The Science
Café Meets July 17
Hurricanes
and Climate Change Explored in Presentation
The Science Café is Bishop Museum’s new science program designed to bring together great minds and lifelong learners for intriguing talks about the science of tsunamis, surf, hurricanes, climate change and environmental science, among other topics. The presentations are always followed by opportunities to mix and mingle with like-minded researchers, educators, and scientists.
The Science Café began in April 2007 and continues through September 2007 with once-a-month presentations by leading scientists and researchers in their respective fields. The Science Café is set for July 17 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Watumull Planetarium’s Cooke Rotunda at Bishop Museum. Admission is free for the presentation with no-host refreshments offered after the formal presentation in Atherton Halau. Space is limited; Reservations are requested, call (808) 847-8203.
The July 17 presentation, Hurricanes and Climate Change: Preparing for the Worst, features Jim Weyman. Weyman is the Director of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center and meteorologist in charge of the Weather Forecast Office, a position he has held since 1996. Prior to his appoint with the National Weather Service, Weyman served as a meteorologist in Texas, Kansas, Germany, Boston, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Pennsylvania and has more than 37 years of experience. Weyman is the current Chair of the UN World Meteorological Organization regional Association V Working group on Climate, and Vice-Chair of the Advisory Working Group of the Typhoon committee.
Weyman will cover some of the recent research on Global Warming and hurricanes and what it may mean for Hawai‘i’s future. The Central Pacific is fortunate because it does not experience the same frequency of hurricanes as the Atlantic Ocean or the Northwest Pacific. However, Hawai‘i has been impacted in the past by hurricanes such as Iniki in 1992 and Iwa in 1982, Dot in 1959, and the K ā hala Cyclone in 1871. Weyman will discuss how to prepare emergency action plans for home and businesses, as well as how the recent UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report will affect Hawai‘i.
Admission to all The Science Café programs is free. Refreshments by Da Spot Health Food and Juices and alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages will be offered for sale in Atherton Halau after the presentation. Participants will have an opportunity to meet and talk with the speaker and each other in a casual atmosphere. This is not a child-friendly program and young children are not recommended to participate. High school and college students interested in science are encouraged to attend to meet leaders of the science community as well as other possible mentors. Reservations are recommended and may be made by calling 847-8203, or emailing lgeschwind@bishopmuseum.org.
The ScienceCafé presentations are planned as follows: August 21: Cowbunga! Surf-stoked Science with Pat Caldwell who is the NOAA Data Center Hawai‘i Liaison; and September 18: Celebrating 200 years of NOAA Science and Service with Bill Thomas, Director of NOAA Pacific Services Center.
The Science Café is sponsored by an environmental literacy grant from NOAA’s Office of Education, in partnership with the NOAA Pacific Services Center’s B-WET Hawai‘i Program.
For more information about The Science Café, call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org .
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