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        <title>Coastal Conversations</title>
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        <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
        <itunes:summary>Get in-depth information about current research in the field of oceanography in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about ocean science and predictions for the future, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more.</itunes:summary>
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            <title>Marine Mass Extinctions: Animal Loss in the Global Oceans</title>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:32:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>20:39</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Coastal Resiliency in New York and New Jersey After Sandy</title>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2015 13:26:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>26:14</itunes:duration>
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            <title>The Roles of Science in a Democracy and Ways to Make Them Work</title>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode of Coastal Conversations, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel talks with Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 10:44:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>33:02</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century</title>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: February 27, 2015.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 09:05:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>40:35</itunes:duration>
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            <title>The Roles of Social Sciences in Ocean Management and Policy</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: January 23, 2015.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2015 13:34:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>23:18</itunes:duration>
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            <title>El Ni&#241;o</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Originally recorded on December 5, 2014.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:00:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>34:00</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Increasing Community Resilience</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: October 31, 2014.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:59:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>31:40</itunes:duration>
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            <title>The Role of Design and Design Thinking in Sustainability and Ocean Conservation</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: September 29, 2014</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2014 12:09:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>32:03</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Environmental Ethics</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: July 7, 2014.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:03:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>34:22</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Medicines From the Sea</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: May 20, 2014.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2014 11:32:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>27:09</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Conservation in the Anthropocene</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: April 23, 2014</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2014 11:41:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>29:27</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Why Aren&#8217;t They Listening?</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:summary>Original broadcast date: March 28, 2014.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:50:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>39:14</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Adapting to the New Normal Along Our Coasts</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, the panel discusses current issues affecting our nation’s coasts and what our options are for adapting to, and coping with, this “New Normal.”</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 09:33:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>46:35</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Open-Ocean Aquaculture</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, the speakers discuss open-ocean aquaculture and whether it is needed, under what conditions, why many are opposed to it, and how to gain public support for it in the United States.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:15:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>37:33</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Ocean Acidification</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, speakers discuss ocean acidification and its impacts on marine life. </itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 23 Dec 2013 11:25:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>36:41</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Over-Fertilization of Coastal Waters and Dead Zones</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, the speakers explore a problem common to both ocean coastal zones and the Great Lakes—over-fertilization by nutrients, plankton blooms, and dead zones.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:53:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>27:03</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Enhancing the Resilience of Coastal Communities</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, the speakers discuss how to enhance the resilience of coastal communities to threats such as sea level rise and natural disasters like floods and hurricanes.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:49:00 PST</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>32:10</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Coastal Conversations: Great Lakes</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In this episode, we are focusing on the Great Lakes, where lake levels are are falling and may continue to fall as a result of climate change. Falling lake levels have many implications—economic and environmental.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2013 10:19:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>29:46</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Coastal Communities and the Rising Sea: The Coming Collision</title>
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>This broadcast in the Aquarium's Coastal Conversations series features an interview with Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Doug Marcy, coastal hazards specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina.</itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:55:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>27:04</itunes:duration>
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            <title>Coastal Conversations: The Current &#8220;Coastscape&#8221;</title>
            <itunes:author>Aquarium of the Pacific</itunes:author>
			
			
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            <itunes:subtitle>Coastal Conversations</itunes:subtitle>
            
            <itunes:summary>In the first episode of Coastal Conversations, a monthly live web series, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel discusses with three National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration experts the current state of affairs for coastal areas of the United States. </itunes:summary>
            
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            <pubDate>Fri, 23 Aug 2013 16:49:00 PDT</pubDate>
			<itunes:duration>34:56</itunes:duration>
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