{"id":2246,"date":"2018-02-14T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/?p=2246"},"modified":"2018-07-03T01:15:30","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T01:15:30","slug":"our-incredible-shrinking-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/2018\/02\/14\/our-incredible-shrinking-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Incredible Shrinking Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2247\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2247\" class=\"wp-image-2247 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/files\/2018\/02\/NRusticoBreakwaterWavesOct2011-1-of-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Storm waves crashing over the North Rustico breakwater on October 5, 2011 (Don Jardine)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Researchers from UPEI\u2019s Climate Research Lab are travelling across Prince Edward Island over the next few months to speak with communities about sea-level rise.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the lab, and his team will make presentations to increase understanding and awareness about the impacts of sea-level rise, coastal erosion, and storm surges. They will also discuss tools for adaptation and coastal planning. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions and to discuss what sea-level rise means for them.<\/p>\n<p>The events are open to the public and will run for approximately two hours. Refreshments will be provided. There is no charge to attend.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Friday, February 16th \u2013 John J. Sark Memorial School, Lennox Island (4:00 \u2013 6:00 PM)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, February 20th \u2013 The Eagle Nest, North Rustico (6:30 \u2013 8:30 PM)<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, February 22nd \u2013 Fire Hall, Tyne Valley (6:30 \u2013 8:30 PM)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, March 6th \u2013 Eastern Kings Community Centre, Bothwell (1:30 \u2013 3:00 PM)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, July 3rd \u2013 Kings Playhouse, Georgetown (6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm)<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, July 4th \u2013 Victoria Schoolhouse, Victoria (6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm)<\/li>\n<li>Monday, July 9th \u2013 Alberton Community Centre, Alberton (6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm)<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday, July 10th \u2013 Rossiter Park Community Building, Morell (6:30 \u2013 8:30 pm)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please RSVP by emailing\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:climate@upei.ca\">climate@upei.ca<\/a>\u00a0or calling 902-894-2852.<\/p>\n<p>These workshops are part of the national Educating Coastal Communities About Sea-level Rise (ECoAS) project, which is supported by financial contributions from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the UPEI Climate Research Lab, the Mi\u2019kmaq Confederacy of PEI, and the Ecology Action Centre. For more information about the project, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sealevelrise.ca\/\">sealevelrise.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers from UPEI\u2019s Climate Research Lab are travelling across Prince Edward Island over the next few months to speak with communities about sea-level rise. Dr. Adam Fenech, director of the lab, and his team will make presentations to increase understanding &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/2018\/02\/14\/our-incredible-shrinking-island\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2292,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246\/revisions\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/climate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}