Lecture by Rikk Kvitek, Ph.D.March 21, 2013 at 7–8:30 p.m.

Lecture by Rikk Kvitek, Ph.D., on ""You've Got to Be Kidding!" to "Ah-Ha": Hope for our oceans through insight and innovation." The talk, which is aimed at a general audience, discusses innovative ways to address the unprecedented threats of climate change, sea level rise, ocean acidification, pollution, fishery declines, coastal erosion, algal blooms, and storm intensification on the coastal oceans and communities.

Dr. Kvitek, is Gustavus' Sigma Xi Distinguished lecturer this year. He is a Professor in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy, CSU Monterey Bay, where he directs the CSUMB Seafloor Mapping Lab.