Chesapeake Forum is delighted to welcome “Ruining Your Day at the Beach,” taught by Douglas Levin, Ph.D. Turns out, it takes more than a day at the beach to understand the ecosystems at play along coastal shorelines. In this class, you’ll learn that each layer of beach has its place in the eco-system from the walkway where you enter the beach, the berm where you flop down with your towel and the low-tide terrace where you decide to whether or not to take the plunge.
You will learn how the different parts of the beach contribute to its mechanics. Why do beaches erode? Why does it help to swim along the beach to get out of a rip current? You will also examine sand samples from all over the world and determine why beaches are black, white, peppered, or red; learn the difference between tropical and temperate beaches and understand basic beach mechanics.
In other words, a day at the beach will never be the same again.
Doug Levin, Chief Innovation Officer for The Center for Environment & Society at Washington College, has over 40 years of experience mapping globally dispersed sea floors with a myriad of technologies. He has detected oil seep off of Cartagena, SA; done Lease Block Hazard Surveys; and worked on pipeline and fiber optic cable route selections in the Gulf of Mexico, the Aleutian Islands, and the Mediterranean. He has done shipwreck imaging in Thunder Bay; located Cortez’s treasure in Veracruz; and searched for evidence of Noah’s deluge in the Black Sea. For three weeks, he was the NOAA Liaison to BP for the subsurface oil monitoring during Deepwater Horizon, responsible for creating the daily report to the U.S. President. He was the first to use sonar to find ghost crab pots in the Chesapeake Bay and use it to evaluate the Bay bottom for suitable oyster habitat. He’s been teaching K – Gray for nearly 40 years and creating programs where you design, build, and operate working underwater robots; or you break the world’s record for small buoys holding golf balls.
To register for “Ruining Your Day at the Beach” visit chesapeakeforum.org. Two sessions on Thursday April 21, 28 from 10-11:30, $20. HYBRID. Scroll down to find other classes you might enjoy, too. If you would like to receive the Chesapeake Forum’s monthly newsletter, please email to [email protected] with your name and preferred email.
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