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July 2022
Ask the Alliance Series: Birding in the Watershed
Curious what birds are flying around your local landscapes? Emily Broich, the Alliance's Pennsylvania Green Infrastructure Projects Coordinator, will share how you can spot and identify birds in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Register here
Find out more »Zebrafish: Models for Cancer Research
Presented by Café Scientifique, speaker Max Ransibrahmanakul will discuss how cancer researchers are testing therapies on a "model" organism, zebrafish. The event will be held in person but also streamed via Zoom. To reserve a seat at 49 West, call 410-626-9796. About the Speaker: Max Ransibrahmanakul will be starting his third year at Georgetown University this fall. He works in a lab under Principal Investigator Dr. Eric Glasgow, where they use zebrafish as models for studying cancer tissue. Max is…
Find out more »August 2022
Ask the Alliance Series: Bees!
Bees are all the buzz. Join Savanna Lightcap, the Alliance’s DC Green Infrastructure Projects Assistant, as she shares how you can identify bees, plant bee habitats, and rehome unwanted bees. Then, Brittany Smith will share her very own bee colony. Register here
Find out more »We Need an Epidemic of Climate Action
Presented by Dr. Sara Via, this webinar addresses how are way behind on actions needed to curb climate change and how big social changes can sometimes occur far more rapidly than expected. Reaching a social tipping point for climate action may only require support from a surprisingly small number of people. We may now be closer than we think to a wave of people-power that will produce the required actions. By understanding the mechanisms of behavior change and the dynamics…
Find out more »Butterflies in Maryland, Common, Rare and Unique
Presented by Natural History Society of Maryland, at this online and in-person event you will hear from lepidopterology expert Robert Gardner. He will help you get a better understanding of the scope and breadth of butterflies through his personal collections, tell you where you might find them, and answer questions. As is typical for this time of year, the meeting will include a caterpillar and plant swap. Bring some to share. There are around 17,500 species of butterflies in the…
Find out more »Ask the Alliance: How to Stop Trash from Entering Your Waterways
Learn from Lauren Sauder how to prevent thousands of pounds of trash from entering your waterways. Register here
Find out more »Documenting Flooding in our Community: How to Use MyCoast Maryland
Annapolis Café Scientifique presents a talk by Kate Vogel, Coastal Resilience Planner, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Chesapeake & Coastal Service. She will discuss MyCoast Maryland, a DNR initiative created in 2019, designed to give community members a platform to share photos to document on the ground impacts of flooding and damage that are attributed to rain, storms, or high tides. This helps to determine how often a community is flooding and where, which can help identify and prioritize climate…
Find out more »September 2022
Let’s Talk About Climate Change: Reaching the Tipping Point for Climate Action
Dr. Sara Via presents this webinar that addresses how we can we reach the tipping point by increasing the adoption of behaviors that help curb climate change. Social scientists know that many social and psychological factors affect people's decisions about adopting a new behavior, and also that new ideas spread through communities in very consistent ways. This work has suggested some very effective strategies for increasing the adoption of behaviors that produce societal benefits. Although some discount the importance of…
Find out more »Nature Connections: James Webb Space Telescope
A Nature Connections event presented by the Natural History Society of Maryland, this Out of This World Experience includes a number of types of activities for ages 10 and up led by representatives from the Space Telescope Science Institute. Participants will be able to don a Virtual Reality headset then head out into space in the fully immersive WebbVR experience. You can visit the James Webb Space Telescope at its orbit point beyond the Moon, 1 million miles from Earth, set against…
Find out more »November 2022
Long Time, No Sea: Bottlenose Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay
The University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) presents this free talk by Chesapeake DolphinWatch Project Coordinator Jamie Testa who will discuss the research findings from the first five years of DolphinWatch, how graduate students at UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory are advancing dolphin research in Chesapeake Bay, and future plans for the research. More information The talk is available in person at the Laboratory or via Zoom. Register for in-person attendance. Register to attend via Zoom
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