NARRAGANSETT — Some high-level scientists and a journalist are scheduled to give public presentations on topics ranging from offshore aquaculture to the relationship between climate change and hurricanes at the Metcalf Institute for Marine and Environmental Journalism’s 10th annual workshop for journalists.

Journalists arrive today and spend a week with scientists and other journalists on scientific and environmental issues.

The program was created in memory of Michael P. Metcalf, the late publisher of The Providence Journal, who had a keen interest in marine and environmental issues. It is based at the University of Rhode Island and endowed by journalism foundations and other sources.

During the last nine years, nearly 120 journalists from around the country and several foreign countries have taken part in the program.

Each day includes presentations open to the public at the Coastal Institute at URI’s Bay Campus. On Monday through Thursday, the presentations start at 3:30 p.m. On Friday, the presentation is at 11 a.m.

On Monday, Richard Langan, director of the University of New Hampshire’s Atlantic Marine Aquaculture Center and a former commercial fisherman, will discuss international efforts to increase offshore aquaculture production.

On Tuesday, Tom Knutson, research meteorologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in New Jersey, will present evidence linking human activities to hurricane intensity and offer predictions for storms. Knutson was featured in two stories in the The Providence Journal in 2006 that highlighted efforts at NOAA to censor Knutson and others researching climate change and hurricanes.

On Wednesday, Vicki Arroyo, director of policy analysis at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, will discuss climate science, national policy and congressional response.

On Thursday, J. Carl Ganter, founder of the Circle of Blue, a nonprofit journalism project, will explore the roles of journalism and science in reporting and responding to global freshwater problems.

On Friday, Robert Bindschadler, chief scientist in NASA’s Hydrospheric and Biospheric Science Laboratory, will talk about the shrinking polar ice sheets and rising sea levels. Bindschadler has testified before Congress, briefed the vice president and published more than 140 scientific papers.

No reservations are needed. For information, call (401) 874-6211.