Learn about the effects of sea-level rise on coastal communities

Flagler College reported to Historic City News today that they have secured oceanographer and sea-level rise expert John Englander to address the community during the launch of their Ideas & Images series of programs.

Historic City News readers are welcome to attend this lecture, free of charge, on Tuesday, September 22nd, in the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College, 14 Granada Street, at 7:00 p.m.  All Ideas & Images lectures during the academic year are open to the public.

Englander is the founder of Rising Seas Group and former CEO of The Cousteau Society. He brings 30-plus years of experience as an oceanographer and a business leader together to create a framework through which public agencies, private organizations, and coastal communities can understand and address sea-level rise.

His bestselling book, “High Tide on Main Street: Rising Sea-Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis,” explains the science of sea level rise, the impending economic impacts and the opportunity to design for a more resilient future.

The book also predicted a hurricane for New York City – and went to press just before Sandy hit in 2012.

Additional Ideas & Images presentations for the academic year include:

• 7, 2015 – “Shifting Baselines: Archaeological Insights into Florida’s Biodiversity, Climate Variability, and Sea Level Rise,” Dr. Lee Ann Newsom, associate professor of Anthropology at The Pennsylvania State University

• 18, 2015 – “Climate Change: A Mid-Ocean Perspective from Bermuda,” Dr. Struan R. (Robbie) Smith, curator of the Natural History Museum, Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo

• 26, 2016 – “Our Coastal Heritage: Communities Tackling Rising Seas,” Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, senior climate scientist, Climate & Energy Program, Union of Concerned Scientists

• 10, 2016 – “Planning for Resilience to Sea Level Rise in the Matanzas Basin,” Dr. Kathryn Frank, assistant professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Florida

• March 15, 2016 – “The Importance of the Past in Responding to Climate Change,” Dr. Marcy Rockman, climate change adaptation coordinator for Cultural Resources, National Park Service

• March 30, 2016 – Climate Change and Cultural Resources Panel: “Weather it Together: Protecting our Historic Seaport,” presented by Lisa Craig, planner, chief of Historic Preservation, City of Annapolis, “Planning for Cultural Resource Climate Change Impacts;” Adrienne Burke, J.D., community development director, City of Fernandina Beach, Florida, “Sea Level Rise and Local Government Responses: Lessons from the Florida Keys;” Dr. Jason Evans, assistant professor of Environmental Science, Stetson University.

Englander is a special advisor to Friends of the United Nations; a fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and a fellow of The Explorers Club; and a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Union of Concerned Scientists.

If you are a person with a disability and need reasonable accommodations, please contact Lynn Francisco at 904-819-6460. Sign Language Interpreters are available upon request with a minimum of three days’ notice.