The East Shore District Health Department (ESDHD), in conjunction with Albertus Magnus College; the University of Connecticut; and Yale University, will be hosting Community Conversations on Climate C.
With help from Friends of Outer Island, Dr. Emma Cross will help interested citizens learn about the resilience of marine organisms to future climate change—and how Long Island Sound, a coastal estuary, is already a bit of a bellwether, showing how some types of organisms will tolerate wha
Changing climate has a big impact on the marine life in our local waters. Essential questions arise: What will happen to our clams, lobsters, oysters, bluefish, and bass as water temperature increases? How resilient are marine organisms to changes in the water s acidity? Will the coastal plants a