Online webinar followed by media Q&A session with lead forecaster
Harmful algal bloom in Western Basin of Lake Erie on September 20, 2017. (Image credit: Aerial Associates Photography, Inc. by Zachary Haslick)
NOAA will release its 2022 harmful algal bloom forecast for Lake Erie on Thurs., June 30 during a media briefing hosted by Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory at The Ohio State University.
The event will be held online for the press and public. A moderated Q&A session limited to media will follow the forecast. A Q&A session for stakeholders will follow the media briefing.
WHAT
NOAA’s 2022 harmful algal bloom forecast for Lake Erie, followed by related presentations.
WHEN
Thurs., June 30, 11:00 a.m. EDT
WHO
- Rick Stumpf, Ph.D., oceanographer, NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
- Chris Winslow, Ph.D., director, Ohio Sea Grant offsite link and Stone Laboratory offsite link
- Dr. Mark Rowe, research physical scientist, NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Laura Johnson, Ph.D., director, National Center for Water Quality Research, Heidelberg University offsite link
- Santina Wortman, physical scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
HOW
Reporters must register here offsite link to receive the link to the Zoom presentation in order to view graphics and ask questions. (If preferred, reporters can hear an audio feed of the webinar by telephone, but telephone users will not be able to ask questions in the Q&A session.)
Phone for audio listening ONLY:
US: +1 646 876 9923
Webinar ID: 946 9819 2750
Password: 56546852
Media contacts
Alison Gillespie, NOAA, alison.gillespie@noaa.gov, (202) 713-6644
Jill Jentes, Ohio State University, jentes.1@osu.edu, (614) 937-0072
