http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/video/category/climate_change en-us ℗ & © Copyright 2026 Aquarium of the Pacific Aquarium of the Pacific aquariumofpacific@lbaop.org no Aquarium of the Pacific The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel: Findings, Recommendations, and Actions Dr. Stephen Weisberg recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 24, 2016. Dr. Weisberg is executive director of the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project Authority. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stephenweisberg.m4v#id:6385#date:21:23 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:23:00 PDT 4:00 Aquarium of the Pacific Exploring Blue Carbon in Southern California Salt Marshes Jason Keller recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 21, 2016. Keller is an associate professor of life and environmental sciences in Chapman University’s Schmid College of Science and Technology. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jasonkeller.m4v#id:6381#date:21:07 Wed, 15 Jun 2016 14:07:00 PDT 3:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Coastal Conversations In this episode of Coastal Conversations, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel talks with Dr. Douglas McCauley, a biologist with expertise in extinctions on land and in the ocean. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/cc_2_008_112315.m4v#id:6154#date:18:32 Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:32:00 PST 20:39 Aquarium of the Pacific Coastal Conversations In this episode of Coastal Conversations, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel talks with Dr. Alan Blumberg, who has been working on coastal resiliency in New York and New Jersey with efforts to prepare for extreme weather, like Hurricane Sandy in 2012. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/cc_2_007_072115.m4v#id:6125#date:21:26 Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:26:00 PST 26:14 Aquarium of the Pacific Trouble and Hope in an Ocean Paradise Greg Stone recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on August 20, 2015. He is the executive vice president for Conservation International. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_gregstone2.m4v#id:6073#date:22:57 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 15:57:00 PDT 03:57 Aquarium of the Pacific Resilience of Coastal Cities to Environmental Threats: The New Frontier Alan Blumberg recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 21, 2015. Blumberg is the George Meade Bond Professor of Ocean Engineering and director of the Davidson Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_alanblumberg.m4v#id:6025#date:17:35 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:35:00 PDT 02:43 Aquarium of the Pacific The Sixth Extinction of the Ocean Donald Prothero recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 9, 2015. Prothero is a professor in the department of geological sciences at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_donaldprothero_2.m4v#id:6024#date:17:32 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 10:32:00 PDT 03:11 Aquarium of the Pacific California King Tides and Sea Level Rise Reinhard Flick recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 1, 2015. Flick is a scientist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_reinhardflick.m4v#id:5994#date:17:35 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 10:35:00 PDT 03:40 Aquarium of the Pacific Sea Level Rise Dan Cayan recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 24, 2015. Cayan is a research meteorologist with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and a researcher with the U.S. Geological Survey. He heads the California Nevada Applications Program RISA team and has played a lead role in the California Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Assessments. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_dancayan.m4v#id:5992#date:17:31 Tue, 07 Jul 2015 10:31:00 PDT 03:41 Aquarium of the Pacific Harnessing Science in Service of a Thriving Democracy Dr. Andrew Rosenberg recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on April 22, 2015. Rosenberg is the director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_andrewrosenberg.m4v#id:5906#date:22:57 Mon, 11 May 2015 15:57:00 PDT 04:20 Aquarium of the Pacific Antarctic Penguins Heather Lynch recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 17, 2015. Lynch is a member of the faculty in ecology and evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_heatherlynch.m4v#id:5864#date:22:59 Mon, 13 Apr 2015 15:59:00 PDT 03:46 Aquarium of the Pacific Original broadcast date: January 23, 2015. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/cc_2_004_012315.m4v#id:5765#date:21:34 Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:34:00 PST 23:18 Aquarium of the Pacific The United States Weather and Climate Enterprise Ray Ban recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 13, 2015. Ban, formerly the executive vice president of programming, operations, and meteorology at The Weather Channel Inc., is currently the managing director of Ban and Associates. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_rayban.m4v#id:5750#date:00:15 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 16:15:00 PST 3:19 Aquarium of the Pacific Originally recorded on December 5, 2014. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/cc_2_003_120514.m4v#id:5674#date:20:00 Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST 34:00 Aquarium of the Pacific Taking On the Five Horsemen: Drought, Malnutrition, Obesity, Poverty, and Pesticide Pollution David Sands recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on May 14, 2014. Montana State University professor and plant pathologist David Sands discusses his work in researching bacteria that play a role in battling crop diseases. