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NEWPORT - "Erosion of the Oregon Coast: The Roles of El Nino and Global Warming" is the topic of a talk on Saturday, Feb. 22, at Oregon State University's Mark O. Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport.

The 60-minute talk by Paul Komar, emeritus professor of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at OSU, is free and open to the public and starts at 1:30 p.m. The center is located at 2030 S. Marine Science Drive. For information, call 541-867-0271.

Komar is the author of numerous books and articles dealing with beach processes and sedimentation, including a 1998 work, "The Pacific Northwest Coast: Living With the Shores of Washington and Oregon."

His latest research focuses Oregon coastal erosion, longshore current and sand transport on beaches, and modes of sediment transport in rivers. He earned his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his doctorate at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif.

Komar's lecture is offered in conjunction with the Hatfield Marine Science Center's traveling exhibit, "The Big One: Earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest."