Outreach

What we do to communicate our science

Outreach at FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory  (FSU-CML) - lecture series

Outreach at FSUCML - open house

Demonstrating the effect of light color on photosynthetic oxygen production ,using differently colored LEDs and oxygen optodes.  
Showing a demonstration of 3D printed phytoplankton (table), teaching about what they do and explaining light in the ocean.       
Graduate student T. Bercel preparing the "Arts and Crafts" station - building phytoplankton for our youngest - this was an amazing success!
More about light (light is important) and showing cultures of Synechococcus, Prochlorochoccus, Karenia brevis and Thalassiosira. The microscope was used to show the swirling swimming motion of the toxic dinoflagellate Karenia in action. Once the crowd arrived, I had no chance of taking pictures - approximately 150 interested members of the community showed up within a 3 hour timeframe.

Outreach at a local environmental event - talking to local fishermen about red-tides

Head-hunting for our new recruits - talking to Kindergarten children about the Arctic and Antarctic, cool science and amazing animals

AdDitional "public"  appearances

https://news.fsu.edu/news/science-technology/2019/03/04/red-tide-rolling-harmful-algae-found-to-flourish-in-both-high-low-co2-environments/

https://www.enn.com/articles/56956-red-tide-rolling-harmful-algae-found-to-flourish-in-both-high-low-co2-environments

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/09/20/red-tide-outbreak-spawns-demand-for-more-research/

https://www.wtxl.com/news/fsu-professor-red-tide-is-also-global-problem/article_d5b121c4-bd18-11e8-9ae8-4fe876e756d4.html

https://www.newsweek.com/red-tide-smothers-florida-hurricane-season-1115715

https://panamacityliving.com/redfish-release/

https://newstral.com/en/article/en/1121794232/humans-are-making-oceans-more-acidic-noaa-warns-it-could-make-red-tide-even-worse

http://www.surfbirds.com/community-blogs/blog/2018/10/28/how-this-years-devastating-red-tide-has-wreaked-havoc-on-floridas-birds/

http://def.stparchive.com/Archive/DEF/DEF03062019p21.php