Saturday, April 5, 2014

FREE FILM SERIES AT LIBRARY - Tuesdays at 7:00 pm

Five Part Film and Discussion Series
Discoveries That Changed How We See The World
Presented by former Conval oceanography teacher Jon Manley
Free and open to the public.

Part 1 - April 8:  Climate Change
Chasing Ice - a film by James Balog documenting the melting of the world's glaciers, awarded for its stunning photography and message.

Part 2 - April 15: Climate Change
Presentation of the physics behind how the wind patterns, the ocean currents, the color of the earth and temperature changes cause weather and change the climate.

Part 3 - April 22:  Chemistry of Life
Film - The Mysterious Life of Caves.  Simple chemical principles and discussion about the implications that cave discoveries have for deep ocean life and climates.

Part 4 - April 29:  New Theory of Extinction
Film - The Last Extinction.  This film follows the clues found in ice to  support a theory that a comet collided with the earth 12,900 years ago.  This collision is tied to the extinction of the Mega Fauna living at that time.

Part 5 - May 6:  Deep Ocean Life
Film - Deep Ocean.  This film shows incredible creatures of the deep sea.  The discussion that follows will focus on the work of the Census of Marine Life Project, a ten year study of deep ocean life.



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