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_davidsands.mp4#id:5374#date:17:08 Tue, 20 May 2014 10:08:00 PDT 3:04 Aquarium of the Pacific NOAA National Weather Service Science and Operations Officer John Dumas and General Manager of the Long Beach Water Department Kevin Wattier discuss California’s drought, its connections to heavy winter storms on the country's East Coast, and how the drought is impacting Southern California. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_cadrought.mp4#id:5205#date:21:52 Wed, 19 Feb 2014 13:52:00 PST 31:55 Aquarium of the Pacific Alien Life of Inner Space Laurence Madin recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on November 12, 2013. Madin is the executive vice president, director of research, and a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_laurencemadin.m4v#id:4885#date:18:18 Fri, 20 Dec 2013 10:18:00 PST 3:11 Aquarium of the Pacific Colorado River: Lifeblood of the Southwest Aquacast recorded on March 20, 2013. Jeanine Jones discussed the Colorado River basin's complex legal and institutional framework, together with efforts under way to mitigate the impacts of shortages, including innovative binational partnerships. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jeaninejones13.m4v#id:4650#date:20:07 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:07:00 PDT 3:44 Aquarium of the Pacific The Science and Service of Fire Weather On average, fires in Southern California scorch more than 100,000 acres each year. When hot and dry Santa Ana winds combine with critically dry vegetation, the potential for large and destructive wildfires dramatically increases. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_markjackson2.m4v#id:4264#date:15:32 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:32:00 PST 03:20 Aquarium of the Pacific Catastrophes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters Huge natural disasters—from earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions to floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, and blizzards—have had a profound effect on human history and civilization, often in surprising ways. According to Donald Prothero, humans have an unrealistic and irrational reaction to these natural disasters and fear the ones that are least deadly while taking for granted those that are the most likely killers. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_donaldprothero.m4v#id:4412#date:16:56 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:56:00 PST 03:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Mid-Century Climate Change in the Los Angeles Region Dr. Hall is a professor at University of California, Los Angeles, teaching climate-related courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is the faculty director of the UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_alexhall.m4v#id:4410#date:16:28 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:28:00 PST 03:16 Aquarium of the Pacific The New Face of the Arctic Henry Pollack spoke at the Aquarium on November 9, 2011 on the topic of warming in the Arctic. He is an emeritus professor of geophysics at the University of Michigan, where he served as chairman of the department of geological sciences and associate dean for research in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. He is a science advisor to former Vice President Al Gore’s Climate Project and a contributing author to the Nobel Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report. http://www.aquariumofpacific.org//multimedia_files/video/vc_henrypollack2.m4v#id:4157#date:23:00 Wed, 25 Jul 2012 16:00:00 PDT 4:44 Aquarium of the Pacific Penguins in our Watershed? Adventures in Antarctica and the Santa Monica Mountains Rosit Dagit, who spoke at the Aquarium about the impact of climate change on sensitive species on September 1, 2011, has been a researcher with the non-profit research and education foundation Oceanites and the Antarctic Site Inventory since its inception in 1994 and a senior conservation biologist with the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains since 1988. http://www.aquariumofpacific.org//multimedia_files/video/vc_rosidagit.m4v#id:4134#date:00:08 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:08:00 PDT 3:53 Aquarium of the Pacific Antarctica's Climate Secrets: Drilling into the Past to Predict the Future LuAnn Dahlman, who spoke at the Aquarium on September 22, 2011, spent a season at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, working with an international group of scientists and drillers who are doing this innovative research. Dahlman is part of the Communications and Education group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office and develops climate-related educational materials. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_luanndahlman.m4v#id:3748#date:20:50 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:50:00 PST 3:18 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change Impact on Birds of Southern California Dr. Lori Hargrove, who spoke at the Aquarium on September 15, 2011, began volunteering at the San Diego Natural History Museum in 1995 and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the museum’s department of birds and mammals. She is working with a team on an ongoing project to document wildlife distribution and abundance in the San Jacinto Mountains and compare the results to information gathered 100 years ago. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_lauriehargrove.m4v#id:3747#date:15:20 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:20:00 PST 3:19 Aquarium of the Pacific The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps Peter Ward, who spoke at the Aquarium about the impacts of climate change on June 16, 2011, is a professor of biology and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe" and "The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive"? http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_peterward.m4v#id:3674#date:15:41 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:41:00 PDT 4:17 Aquarium of the Pacific The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Our Northern Future Laurence Smith, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 23, 2011, is a professor and vice-chair of geography and professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, "The World in 2050," discusses what our world might look like in forty years if current trends in population, resource demand, economics, and climate change continue. