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Ocean Exploration Events

Dive deeper with guest lectures and other special events.

Join us for one of our many events highlighting Ocean Exploration. Learn more about ocean exploration from renowned modern-day explorers in our Guest Speaker Series. Additional events for the whole family are scheduled throughout the year.

August 2013
Exploring the Deep Pacific: Dragonfish, Spookfish, and Other Unbelievable Animals
August 13, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Bruce Robison

Bruce Robison will discuss recent discoveries made using both manned and robotic submersibles to explore the deep sea.
The Kraken Revealed: The Story Behind Finding the Giant Squid
August 27, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Edith Widder

Edith Widder is a deep-sea explorer, oceanographer, marine biologist, and co-founder of the Ocean Research and Conservation Association.
Ocean Mapping: Exposing the Secrets of the Deep
August 29, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Larry Mayer

Larry Mayer will discuss advances made in the past fifty years in using sonar to map the seafloor and the water column.

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September 2013
Living Light in the Ocean Darkness
September 11, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Michael Latz

Learn about bioluminescent animals in the deep ocean with marine biologist Michael Latz, who has been studying bioluminescence for more than twenty-five years.
Drugs from the Deep
September 24, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Shirley Pomponi

Researcher Shirley Pomponi will discuss the chemicals sponges use to defend against predators, communicate with other sponges, reproduce, and even prevent infections that are also being studied for their potential use in treating human disorders and diseases.

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October 2013
Understanding the Planetary Life Support System: Next-Generation Science in the Ocean Basins
October 3, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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John Delaney

John Delaney will discuss the new technologies that are helping oceanographers access and understand the ocean and ocean processes, which drive our planet’s “life-support system.”
Using Advanced Technology to Explore the Ocean with Kids in the Pilot’s Seat
October 16, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Dr. Robert Ballard

Dr. Robert Ballard will discuss his fifty-three years of involvement in the development and use of undersea vehicles to explore the bottom of the ocean and how he is using new and advanced technologies to bring his explorations in real time to the youth of the world.

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December 2013
The Census of Marine Life
December 5, 2013 7:00 PM—8:30 PM

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Jesse Ausubel

Jesse Ausubel is one of the founders of the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific initiative to determine the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean.

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