EPSS Colloquium fall-2017
Lessons from Deepwater Horizon, when Science and the Media Collide
Oct. 17, 2017,
3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Geology 3656
Presented By:
David Valentine
UCSB
The 2010 Deepwater Horizon blowout in the Gulf of Mexico was an event of national significance that placed geoscientists in the in the media spotlight. During this seminar I will talk about the questions that drove scientists to study this event, the resolution to some of those questions, and the interplay with an information-starved media.