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_laurencesmith.m4v#id:3673#date:15:40 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 08:40:00 PDT 4:02 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Science and Climate Policy: What Do We Know and What Should We Do? Richard Somerville is a theoretical meteorologist and distinguished professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D from New York University and has received awards for both his research and his popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_richardsomerville.m4v#id:3213#date:07:45 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:45:00 PST 4:07 Aquarium of the Pacific Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Kathy Kelly, PE, is chief of the Department of Water Resources’ Bay-Delta Office, which plans facilities and implements actions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to improve water quality, water supply reliability, and the ecosystem. She is a civil engineer with experience in planning and hydrologic engineering. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_kathykelly.m4v#id:3143#date:06:27 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:27:00 PST 2:45 Aquarium of the Pacific Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her prior position was the drought preparedness manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada, has a BS and MS in civil engineering, and is a member of ASCE and AWWA. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jeaninejones3.m4v#id:3142#date:06:20 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:20:00 PST 2:07 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change Impacts on California Water Mike Anderson, PE and PhD, serves as the California state climatologist in the Department of Water Resources. A civil engineer, he has a background in hydroclimate modeling and monitoring and works in the Department of Water Resources flood forecasting section. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_mikeanderson.m4v#id:3141#date:06:08 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:08:00 PST 2:29 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change Impacts on California Water Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jeaninejones2.m4v#id:3140#date:06:01 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:01:00 PST 3:24 Aquarium of the Pacific Overview of California’s Water Supply Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Eric Soderlund, JD, is a staff counsel with the Department of Water Resources' legal office. He specializes in natural resources, environmental, and water law. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ericsoderlund.m4v#id:3139#date:05:11 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:11:00 PST 4:05 Aquarium of the Pacific Overview of California’s Water Supply Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_jeaninejones.m4v#id:3138#date:05:03 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 21:03:00 PST 3:44 Aquarium of the Pacific Merchants of Doubt Naomi Oreskes is a professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego. She is an author and editor of many published works, and her most recent deals with the science of climate change. Her 2004 essay "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change" led to op-ed pieces in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times and has been widely cited in the mass media, including National Public Radio and in the movie An Inconvenient Truth. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_naomioreskes.m4v#id:3101#date:19:04 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:04:00 PST 4:01 Aquarium of the Pacific Earth’s Changing Climate: Headed Toward a World Without Ice? Henry Pollack is professor emeritus of geophysics in the department of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. His current research focuses on the record of climate change as recorded by the temperatures in the rocks beneath the Earth’s surface. Pollack authored the book 'Uncertain Science...Uncertain World', and his newest book is titled 'A World Without Ice'. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_henrypollack.m4v#id:2976#date:23:38 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 16:38:00 PDT 4:14 Aquarium of the Pacific The Great Ocean Conveyor A prolific researcher, teacher and author, Dr. Broecker has published over 400 scientific articles and is the author or coauthor of several textbooks. His most recent book is The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_wallacebroekcer.m4v#id:2892#date:18:58 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:58:00 PDT 4:09 Aquarium of the Pacific Rising Seas and Shifting Shores: The Global Impact of Sea Level Rise Orrin Pilkey is a research professor and James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. He has received a number of awards including the Shepard medal for excellence in Marine Geology, The Priestly Award and public service awards from several geology societies. He has published 260 technical papers and edited and or written 40 books, the latest of which is The Rising Sea. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_orrinpilkey.m4v#id:2619#date:08:14 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:14:00 PDT 4:09 Aquarium of the Pacific The Stinging Truth Behind Blooms of Sea Jellies Dr. William (Monty) Graham is a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab near Mobile, Alabama. He received his doctorate in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1994. Dr. Graham has broad expertise in the field of Biological Oceanography and zooplankton ecology. His published works range from edited volumes of scientific papers to children's books on topics such as jellies behavior, feeding, and economic impacts of jelly blooms on fisheries. Most recently, his research has been on the role of climate in jellies-fish dynamics. