Reconstructing Bering Sea Storms: Lecture by Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab Director Chris Maio & PhD student Reyce Bogardus

Reconstructing Bering Sea Storms: Lecture by Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab Director Chris Maio & PhD student Reyce Bogardus

Saturday, April 5 | 4pm | Free, suggested donation of $5

This science talk will cover on-going analyses to identify and enumerate storm-driven depositional events in the Aleutians using geophysical and sedimentological techniques combined with numerical modeling of wave- and current-induced sediment transport. This presentation will focus on the analytical methods being carried out on project sediment cores as well as the instrumentation deployed during the 2022 research cruise aboard the R/V Sikuliaq. The audience will learn how developing reconstructions of intense storms and filling critical observational data gaps improve preparedness and resilience to future storm activity in a changing climate.

ABOUT CHRIS MAIO Chris has over 15 years of experience investigating coastal hazards and their impacts on people and the environment.  He is an Associate Professor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and serves as the director of both the Arctic Coastal Geoscience Lab and the Alaska Coastal Cooperative.  His current research integrates coastal hazard assessments with local and Indigenous knowledge to understand and educate about how a warming climate is impacting rural coastal communities.  Chris is also leading the newly funded Navigating the New Arctic ACTION project. Learn more: https://acgl.community.uaf.edu/ and https://alaskacoastal.org/

ABOUT REYCE BOGARDUS Reyce is a PhD student at the Geophysical Institute’s Arctic Coastal Geoscience Laboratory. He has carried out geospatial and stratigraphic studies around coastal Alaska for the last 10 years. His current research is contributing to a societally relevant data gap in the Aleutians through sedimentological reconstructions of intense storms and volcanic activity as well as validated hydro-dynamic models fed by real-world observations. These efforts were made possible by the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) vessel R/V Sikuliaq.

This lecture is supported by The Homer Foundation.

CONTACT: Maghan Monnig, Curator of Education & Public Programs, education@prattmuseum.org