The Sakamaki Lecture Series continues at the University of Hawai'i-Manoa with a talk by Stuart Scott on "The Climate Crisis," at 7 tonight in the Yukiyoshi Room, Krauss Hall 012. Scott, an educator, environmentalist, and longtime Honolulu resident who recently launched his own ClimateCorps (www.climatecorps.org), will summarize the science of global warming and discuss possible solutions. For more information: www.outreach.hawaii.edu/summer or 956-8246.

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SEA SECTION

SEE RICE CORAL DOIN' THE WILD THING

The Maui Ocean Center will hold an evening event at which visitors can observe live spawning of rice coral at a Coral Spawning Spectacle, 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Consider it romantic: Dessert will be served.

Tickets: $24.96 for adults, $20.16 for children 3 to 12. Reservations required: (808) 270-7088 or www.mauioceancenter.com.

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FINAL WORD

"There's no limitation to how much individuals can change the world. ... Role models — they're what we're missing most."

Mariane Pearl | wife of slain Wall Street Journal reporter Danny Pearl; author of "A Mighty Heart," in Glamour