Webinar Announcements: 2025 Sargassum Webinar Series
Webinar Announcements: 2025 Sargassum Webinar Series
Sponsored by NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART)
NOAA’s Southeast and Caribbean Regional Collaboration Team (SECART) is launching a five-part webinar series to raise awareness about key issues surrounding Sargassum. Each webinar will highlight different aspects of Sargassum research, management, and its impacts on coastal communities and ecosystems. The goal of this series is to foster knowledge-sharing and regional collaboration across affected areas as we continue to see impacts from Sargassum inundation events.
Sargassum 101: Origins, Biology, and Ecology
Speaker: Dr. Felix Martinez, Program Manager, NOAA National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS), Competitive Research Program
July 10 at 1pm EDT
Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5327072712126827867
Tracking the Drift and Origin of the Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt
Speaker: Dr. M. Josefina Olascoaga, Professor, University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Department of Ocean Sciences
July 16 at 1pm EDT
Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8657877162218764377
Multifaceted Impacts of Sargassum Accumulation Events on Coasts and Coastal Communities
Speaker: José A. Martínez Ortiz, John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives
July 24 at 1pm EDT
Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6782369809994272341
Methods Currently Being Used to Address Sargassum Inundations in the U.S. Virgin Islands – Issues, Successes, and Failures
Speaker: Amy Claire Dempsey, M.A., President, Bioimpact, Inc.
July 31 at 1pm EDT
Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7774562505834611036
Golden Tide Opportunities – New product development as a function of availability, collection, and stabilization
Speakers: Dr. Bradley Wahlen, Group Lead Biological Preprocessing, Idaho National Laboratory; Dr. Ira Levine, Professor Emeritus and CEO of the Algae Foundation
August 7 at 1pm EDT
Register here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2330966198617675872