Getting There

I'll be leaving Oklahoma City before sunrise and blogging you tomorrow evening after sunset so I felt that it was appropriate to show the sunrising here and the sun setting there; unfortunately my computer will not cooperate so you are actually seeing the sun setting there and the sunrising here.


In getting ready to leave for my fellowship, I have done a lot of research and am exciting about meeting with the scientists at SERC to learn more. This is my first experience to engage in actual field work related to climate change. I found the websites linked to be very useful in my understanding of the goals of this project. To help you better understand what I will be doing please follow the steps outlined:

Step 1:

Click on the website and answer the questions below the link to find out more about the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

http://www.serc.si.edu/inside/index.jsp

a. What is SERC's mission?
b. What % of the world's population lives in a coastal region
c. What are some positive and negative aspects of living on or near coastal lands?
d. What are the goals of SERC scientists?

Step 2:

To see a satellite image of where I am, Go to Google Maps and then enter the following information, select satellite image and then answer question e

N 38° 53' 16" W 76.54595

e. Evaluate: Is the forest fragmented? SUPPORT YOUR ANSWER

Step 3:

Change the coordinates to those shown below and then use the map to answer question f.
N 35° 31' 13.7" W 97.61025

f. How many trees can you count on our campus?

Step 4:

Let's check the weather both here in the city and at the SERC campus in Edgewater

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/hdfForecast?query=edgewater+maryland&searchType=WEATHER

Next, change the zip code in the search area to 73122 to get our weather. Record both in the space on your blog page.