September 14, 2005
Geologist to Analyze U.S. Hurricane Hazards
LINCOLN, Neb. — A coastal geologist and former NASA researcher will analyze Atlantic and Gulf Coast hurricanes in a free public lecture next week in the Nebraska Union auditorium at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Nicholas K. Coch, a sedimentologist and coastal geologist in the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College of City University of New York will talk about "Hurricane Hazards in the United States" at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 22.
Even before the most recent hurricane that devastated parts of the Gulf Coast, Coch said, "Recent research indicates that we are entering a multidecadal era of increased (hurricane) frequency."
Coch's UNL lecture will review where and how hurricanes form, their structure, what affects their path and intensity, differences in characteristics and damage patterns between hurricanes of the Northeast, Southeast and Gulf Coast regions of the U.S., their inland effects and other issues related to these tropical storms.
Coch's sedimentation research of lunar soil cores for NASA has been the focus of programs on the Weather and Discovery Channels, and other media outlets.
The UNL chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society and UNL's Department of Geosciences and School of Natural Resources is sponsoring his visit to UNL.
9/14/05-SR Kyle Hoagland - Ph.D.
UNL Water Center Director (402) 472-3305
 
Steve Ress UNL Water Center - Communications Coordinator (402) 472-3305
Department:
School of Natural Resources
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