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_montygraham.m4v#id:2505#date:02:13 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:13:00 PST 3:51 Aquarium of the Pacific Sea Level Rise: The Chatham Story Bill Sargent is a consultant for the NOVA Science series and author of Sea Level Rise: The Chatham Story. Formerly Director of the Baltimore Aquarium and a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sargent has taught at the Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_billsargent.m4v#id:2478#date:13:10 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:10:00 PST 4:35 Aquarium of the Pacific Global Population and Climate Change Dr. Seager is the president and CEO of Population Connection. Dr. Seager believes there is a clear connection between human population growth and virtually every global challenge from poverty to climate change and from species extinction to the political instability of failed nation-states. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_johnseager.m4v#id:2406#date:00:05 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:05:00 PDT 4:18 Aquarium of the Pacific Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change Stephan Faris is a freelance journalist and author who specializes in the developing world. From the invasion of Iraq and genocide trials in Rwanda to oil woes in Nigeria and Internet censorship in China, he has covered all of these events and more. Faris earned a Masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is now based in Rome. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_stephanfaris.m4v#id:2304#date:00:10 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:10:00 PDT 4:09 Aquarium of the Pacific The Great Warming Brian Fagan is Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and widely acknowledged as the world's leading archaeological writer. His many books include The Rape of the Nile, The Adventure of Archaeology, and four books on ancient climate and human society, including the bestselling "The Little Ice Age and The Great Warming". He is also the author of "Fish on Friday: Feasting, Fasting, and the Discovery of North America" as well as the widely used "Cruising Guide to Central and Southern California". http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_brianfagan.m4v#id:2045#date:11:47 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 03:47:00 PST 2:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Energy from the Sea Daniel Botkin is a scientist who studies life from a planetary perspective. He writes about nature, and is one of the world’s leading researchers who has helped solve major environmental issues. Dr. Botkin is a research professor in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology at the University of California Santa Barbara and president of The Center for the Study of the Environment. For 39 years, as a Ph. D. ecologist, Botkin has tried to understand life on the Earth. He has studied moose in the far north, elephants in Africa, bowhead whales in the northern ocean, and forests in North and Central America. Botkin has worked as a professional journalist and has degrees in physics, biology, and literature. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_danielbotkin.m4v#id:2024#date:08:05 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 00:05:00 PST 3:56 Aquarium of the Pacific Addressing CO2 issues through ocean fertilization Dr. Margaret Leinen is the Chief Science Officer of Climos, Inc., a company leveraging natural processes to reduce greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Between 2000 and 2007, Dr. Leinen managed the Geosciences Directorate, the second largest at NSF, that funds the majority of new publicly funded research initiatives in ocean, atmospheric and earth science in the United States. Before going to the National Science Foundation, Dr. Leinen was Dean, Graduate School of Oceanography and Vice Provost for Marine and Environmental Programs at the University of Rhode Island. Dr. Leinen is also a well-known researcher in paleo-oceanography and paleo-climatology. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_margaretleinen.m4v#id:2021#date:01:38 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 17:38:00 PST 2:14 Aquarium of the Pacific Scientists and kids explore global warming Lynne Cherry is a conservationist and the author and/or illustrator of over 30 award winning books that teach children to respect Planet Earth, help them learn how they can make a difference in the world they will inherit, and motivate them to act. Gary Braasch, a recipient of the Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, is a nature-photojournalist who connects with the natural world through his photographs of environmental issues and conservation, nature, biodiversity, ecosystems, and climate change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_CherryBraasch.m4v#id:2025#date:23:30 Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:30:00 PST 6:57 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_LautenbacherGCC.m4v#id:1553#date:23:45 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:45:00 PST 4:02 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_Bowman.m4v#id:1550#date:22:11 Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:11:00 PST 4:23 Aquarium of the Pacific Director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate, Air, and Energy Program As the director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate, Air, and Energy Program, Siegel is well versed in the effects of global warming. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_kassie_siegel.m4v#id:1411#date:10:51 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 03:51:00 PDT 2:36