USGS January Evening Public Lecture in Menlo Park

The Last Land: How humans changed erosion in Hawaii

by Jonathan Stock, Research Geologist and Director, USGS Innovation Center

• Hawaii is one of the last habitable places on Earth reached by humans
• From first Hawaiian arrivals c. 1000-1200 A.D. to now, humans have accelerated erosion
• Dirty water threatens the economic and social assets of the islands
• Mapping, monitoring and modeling (M3) can focus cost-effective mitigation

When: Thursday, January 28th, 2016, 7:00 p.m. PDT

Where: U.S. Geological Survey, Bldg. 3 Rambo Auditorium, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025

More info: http://online.wr.usgs.gov/calendar/