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June 5, 2006

Carcieri speaks to volcanologists in Greece

NARRAGANSETT -- Governor Carcieri will speak to a team of University of Rhode Island volcanologists aboard the research vessel Endeavor in Greece this morning.

The governor will join URI president Robert Carothers in asking the team via satellite video conference about their exploration of undersea archaeology and geology near the Greek island of Thera. The eruption of a volcano there around 1600 B.C. is considered the second largest volcanic eruption in history.

The Endeavor, owned by the National Science Foundation, has been managed by URI's graduate school of oceanography for 20 years.

This morning's discussion will take place a 9:15 a.m. inside URI's Coastal Institute Auditorium.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 6:55 AM | Permalink

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