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	Environment \| Guest Speakers \| Conservation Mark Plotkin Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent much of the past thirty years working with medicine men and women of the rainforests. Dr. Plotkin and the Amazon Conservation Team are working with these healers to protect the rainforests and their healing secrets. Audio Posted: January 31, 2013 \| Running time: 03:22 Loading the player ... Download Mark Plotkin for offline listening (4.8 MB)
	Environment \| Guest Speakers \| Oceanography Jeanine Jones Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change In her talk with Mark Jackson on January 25, 2012, Jones discussed recent scientific discoveries are revealing new information about atmospheric rivers—the concentrated streams of moisture that originate over the Pacific Ocean and cause major winter floods in California. Jones is the interstate resources manager for the California Department of Water Management. Audio Posted: July 28, 2012 \| Running time: 2:51 Loading the player ... Download Jeanine Jones for offline listening (4.80 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio \| Marine Biology \| Exhibits \| Southern California/Baja Gallery Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests How we can recover these declining habitats Efforts in restoration are showing positive results for our giant kelp forests. Learn why and how it's done. Audio Posted: September 16, 2010 \| Running time: 1:37 Loading the player ... Download Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests for offline listening (1.9 MB)
	Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 4 The worlds largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The fourth and final alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study does not actually alter the breakwater at all, but creates a training structure at the mouth of the LA river to push contaminates away from our shores. Audio Posted: March 1, 2010 \| Running time: 1:32 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 4 for offline listening (1.8 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 2 The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The second alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study removes the western third of the breakwater. This creates the possibility for waves to reach the shore and water quality improvements, but also the likelihood of the need for mitigation for the Port and the THUMS Islands. Audio Posted: November 25, 2009 \| Running time: 1:57 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 2 for offline listening (2.2 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 1 The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The first alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study is proposed by long-time Long Beach resident and engineer Bud Johnson. This is the most cost effective alternative, but researchers think that it does not address the concerns for water quality, habitat improvements, and recreation. Audio Posted: October 26, 2009 \| Running time: 2:25 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 1 for offline listening (2.8 MB)
	Environment \| Education Audio \| Oceanography The El Niño Phenomenon Exactly what does it mean to have an El Niño season approaching? Find out more about the science behind the phenomenon and how it may affect you. Audio Posted: October 9, 2009 \| Running time: 2:53 Loading the player ... Download The El Niño Phenomenon for offline listening (3.3 MB)

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	Environment \| Guest Speakers \| Conservation Mark Plotkin Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines Dr. Mark Plotkin has spent much of the past thirty years working with medicine men and women of the rainforests. Dr. Plotkin and the Amazon Conservation Team are working with these healers to protect the rainforests and their healing secrets. Audio Posted: January 31, 2013 \| Running time: 03:22 Loading the player ... Download Mark Plotkin for offline listening (4.8 MB)
	Environment \| Guest Speakers \| Oceanography Jeanine Jones Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change In her talk with Mark Jackson on January 25, 2012, Jones discussed recent scientific discoveries are revealing new information about atmospheric rivers—the concentrated streams of moisture that originate over the Pacific Ocean and cause major winter floods in California. Jones is the interstate resources manager for the California Department of Water Management. Audio Posted: July 28, 2012 \| Running time: 2:51 Loading the player ... Download Jeanine Jones for offline listening (4.80 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio \| Marine Biology \| Exhibits \| Southern California/Baja Gallery Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests How we can recover these declining habitats Efforts in restoration are showing positive results for our giant kelp forests. Learn why and how it's done. Audio Posted: September 16, 2010 \| Running time: 1:37 Loading the player ... Download Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests for offline listening (1.9 MB)
	Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 4 The worlds largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The fourth and final alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study does not actually alter the breakwater at all, but creates a training structure at the mouth of the LA river to push contaminates away from our shores. Audio Posted: March 1, 2010 \| Running time: 1:32 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 4 for offline listening (1.8 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 2 The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The second alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study removes the western third of the breakwater. This creates the possibility for waves to reach the shore and water quality improvements, but also the likelihood of the need for mitigation for the Port and the THUMS Islands. Audio Posted: November 25, 2009 \| Running time: 1:57 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 2 for offline listening (2.2 MB)
	Conservation Issues \| Educational \| Environment \| Conservation \| Education Audio Breakwater: Alternative 1 The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. The first alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study is proposed by long-time Long Beach resident and engineer Bud Johnson. This is the most cost effective alternative, but researchers think that it does not address the concerns for water quality, habitat improvements, and recreation. Audio Posted: October 26, 2009 \| Running time: 2:25 Loading the player ... Download Breakwater: Alternative 1 for offline listening (2.8 MB)
	Environment \| Education Audio \| Oceanography The El Niño Phenomenon Exactly what does it mean to have an El Niño season approaching? Find out more about the science behind the phenomenon and how it may affect you. Audio Posted: October 9, 2009 \| Running time: 2:53 Loading the player ... Download The El Niño Phenomenon for offline listening (3.3 MB)

Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium Audio | Environment

Environment | Guest Speakers | Conservation

Mark Plotkin

Rainforest Conservation and the Search for New Jungle Medicines

Environment | Guest Speakers | Oceanography

Jeanine Jones

Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change

Conservation Issues | Educational | Environment | Conservation | Education Audio | Marine Biology | Exhibits | Southern California/Baja Gallery

Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests

How we can recover these declining habitats

Educational | Environment | Conservation | Education Audio

Breakwater: Alternative 4

The worlds largest breakwater is under scrutiny.

Conservation Issues | Educational | Environment | Conservation | Education Audio

Breakwater: Alternative 2

The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny.

Conservation Issues | Educational | Environment | Conservation | Education Audio

Breakwater: Alternative 1

The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny.

Environment | Education Audio | Oceanography

The El Niño Phenomenon

Exactly what does it mean to have an El Niño season approaching?

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