Season 2, Episode 16 features WDHOF member Patricia Beddows — Patricia is dedicated to caves and karst landscapes, which provide 25% of the world’s drinking water supplies. Early research included chaining oceanographic instruments in the flooded cave systems of the Yucatan Peninsula. The challenges motivated her to develop the open-source Cave Pearl Loggers, in part to remove the financial barriers to underwater monitoring everywhere. Her Yucatan observatory includes more than 100 loggers tracking groundwater from the jungle through to the barrier reef. Patricia regularly provides public education, scientific advising, and has been on expeditions with the support of National Geographic in Belize, Bahamas, and Mexico. Patricia is on the faculty at Northwestern University.
Here's a link to watch her live stream on our Facebook page https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPsuNoZK2SNAU1VHH5t898G0EaSktnEyL
Links to watch: If you miss the live stream for any of the talks, you can always check out the talks later on a variety of platforms including:
Jun 11, 6pm ET - Anna Deloach, (https://www.wdhof.org/members/anna-deloach)
Jul 9, 6pm ET – Karen Gowlett-Holmes, (gowlettholmes@ozemail.com.au)
Aug 13 - 6pm ET - TBD
Sept 10, 6pm ET - Christine Bird, (https://www.wdhof.org/members/christine-bird-m-d)
Oct 8, 6pm ET - Diana Hollingshead, (https://www.wdhof.org/members/diana-hollingshead)
Nov 12, 6pm ET - Elisia Correa, (https://www.wdhof.org/members/elisia-correa)
Dec 10, 6pm, ET - Lynn Funkhouser (https://www.wdhof.org/members/lynn-funkhouser)
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