Wellfleet Public Library

SCIENCE ON SUNDAYS: OCEAN CARTOGRAPHY WITH MARK ADAMS

The seafloor has distinct features and characteristics that help us better understand Earth's current and past conditions, potential resources, and natural hazards. Even though the ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth' surface, less than 10% of the seafloor has been mapped globally. Although most vessels travel along at the sea surface, they need to be aware of hazards under the water, like rocks and shallow banks where they might run aground. For vessels that travel under the water, like submarines, it is even more important to have accurate maps, so they can navigate and avoid hazards. Join local artist, geoscientist, and cartographer Mark Adams for a presentation on the importance of mapping our ocean floors.

Mark Adams is a painter, printmaker, and a cartographer with the National Park Service and has been based on Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard since 1987. He has taught at the Provincetown Art Association, Castle Hill Center for the Arts, and the Provincetown School Academy program and as a guest in the MFA program of the Fine Arts Work Center/Massachusetts College of Art. His current interests include geologic time, taxonomies, coordinate systems and layering of information in maps.

THIS EVENT MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GRANT IN MEMORY OF RON BOSWORTH