Library Event: What Long Island Sound Teaches Us About Oxygen Loss

Press release from Hamden Public Library:

Sept. 15, 2022

Is Long Island Sound in trouble? Every few years, low oxygen levels in our local waters kill fish and other marine life. While efforts to curb pollution have helped manage the problem, climate change poses a new threat. (As water heats up, it can’t hold as much oxygen.) Learn how we got here, how scientists study this phenomenon, and what the Sound might teach us about the future of the world’s oceans. Join us for a free virtual presentation by Brian Beaty titled You Take My Breath Away: What Long Island Sound Teaches Us about Ocean Oxygen Loss on Tuesday, September 27, 2022 from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The presenter is Brian Beaty, a PhD candidate in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University. He studies climate change in the geologic past and previous impacts of changing ocean oxygen levels on marine ecosystems.

This program is presented by the Hamden Public Library in cooperation with the Yale Peabody Museum Speakers Bureau. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. Register online at www.hamdenlibrary.org (click on “Programs”) or call 203-287-2680. After signing up, you will receive a Zoom meeting link by email.

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