Labside Chats: A Conversation with a Scientist, featuring Adina Paytan, Ph.D.

Tune in for the next Labside Chat with Adina Paytan, research professor with the Institute of Marine Sciences at UC Santa Cruz, on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at 11am PST. We will be exploring the fascinating field of chemical oceanography and learning how chemical elements are transferred between living organisms and the marine environment. Join us to discover what this process reveals about previous and present climate and oceanography records, and how human impacts to the biogeochemical cycles can cause long-term changes to the ocean.

Join the conversation! Submit your questions in advance for Adina, then watch the conversation to hear the answers during the live chat. Help us put together questions such as:

-What is paleoceanography, and what can it reveal about Earth’s past climate and marine environments?
-How do nutrients and trace metals impact the growth of organisms in freshwater and marine ecosystems?
-What are biogeochemical cycles, and why are they important to understanding human impacts to the ocean?
-Why are isotopes important to understanding biogeochemical cycles?

Visit the Seymour Center's website to submit your questions and to watch the live conversation: seymourcenter.ucsc.edu/learn/ongoing-education/labside-chats