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\"February<\/p>\n

UPCOMING EVENTS AT MONMOUTH
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\"\"March 10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Accountability for Climate Change Harms in New Jersey: Scientific, Legal and Policy Perspectives<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free and Open to the Public\/Registration Required<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"March 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fish Suffering, Climate Change, and the Public Trust Doctrine<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free and Open to the Public<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"March 26-28<\/strong><\/p>\n

Atlantic Estuarine Research Society (AERS) Spring Meeting<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"March 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

Margaret A. Davidson Coastal Careers Workshop<\/strong><\/p>\n

Registration Required\/See Site for Fees<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"April 16<\/strong><\/p>\n

Climate Change and Public Health Roundtable<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free and Open to the Public\/Registration Required<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"Open Daily through March 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition: Inquire Within<\/em> by Aurora Robson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Free and Open to the Public<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/a>Herrington Joins Team Studying Climate Impacts on Human Migration in U.S.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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UCI Associate Director Thomas Herrington will serve on a national team of researchers focused on understanding climate change\u2019s current and future influence on residential migration from America\u2019s coastal communities.<\/p>\n

The \u201cPeople on the Move in a Changing Climate\u201d project will build a Regional Coordination Network (RCN) led by representatives of 12 Sea Grant offices and Sea Grant-affiliated research institutions from the East Coast, West Coast, Gulf Region and Alaska. Herrington serves as the coastal community resilience specialist for the New Jersey Sea Grant Consortium<\/a>. The three-year project is being managed by the University of Georgia and supported with a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).<\/p>\n

The RCN will leverage Sea Grant\u2019s relationships with local communities to facilitate collaboration among scientists, practitioners, resource managers and stakeholders to study climate-induced human mobility (including displacement, migration and planned relocation), its socioeconomic consequences, and its role in building resilience. It will also provide the scientific infrastructure required to conduct regionally tailored educational and engagement strategies.<\/p>\n

According to the project abstract, sea level rise could force millions of U.S. residents from their homes by 2100, but researchers have paid relatively little attention to the impact of climate-induced human mobility on the receiving communities. And few coastal communities appear to be preparing for the projected influxes of people from sudden disaster-induced relocations and, more slowly, in response to the progressive impacts of sea level rise.<\/p>\n

Herrington said that while climate-induced human mobility has been the subject of some research in places suffering from sea level rise and increased flooding, such as Bangladesh, or climate-driven changes in crop yields in Central America, less attention has been paid on its ramifications for America. He said the signs are already apparent in parts of the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re starting to see it happen in Alaska,\u201d Herrington said. \u201cThe first tipping point has been the villages along the coast, where sea level is rising, the permafrost is melting rapidly and people\u2019s homes are sinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RCN will host a series of workshops throughout the country to develop research questions around the subjects of climate mobility and coastal resilience. The first workshop for the Northeast region is expected to be held at Monmouth University in the fall and gather experts from Maine to North Carolina.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Rep. Pallone, Tammy Murphy Champion CLEAN Future Act at Monmouth<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. held a press conference at Monmouth University\u2019s Thomas Edison A. Edison Science Hall on Jan. 17 to discuss the framework of the CLEAN Future Act, a federal proposal to achieve a 100 percent clean economy by 2050. Pallone was joined at the podium by New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine McCabe, and several other public officials and environmental advocates.<\/p>\n

Monmouth University President Patrick Leahy and Urban Coast Institute Director Tony MacDonald delivered introductory remarks.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw a t-shirt the other day that said, \u2018The greatest threat of global climate change is thinking that somebody else will do something about it,\u2019\u201d Leahy said. \u201cThat really struck me, and I\u2019m really pleased to have everyone who is assembled here this morning, tackling this important issue not just for our country but for our planet.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CLEAN Future Act outlines a sector-by-sector plan for America to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions in 30 years. Among its components, the draft legislation calls for electricity suppliers to increase their supplies of clean energy beginning in 2020 and reach 100% green levels by 2050.<\/p>\n

Pallone is the chair of the House of Representatives\u2019 Energy and Commerce Committee, which announced the legislative framework last week.<\/p>\n

\"tony\u201cI need to thank [Congressman Pallone] on behalf of the ocean because people are increasingly recognizing the climate-ocean nexus,\u201d MacDonald said. “This is a real issue. Twenty-five percent of carbon that is emitted goes into the ocean. Ninety percent of the excess heat that comes from greenhouse gases goes into the ocean, and we can\u2019t handle much more of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visit the links below for multimedia and news coverage of the event and the CLEAN Future Act.<\/p>\n