LIVING WITH VOLCANOES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: LESSONS FROM MOUNT ST. HELENS — June 15, 2022
LIVING WITH VOLCANOES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: LESSONS FROM MOUNT ST. HELENS — June 15, 2022
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2022
7:00PM - 8:30PM PACIFIC TIME
VIA ZOOM (CLASS WILL BE RECORDED AND AVAILABLE FOR ONE WEEK)
Registration closes at 6:00pm the evening of the class. Be sure and reserve your spot!
INSTRUCTOR:
GINA ROBERTI
What distinguishes the Pacific Northwest from other regions in the United States? Our active volcanoes! Learn about how volcanoes create and shape the landscape in the active volcanic Cascades Range. Become acquainted with types of eruptions that are common in the Cascades and the mark that these eruptions leave on the landscape. Using satellite images and aerial photography, we will make observations of the major stratovolcanoes of the Cascades range and learn what to observe in the rock record that gives evidence of past eruptive processes.
We will learn why the volcanoes in the Cascades produce certain types of eruptions and how scientists work to better understand and predict these phenomena. This interactive presentation will provide you the tools to observe and understand how volcanoes shape the landscape and result in dynamic and diverse landscapes for those who live around them.
Check out Part 2, Eruption of Life: The 1980 Eruption of Mount St. Helens and Renewal of a Landscape, on June 22, by clicking here.
TUITION: $10 - $20 SLIDING SCALE (PLUS PROCESSING FEES)
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About the instructor:
Gina Roberti is a geologist, naturalist and educator who grew up digging quahogs and exploring the shorelines of the Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island (the state with the largest coastline per capita!) amidst ancient metamorphic rocks of the Appalachian Mountains. Since graduating from Brown University with a degree in Geology-Biology, Gina spent several years working as a geoscience educator in various geologic regions in the western U.S., including the Colorado Plateau, Snake River Plain, Klamath-Siskiyou, North Cascades, and presently the active Cascade volcanic range. In each of these places she taught thousands of youth and adults about earth science in a variety of field-based and classroom settings.
Gina currently works with the Mount St. Helens Institute. She strongly believes in the power of education to inspire awareness, appreciation and stewardship for the natural world. When Gina is not working she can be found on long walks or cross country skis, often in the company of birds. Contact Gina at gina.m.roberti@gmail.com.
Main thumbnail image © Gina Roberti