BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Microsoft Corporation//Outlook 14.0 MIMEDIR//EN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-MS-OLK-FORCEINSPECTOROPEN:TRUE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:16011104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:16010311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20130104T185403Z DESCRIPTION:JHU/APL Colloquium - www.jhuapl.edu/colloquium\n\nTOPIC: Federa l Action to Reduce the Impacts of Marine Debris: Responses to Pervasive Pr oblems and Natural Disaster Events\nSPEAKER: Jason Landrum\, NOAA\n\nMarin e debris is a pervasive\, global problem that impacts coastal\, open-ocean \, and in-land water resources and environments. A diverse array of debris items pollute our oceans and waterways\, ranging from soda cans and plast ic bags to derelict fishing gear and abandoned vessels. The impacts of mar ine debris have been recognized and monitored since the 1940’s\, but rec ent disaster events\, such as the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan a nd the marine debris aftermath\, have catalyzed a growing public awareness of impacts and the need for solutions. Although marine debris is a pervas ive and conspicuous environmental issue\, much attention has been placed o n the impacts of marine debris fallout from these disaster events. The NOA A Marine Debris Program (MDP) acts to directly address marine debris issue s that arise from everyday pollution activity and from debris generated by disaster events. The program strives to reduce the impacts of marine debr is in aquatic environments by 1) funding research and removal projects\; 2 ) developing and improving detection and modeling efforts\; 3) fostering r egional coordination among various stakeholders\, and 4) improving public knowledge via outreach and educational initiatives. The MDP also retains a strong response-oriented mission and continues to coordinate federal resp onses to marine debris items originating from natural disaster events. Thi s colloquium serves as an introduction to the problems associated with mar ine debris\, and the MDP’s role in addressing these issues with a specif ic focus on the response to disaster-related debris detection\, modeling\, and removal activities.\n\nJason Landrum\, Office of Response and Restora tion\, Marine Debris Division\, NOAA. \nJason is a biological oceanographe r with a background in marine ecology and stable isotope biogeochemistry. After obtaining a B.A. in Earth Sciences from Cornell University\, he matr iculated into the School of Biology at Georgia Institute of Technology as an NSF IGERT fellow to study Aquatic Chemical Signaling. For his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech\, Landrum investigated the role of biological nitrogen fixati on in supporting food webs in tropical/subtropical\, open-ocean environmen ts. After completing his Ph.D.\, he ventured across campus to earn an M.S. degree in international affairs while also developing and teaching a cour se in environmental politics. Jason is currently participating in the Scie nce and Technology Policy Fellowship Program that is administered by the A merican Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). As an AAAS fel low\, he is examining 1) the social processes that facilitate human adapta tion to environmental change\, 2) the interactions between various governm ental and non-governmental stakeholders in providing appropriate incentive s that promote sustainable growth\, and 3) the role scientific communities play in the formation and implementation of domestic and international en vironmental policies. Through this AAAS fellowship program\, Landrum is a senior scientist in NOAA’s Marine Debris Program (MDP).\n\n\n DTEND;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20130118T150000 DTSTAMP:20130104T185403Z DTSTART;TZID="Eastern Standard Time":20130118T140000 LAST-MODIFIED:20130104T185403Z LOCATION:Parsons Auditorium PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:Colloquium - Jason Landrum\, NOAA - Marine Debris fo llowing the Fukushima Tsunami TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:040000008200E00074C5B7101A82E00800000000207841040ADACD01000000000000000 010000000CB6AE9314489F640B369CF80BF3B225D X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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TOPIC: Federal Action to Reduce the Impacts of Marine Debris: Responses to Pervasive Problems and Natural Disaster Eve nts< B>

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Marine debris is a pervasive\, global problem that impacts coastal\, open-ocean\, and in-land water resources and environments. A diverse arra y of debris items pollute our oceans and waterways\, ranging from soda can s and plastic bags to derelict fishing gear and abandoned vessels. The imp acts of marine debris have been recognized and monitored since the 1940’ s\, but recent disaster events\, such as the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the marine debris aftermath\, have catalyzed a growing publi c awareness of impacts and the need for solutions. Although marine debris is a pervasive and conspicuous environmental issue\, much attention has be en placed on the impacts of marine debris fallout from these disaster even ts. The NOAA Marine Debris Program (MDP) acts to directly address marine d ebris issues that arise from everyday pollution activity and from debris g enerated by disaster events. The program strives to reduce the impacts of marine debris in aquatic environments by 1) funding research and removal p rojects\; 2) developing and improving detection and modeling efforts\; 3) fostering regional coordination among various stakeholders\, and 4) improv ing public knowledge via outreach and educational initiatives. The MDP als o retains a strong response-oriented mission and continues to coordinate f ederal responses to marine debris items originating from natural disaster events. This colloquium serves as an introduction to the problems associat ed with marine debris\, and the MDP’s role in addressing these issues wi th a specific focus on the response to disaster-related debris detection\, modeling\, and removal activities.

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Jason Landrum\, Office of Response and Restoration\, Mari ne Debris Division\, NOAA.

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Jason is a biological oceanographer with a background in marine e cology and stable isotope biogeochemistry. After obtaining a B.A. in Earth Sciences from Cornell University\, he matriculated into the School of Bio logy at Georgia Institute of Technology as an NSF IGERT fellow to study Aq uatic Chemical Signaling. For his Ph.D. at Georgia Tech\, Landrum investig ated the role of biological nitrogen fixation in supporting food webs in t ropical/subtropical\, open-ocean environments. After completing his Ph.D.\ , he ventured across campus to earn an M.S. degree in international affair s while also developing and teaching a course in environmental politics. J ason is currently participating in the Science and Technology Policy Fello wship Program that is administered by the American Association for the Adv ancement of Sciences (AAAS). As an AAAS fellow\, he is examining 1) the so cial processes that facilitate human adaptation to environmental change\, 2) the interactions between various governmental and non-governmental stak eholders in providing appropriate incentives that promote sustainable grow th\, and 3) the role scientific communities play in the formation and impl ementation of domestic and international environmental policies. Through t his AAAS fellowship program\, Landrum is a senior scientist in NOAA’s Ma rine Debris Program (MDP).

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