Registration is now open for upcoming On the Cutting Edge Hazards Webinar Series events:

January 13, 2012: Natural Hazards Programs at the USGS -- Policy and Mitigation

David Applegate, Associate Director for Natural Hazards, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Reston, VA
Webpage with registration: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/webinars/Jan.html

February 10, 2012: US Volcanic Hazards

Peter Cervelli, Acting-Scientist-In-Charge of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, United States Geological Survey (USGS), Menlo Park, CA
Webpage with registration: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/webinars/Feb.html

March 16, 2012: What's Shaking at SCEC? Education and Outreach Resources for Earthquake Preparedness

Mark Benthien, Education Director, Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC), University of Southern California
Webpage with registration: http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/webinars/March.html

Registration - $20 (50 maximum). Registration closes when the spaces fill or one week before each event, whichever comes first.

Webinar sessions will be held on Fridays beginning at 12:00 PM Pacific | 1:00 PM Mountain | 2:00 PM Central | 3:00 PM Eastern. The individual webinars will be recorded, and a streaming video will be posted following the session.

These webinars will be conducted using the Blackboard Collaborate software package (formerly Elluminate) for presentations, screen sharing and real-time chat between participants and presenters. Audio will be handled through a separate conference call telephone line. Instructions for connecting will be provided to registered participants closer to each event.

Please join in on our discussion board leading up to and following up on our workshops.

And for those of you who would like to review the presentation from November (with webcast), please visit our web page for the event:

November 18, 2011: Climate Change Risk in an Unknowable Future
Edmond Mathez, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/hazards/webinars/Nov.html

Any questions? Feel free to contact us.

Hazards Webinar Planning Team
John McDaris -- Science Education Resource Center (SERC) at Carleton College
Dave Mogk -- Montana State University
Katryn Wiese -- City College of San Francisco