{"id":137349,"date":"2024-03-13T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=137349"},"modified":"2024-03-13T10:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T10:07:33","slug":"nps-stanford-collaborate-on-ocean-and-climate-security-solutions-at-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=137349","title":{"rendered":"NPS, Stanford Collaborate on Ocean and Climate Security Solutions at Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The workshop is the latest collaboration under an\u00a0Education Partnership Agreement (EPA)<\/a>\u00a0established in 2022 between the two institutions in direct support of the U.S. Navy\u2019s\u00a0Climate Action 2030<\/a>\u00a0strategy, launched by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro the same year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are at an absolutely pivotal moment in history,\u201d said Fiorenza Micheli, co-director of the Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions and chair of the Doerr School\u2019s Oceans Department. \u201cThe challenges that we\u2019re facing \u2013 that humanity is facing \u2013 are enormous. And so is the potential for innovation for solutions. And that potential can only be realized through deep, thoughtful, and strategic partnerships.\u201d<\/p>\n

NPS\u2019 Oceanography Department<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Doerr School\u2019s Oceans Department<\/a>\u00a0co-organized the daylong workshop. It focused on creating a shared vision for a healthy and sustainable ocean and allowing attendees from Stanford and NPS to meet in person, learn about the latest oceanographic research occurring at each institution, and foster deeper collaborative ideas for future research to these complex issues with far-reaching impacts to the global environment, economy and national security.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Researchers presented 35 lightning talks \u2013 lasting four minutes apiece \u2013 that showcased the diverse range of research activities at both institutions. The talks were grouped into separate sessions covering the areas of near-shore circulation, coastal and physical oceanography, ocean circulation and mixing, marine biodiversity, acoustics, ocean modeling, and observation methods and systems.<\/p>\n

In the past, NPS and Stanford pursued this type of interdisciplinary ocean research independently. But in 2022, the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability\u00a0was founded<\/a>, and the Oceans Department was the first department launched by the new school. Later that year, NPS became the first to enter into an EPA with the Doerr School, paving the way for enhanced collaboration and knowledge-sharing. And at the forefront of this agreement, ever since its inception, the\u00a0Climate and Security Network<\/a>\u00a0at NPS has helped spearhead its execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the Secretary of the Navy at NPS for the signing with Doerr\u2019s Dean Arun Majumdar and NPS\u2019 President Ann Rondeau. And we\u2019re very proud of that partnership,\u201d said Kevin Smith, NPS Vice Provost for Research.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After the agreement was signed, leaders from both institutions determined the core areas of collaboration. \u201cThose were identified as energy security, climate security and sustainability, and ocean sciences,\u201d added Smith.<\/p>\n

Throughout the talks between NPS and the Doerr School, climate change issues repeatedly rose to the surface far more frequently than any of the other challenges. For example, Climate Action 2030, launched by Del Toro in 2022, aims to address climate change\u2019s impact on national security.<\/p>\n

\u201cClimate affects every aspect of our planet, from the biodiversity of the oceans and lands all the way to societies, cities, and people at all different levels,\u201d Micheli said of the global crisis. \u201cIt\u2019s crucial to come at it with different missions and different entry points.\u201d<\/p>\n

One viewpoint from the workshop that most surprised Stanford graduate student Raksha Doddabele, who studies population genetics of great white sharks, was the idea that climate change is a national security risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI really liked that framing. The way we change our language can be very powerful,\u201d said Doddabele. \u201cIf you frame it as a threat to the American people, then who\u2019s not going to be down with that?\u201d<\/p>\n

Drawing on her interest in computational methods and big data, Doddabele was also inspired by the applied nature of NPS\u2019 research, adding, \u201cIt would be great to collaborate with people with more engineering and mathematical experience and expertise.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

The workshop inspired the future plans of NPS-Stanford Climate Security Fellow and U.S. Navy Ensign Nicholas Hilaire, who aims to become a submariner after completing his graduate work in Operations Research at NPS. But when he was an undergraduate majoring in ocean engineering at the U.S. Naval Academy, a different kind of potential underwater experience proved instrumental to Hilaire.<\/p>\n

\u201cI saw sea level rise and its impacts, especially at Annapolis because it was right on the water. You could often see the flooding,\u201d said Hilaire, who also recalled reading an\u00a0article<\/a>\u00a0published in the U.S. Naval Institute\u2019s \u201cProceedings,\u201d reporting that much of the Naval Academy would be flooded by 2100.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat do you mean, sea level rise might force the Navy to abandon the Academy in the future?\u201d he added. \u201cI wanted to know why and how. This was the catalyst for the rest of my journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Navy knows it\u2019s not just Annapolis that\u2019s threatened. Rising sea level affects fleet installations across the nation and operations around the world. For Hilaire, exposure to the oceans research presented at the workshop provided him with a better perspective of the aquatic world he\u2019ll face from inside a submarine and how changes to the oceans are impacting undersea operations.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1892 and located in Pacific Grove, California, on the southern edge of Monterey Bay, Hopkins Marine Station is the oldest marine science institution on the West Coast. And it proved to be the ideal setting for a meeting of the minds to address the oceans.<\/p>\n

Mixed within the talks were two breakout sessions that allowed the attendees to interact in small groups and address what they thought were the grand challenges confronting the oceans. The groups then focused on how these challenges might be solved. The workshop concluded with a poster session, which offered attendees a final opportunity to discuss oceans research.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing the crowd of researchers together today is really what we dreamed about,\u201d said Chuck Litchfield, an NPS graduate who is a Senior Associate Dean and the Chief Operating Officer at the Doerr School. \u201cThe fact we\u2019ve had so many people here is a reflection of the interest that has been at the faculty level for some time. And we hope the backing of the Doerr School and the backing of NPS leadership will lead to more fruitful interactions.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The workshop is the latest collaboration under an\u00a0Education Partnership Agreement (EPA)\u00a0established in 2022 between the two institutions in direct support of the U.S. Navy\u2019s\u00a0Climate Action 2030\u00a0strategy, launched by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro the same year. \u201cWe are at an absolutely pivotal moment in history,\u201d said Fiorenza Micheli, co-director of the Stanford Center […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-137349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=137349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137351,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137349\/revisions\/137351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=137349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=137349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=137349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}