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Animal News |Guest Speakers |Lecture Archive 2017 |Marine Biology |Oceanography
Beach Babies: White Shark Nurseries of the Northeast Pacific
Lecture date: November 2, 2017. Chris Lowe, professor of marine biology and director of the Shark Lab at California State University, Long Beach, discusses what researchers think makes for a good white shark nursery and predictions of where the next ones might develop.
Video Posted: October 27, 2017 | Running time: 52:40
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Conservation Issues |Environment |Guest Speakers |Climate Change |Conservation |Lecture Archive 2017
Nemo's Garden
Lecture date: October 26, 2017. Sergio Gamberini, owner of SCUBA gear company Ocean Reef Group, has developed Nemo’s Garden, a method for growing plants underwater in a biosphere.
Video Posted: September 19, 2017 | Running time: 39:29
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Conservation Issues |Guest Speakers |Climate Change |Conservation |Lecture Archive 2017
Tools for Tackling Issues in Conservation: Lessons from Social Science
Lecture date: October 24, 2017. Elizabeth Keenan discusses novel tools to improve our ability to tackle some of our most pressing environmental issues, including how to foster and motivate environmentally friendly choices and communicate concerns about climate change to general audiences.
Video Posted: September 19, 2017 | Running time: 46:30
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Conservation Issues |Environment |Guest Speakers |Conservation |Lecture Archive 2017 |Marine Biology
Billion Oyster Project
Lecture date: October 19, 2017. Murray Fisher discusses the Billion Oyster Project and its goal to restore one billion live oysters to New York Harbor by 2035 and to engage the community in that effort.
Video Posted: September 19, 2017 | Running time: 45:15
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Animal Information |Exhibits |Guest Speakers |Lecture Archive 2017
Why Don’t Frogs Poison Themselves?
Lecture date: October 12, 2017. Rebecca Tarvin discusses how animals like poison dart frogs evolve genetic resistance to toxins and how this can affect whether they become toxic.
Video Posted: September 19, 2017 | Running time: 43:14
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Guest Speakers |Lecture Archive 2017
The Coming: Native-White Relations in the American West
Lecture date: June 19, 2017. Debut novelist David Osborne discusses and sign copies of his book, "The Coming", a fictionalized account of the life of Daytime Smoke, the real-life son of explorer William Clark and a Nez Perce woman.
Video Posted: September 11, 2017 | Running time: 44:42
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Conservation Issues |Environment |Guest Speakers |Conservation |Lecture Archive 2017
The Water-Energy Nexus: Challenges and Opportunities for California
Lecture date: April 27, 2017. Mark Martinez of Southern California Edison discusses the water-energy nexus, a key topic of conversation, policy, and legislation across all levels of government and industry.
Video Posted: September 11, 2017 | Running time: 43:14
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Conservation Issues |Guest Speakers |Climate Change |Lecture Archive 2017 |Marine Biology
The Wonderful World of Corals: Harnessing Basic Science to Address an Ecological Crisis
Lecture date: September 19, 2017. Dr. Ruth Gates unveils the complex biology that underpins natural variation in the response of corals to stress. She discusses how this knowledge can be harnessed to develop tools that build resilience on reefs, arresting and improving the prognosis for coral reefs.
Video Posted: August 29, 2017 | Running time: 52:46
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Guest Speakers |Climate Change |Lecture Archive 2017
Reporting from the Front Line: Where Science Meets Government
Lecture date: September 7, 2017. Dr. Michael Prather shares a behind-the-scenes account of the IPCC assessments, a unique interaction between governments and the world’s leading scientists.
Video Posted: August 29, 2017 | Running time: 45:34
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Animal Information |Conservation Issues |Guest Speakers |Conservation |Lecture Archive 2017
SAVE THE FROGS! Translating Science Into Action
Lecture date: August 29, 2017. Kerry Kriger discusses amphibian conservation, providing an introduction to the natural history of amphibians, the threats they face, why amphibians are important and worth saving, and ways his organization protects amphibians and empowers citizens to make contributions to the betterment of the planet.
Video Posted: July 24, 2017 | Running time: 48:48
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