Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers

March 10, 2009

Carl Safina  

Dr. Carl Safina brought ocean conservation into the environmental mainstream. His hundred-plus publications and award-winning books include "Song for the Blue Ocean and Voyage of the Turtle." He’s been profiled by the New York Times, Nightline, and Bill Moyers. His awards include a Pew Fellowship, Lannan Literary Award, John Burroughs Medal, and a MacArthur Prize, among others.

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers

March 3, 2009

Tim Brick  

Tim Brick is chairman of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, representing the City of Pasadena on that board since 1985. Brick played an important role in the development of MWD’s World Water Forum program, which provides grants to Southern California colleges for educational efforts addressing world water problems. Brick graduated from California State University, Los Angeles with a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and has pursued further studies in broadcast journalism and resource economics.

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers

February 24, 2009

Gary Griggs  

Dr. Griggs has been a professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz since 1968. He is presently the director of the Institute of Marine Sciences and also the chair of the University of California Marine Council. He served for 15 years as a geologic advisor to Santa Cruz County and has consulted widely for local, state, and national government agencies. Griggs' research and teaching have been focused on coastal processes, hazards, and coastal engineering. Since 1991, he has led an effort to develop a major marine research and education center at the University’s Long Marine Laboratory. Dr. Gary Griggs has written or co-written over 150 articles published in professional journals as well as several books.

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers

February 20, 2009

Daniel Botkin  

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.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

Biodiversity Loss  

The World Ocean is the greatest reservoir of life on Earth. It contains over 98% of the planet’s living space, and supports much of Earth’s biodiversity. Yet Less than 5% of the water and 2% of the sea floor have been explored.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

Risks to Coastal Communities  

With more development along the coasts, rising sea level, more intense storms, and rapid disappearance of protective wetlands, coral reefs, and mangrove forests, coastal communities are at greater risk.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

One World Ocean  

One interconnected body of water, the World Ocean regulates Earth’s weather and climate, holds much of Earth’s biodiversity, and untold biological, chemical, and mineral resources.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

Ocean Pollution  

Most of the problems in the World Ocean result from the waste products of human activities on land.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

Human Population  

Human population is exploding. Most of the growth is in developing countries…in the Southern Hemisphere, where of the oceans’ biodiversity is concentrated. Pressures on resources and ecosystems are tremendous, but it hasn’t always been this way.

Exhibits: Ocean on the Edge Gallery | Conservation Issues

October 8, 2008

Global Warming  

There is no question that our world is warming. Impacts on the ocean, biodiversity, societies, and public health will be profound.

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