Morehead Planetarium and Science Center

Cielos del Sur: Historias de América Latina | Southern Skies: Stories from Latin America
2022-11-12 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)

Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
2022-11-12 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-11-19 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

From Earth to the Universe
2022-11-12 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-19 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Carolina Skies
2022-11-12 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-13 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-18 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-19 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-20 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-26 16:30 - 17:30, 2022-11-27 16:30 - 17:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Astronaut
2022-11-13 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-11-20 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Dynamic Earth
2022-11-13 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-18 13:30 - 14:30, 2022-11-20 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Yoga Under The Stars
2022-11-16 18:00 - 19:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Teen Science Cafe | Back to the Geosphere: Impacts of CO2 Sequestration Underground
2022-11-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Morehead Planetarium and Science Center Science Stage, 250 E Franklin St, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
Geological carbon sequestration involves capturing atmospheric CO2, condensing it into liquid form, and pumping it into deep underground aquifers. Scientists have been exploring the environmental impacts of carbon sequestration, including changes to groundwater geochemistry, subsurface microbial community composition, and the potential for fracturing and escape of CO2 back into the atmosphere. I’ll give an overview of these impacts and share data illustrating the impact of high CO2 concentrations on subsurface microbial communities.

About our speaker: Megan Plenge is a Teaching Associate Professor in the Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill. Her dissertation research focused on microbial controls on water chemistry. She is currently involved with the National Association of Geoscience Teacher (NAGT) as the North Carolina representative to the South East section, and as a program chair for their national conference, the Earth Educator Rendezvous.

Astronomy Merit Badge Workshop – Boy Scouts
2022-11-18 18:00 - 20:30 | Morehead Planetarium

Earth, Moon and Sun
2022-11-19 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Cosmic Colors
2022-11-19 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Storytelling Under The Stars
2022-11-20 18:00 - 19:00

Magic Tree House Space Mission
2022-11-26 10:30 - 11:30, 2022-12-03 10:30 - 11:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Galileo: The Power of the Telescope
2022-11-26 12:00 - 13:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

We Are Stars
2022-11-26 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater

The Longest Night: A Winter’s Tale
2022-11-26 15:00 - 16:00, 2022-11-27 15:00 - 16:00 | GSK Fulldome Theater

Solar System Odyssey
2022-11-27 13:30 - 14:30 | GSK Fulldome Theater
