The IDAEA researcher Jordi Dachs participates in the conference “Oil in the Sea IV: Inputs, Fates, and Effects” organized by the National Academy of Sciences, USA, in the specific section “ocean sciences”.

Following Dachs’ main lines of research, he is the external advisor in a report developed by the Academy about oil and hydrocarbon in the sea.

Agenda:
Please note all times are Eastern Standard Times (6 hours less that European Central Time (CET), so it will start at 17:30h CET)

11:30 AM
Welcome and Overview of the Day – Kirsi Tikka, Committee Chair
11:40 AM
Inputs: Atmospheric Deposition – Jordi Dachs, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA-CSIC)
12:20 PM
Natural Resource Damage Assessments: successes and challenges – Greg Challenger, Polaris Applied Sciences

1:00 PM BREAK

1:30 PM
Oil and Gas Overview, Offshore Mexico – Porfirio Alvarez-Torres, Consortium of Marine Research Institutions of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean
2:30 PM
Case Study: Deepwater Horizon – Inputs, Fates and Effects – Committee Members: Scott Socolofsky, John Farrington, Julia Fought, Nancy Rabalais, Michael Ziccardi
3:45 PM
Close Meeting and Adjourn – Ed Levine, Committee Vice-Chair

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