impacts on the early development of marine organisms  --  Dr. Karen Chan

  • The mathematics of art and the art of mathematics  --  Dr. Samantha Pezzimenti 

  • The energetic impacts of disease: a case study of white-nose syndrome in southeastern bats  --  Dr. Catherine Haase 

  • Space weather and solar storms: updates from the NOAA/NWS Space Weather Prediction Center  --  Mr. Shawn Dahl

  • A climate and ocean record, from plankton to fossils  --   Dr. Claire Routledge

  • What tilts planets' orbits?  --  Dr. Eric Jenson

  • Zero-Waste Initiatives, from Transition Town Media  --  Transition Town Media Committee Members

  • Why are there so few women in the history of science? One wrong and three right answers.  --  Dr. Roger Turner

Visit the 2021-2022 Lecture Schedule to learn more about our speakers and to explore their recommended resources:

 

https://tinyurl.com/dcislectureseries

DCIS Lecture Series 2021-2022

The 2021-2022 Lecture Series for the Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, PA) went virtual for the year.  We thank the following presenters for allowing their talks to be recorded and placed on our YouTube channel.

  • COVID-19 and Updates for Pennsylvania  --  Dr. Denise Johnson

  • James Webb Space Telescope  --  Dr. Tim Lawlor 

  • 2021 North Atlantic Hurricane Season  --  Dr. Kim Wood 

  • Mathematical Devices at the Smithsonian: An Insider’s View  --  Dr. Amy Shell-Gellasch

  • Geology of Costa Rica  --   Russ Losco

  • Drawing Irrational Numbers: What is Pi?  --  Dr. Melanie Fraser

  • Native Spring Ephemerals  --  Amy Mawby

  • Visiting Legacy Collection Sites at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge  --  Dr. Laura Guertin

Visit the 2021-2022 Lecture Schedule to learn more about our speakers and to explore their recommended resources:

 

https://tinyurl.com/dcislectureseries

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The Science Behind Climate Solutions (Drawdown DCIS series)

 

The Delaware County Institute of Science continued its virtual engagement for DCIS members and the greater community in 2021with a program to educate and engage individuals on the science and solutions to global warming. We connected for monthly discussions lasting one hour, focusing on the first four Project Drawdown sectors, tapping into this international organization's efforts to reach "drawdown" (the point in the future when greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline). We all have a role we can play in addressing climate change, and the most important first step is to talk about this subject.

​Website with supporting resources - https://tinyurl.com/drawdowndcis

  • Thursday, March 25 – Overview of Project Drawdown and the Drawdown Ecochallenge (view recording)

 

  • Thursday, April 29 – discussion on Drawdown sector for Electricity (view recording)

 

  • Thursday, May 27 – discussion on Drawdown sector for Food, Agriculture, and Land Use (view recording)

 

  • Thursday, June 24 – discussion on Drawdown sector for Industry (view recording)

DCIS Lecture Series 2020-2021

The 2020-2021 Lecture Series for the Delaware County Institute of Science (Media, PA) went virtual for the year.  We thank the following presenters for being a part of our first-ever fully virtual series.

  • Ahab's Rolling Sea: Tracing Our Perceptions of the Ocean through Moby-Dick   --  Dr. Richard J. King

  • Journey to the Moon: from Apollo to Artemis and why the Moon rocks  -- Dr. Juliane Gross 

  • The Arctic Fire Regime - Current Status, Future Implications, and Your Role as a Citizen(-Scientist)  --  Dr. Jessica McCarty 

  • What lies beneath: Exploring the hydrosphere beneath the Antarctic ice sheet  --  Dr. Matthew Siegfried

  • Eating Insects… on Purpose: Moving Towards Sustainable Foods  --   Dr. Emily Moscato

  • The American Chestnut Tree, Conservation and Restoration  --  Dr. Daniel O'Keefe

Visit the 2020-2021 Lecture Schedule to learn more about our speakers and to explore their recommended resources:

 

https://tinyurl.com/dcislectureseries

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