IN-PERSON @ THE DISCOVERY TANK ON PIER 57, Secret Science Club joins forces with Hudson River Park, Thursday, September 21 @ 6:30 PM, $10

We’re taking the plunge & heading into Manhattan!

SPECIAL EVENT! Secret Science Club teams up with Hudson River Park's "Ask a Scientist" to present an evening of hot-and-cold science

Thursday, September 21 @ 6:30PM, $10. (Reserve your tickets.)

Secret Science Club flows into Hudson River Park's brand-new Discovery Tank on beautiful Pier 57 for Climate Week NYC.

Atmospheric scientists Róisín Commane and Lauren Smalls-Mantey explore the strange weather & climate events we’ve been experiencing, how they are affecting NYC, as well as what we can do to protect ourselves, our urban environment, and our planet.

Before & After the Talks
--Check out the cool interactive exhibits & microscopes at the Discovery Tank!
--Stop by the pier’s blazin’ new food court “Market 57” with vendors curated by the James Beard Foundation!
--Groove to red-hot tunes in our “Ebb Tide Lounge”
--Imbibe thirst-quenching cocktails & mocktails
--Ask a scientist (or two!) about urban heat islands, wildfire smoke, intense rains & flooding, rising temperatures, the impact of green spaces and more!

Get $10 tickets here!

Róisín Commane is an assistant professor in the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. She’s currently measuring greenhouse gases around New York City (and the Arctic) to understand more about the sources of emissions and their effect on air quality. Her most recent research explored how the city’s trees and greenery absorb a portion of NYC’s carbon emissions. Dr. Commane and her work have been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Scientific American, and on the Weather Channel.

Lauren Smalls-Mantey is a senior environmental systems scientist for the Bureau of Environmental Surveillance and Policy at NYC’s Department of Health, where she studies extreme heat and works on urban climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies that connect equity, green infrastructure, and human health. Previously Dr. Smalls-Mantey was the Urban Heat Resilience Project Manager for the NYC Parks Department’s “Cool Neighborhoods Initiative.” She and her work have been featured in the New York Times and Amsterdam News.

This program meets Thursday, September 21, 6:30PM at the Discovery Tank on Hudson River Park’s Pier 57. (The entrance to the pier is at the intersection of W. 15th St and 11th Ave in Manhattan.) Subway: A, C, E, L to 14th St/8th Ave; 1, 2, 3 to 14th St

Tickets are $10. Click here to reserve your spot!

NYC skyline image: NASA/Emma Howells

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.