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Lectures on African Dust
Between October 18 and 30, Gene Shinn (St. Petersburg) gave lectures on the health effects of
African dust at Rice University (Houston) and the American Academy of Environmental Medicine
(Colorado Springs). Gene organized and chaired a USGS symposium on dust for a meeting of the
American Association of Public Health held in Atlanta. Gene and Dale Griffin (USGS, St. Petersburg),
Geoffrey Plumlee, Mark Bultman, and Gregory Meeker (USGS, Denver) gave dust-related
presentations at the meeting. Gene and Dale then traveled to Research Triangle Park in North
Carolina, where they made a teleconferenced presentation to the Long Distance Transport Group
of the Environmental Protection Agency.
On November 6, PBS broadcast a video of Gene and Alan
Alda of M*A*S*H fame on Alan's "Scientific American Frontiers" show. The video concerned the
effects of dust on Caribbean coral reefs. Also in November, Gene made presentations on the
environmental effects of dust to students at the University of South Florida Marine Science Center,
to researchers at NOAA's National Marine Fisheries office, and to a public and academic audience
at the Miami Aquarium Society.
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Dec. 2001 / Jan. 2002
in this issue:
cover story:
Honduras Coral Reefs
Black Carbon
Miami Canal Surveys
Cape Cod Lakes
African Dust Lecture
Rock Stories
Falmouth, MA Public Schools
WHFC Web Site
Coral Reefs
Sea-Level Rise & Coastal Disasters
Chesapeake Bay
Water Quality
Restoring Louisiana's Coastal Ecosystems
ArcGIS 8.1
Marine Technology
Two New Postdocs
Student & Visiting Scientist
Data Management
WHFC Visitors
Cape Cod Marathon
Dec./Jan. Publications List
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