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Conrad Lautenbacher: Global Climate Change- January 11, 2008
- Climate Change: NOAA Scientists Predict the Future
- The National Ocean and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA), under the direction of Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret), is charged with analyzing and predicting the nation’s climate and weather now and into the future. Admiral Lautenbacher explains how NOAA agencies are responding to the need to help society understand, plan for, and respond to climate variability and change.
- Categories: Guest Speakers |
- Tom Bowman
- Policy and technology alternatives for controlling climate change and its impact globally and in California.
- Tom Bowman is one of the premier interpreters of global warming science, impacts, and solutions. Tom led the design teams that created hands-on climate exhibitions for the Marian Koshland Science Museum, the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC, and the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, CA. Policymakers and the design press have acknowledged these award-winning exhibitions for bringing balanced, authentic science to the public in engaging ways.
- Categories: Guest Speakers |
- Cabo Pulmo
- November 30, 2007
- Abundant sea life that thrives along the coast of Baja California is represented in our Gulf of California exhibit
- The Cabo Pulmo reefs along Baja California support marine life ranging from strikingly colorful fish to playful seal lions, but these reefs have been endangered by a variety of sources. Due to this threat, the Mexican government has made it a national marine park. See some of the animals native to Cabo Pulmo represented at the Aquarium.
- Categories: Conservation Issues |
- Rescue Animals
- The Aquarium provides a safe haven for numerous animals.
- There are rescue animals, or animals that would not be able to survive in the wild, that reside at the Aquarium of the Pacific, including sea otters, sea lions, and other marine creatures. One of those is a recent addition to the Aquarium family, a sea lion named Odin. Despite the fact that Odin is nearly blind, he has acclimated to his new home quite nicely.
- Categories: Animal News |
- Sea Otter Habitat
- November 02, 2007
- Interesting Information on Our Sea Otter Habitat
- An informative talk on the sea otters in our Sea Otter Habitat located in the Northern Pacific Gallery here at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
- Categories: Exhibits |
- Diving Birds
- Horned Puffins Flocking to Southern California
- There are several types of diving birds that can be found at the Aquarium of the Pacific. The Horned Puffins, in particular, prove to be popular among visitors. And Horned Puffins have been sighted in Southern California more than ever before.
- Categories: Exhibits |
- Program Animals
- Animals from land as well as the sea call the Aquarium home.
- Aquarium of the Pacific visitors have the opportunity to not only interact with marine animals, but also discover some unexpected terrestrial creatures as well. These creatures are referred to as Program Animals, and include various mammals, birds and reptiles.
- Categories: Animal News |
- Dr. William Patzert
- The "El Nino Expert"
- Bill Patzert has a PhD in oceanography and is a research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab at the California Institute of Technology.
- Categories: Guest Speakers |
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