The Planet Ocean
Seminar Series
Climate Change or Coastal Change?
The Planet Ocean Seminar
Series offers four lectures
each academic year, featuring
prominent speakers from our own
faculty and other leading research
institutions, from well-known
environmental organizations and
from government agencies.
Due to limited seating,
reservations are required.
Advance registration for
Bluefish Society members
will end Jan. 18. The
general public may begin
registration on Jan. 19.
To reserve seats, call the
Center for Marine Science
at 910-962-2301.
For directions or more
information about CMS, visit
our Web site:
www.uncw.edu/cms
with Douglas W. Gamble, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography and Director, The Laboratory for Applied Climate Research
Department of Geography and Geology, University of North Carolina Wilmington
D
r. Doug Gamble is an Associate Professor of Geography in the
Department of Geography and Geology at UNC Wilmington (UNCW).
He received his BA from Miami University in 1989 and masters and doctorate
degrees from the University of Georgia in 1997. His research and teaching
interests include applied climatology, coastal and island environments of
the Caribbean and southeastern United States as
well as hydrologic hazards. As the current director
of the Laboratory for Applied Climate Research
(LACR), Dr. Gamble oversees a state-of-the-art facility
that includes meteorological field equipment and an
extensive data library. The primary goal of LACR is
to give students the unique opportunity to conduct
climatology field research alongside university faculty
outside of the traditional classroom environment.
UNCW/Jamie Moncrief
The Planet Ocean Seminar Series is
free and open to the public. The
seminar is held in the Hodder Hall
of Mentors, the main auditorium
at the UNCW Center for Marine
Science, 5600 Marvin K. Moss
Lane. The seminar will begin
promptly at 6:30 p.m. Light
hors d’oeuvres will follow.
The Future of the Carolina Coast
O
ver the past 20 years he has completed field
research in North Carolina, Alabama, Guam, Puerto Rico, Bahamas, and
Jamaica. His research has been supported by NSF and NOAA, and published in
the journals International Journal of Climatology, Climate Research, Journal
of Applied and Theoretical Climatology, Physical Geography, and the Annals
of the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Gamble was a recipient of
the 2010 UNCW Chancellors Excellence in Teaching Award.