Coastal Conversations Show | Conservation Issues

Coastal Conversations: The Current “Coastscape”  

Coastal Conversations

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.

Video Posted: August 23, 2013 | Running time: 34:56

Conservation Issues | Conservation

Kristy Forsgren  

Salmon Reproduction and the Effects of a Commonly Used Pesticide

Video Posted: January 30, 2013 | Running time: 03:35

Conservation Issues | Environment | Conservation

Sustaining Communities  

Every year, North America's Marine Protected Areas contribute millions of dollars to the economy.

Video Posted: November 1, 2012 | Running time: 2:31

Conservation Issues | Educational | Environment | Conservation

Discovering the Ocean’s Secrets  

Imagine going to work everyday in the ocean, to study the plants and animals that call it home.

Video Posted: November 1, 2012 | Running time: 2:46

Conservation Issues | Environment | Conservation

Protecting Marine Life  

Swim up North America's coast like a whale and you will see its vibrant and diverse life. Some of the places along the way are marine protected areas that ensure safe passage and abundant food for the planet's marine animals. These diverse areas also protect an incredible variety of marine life.

Video Posted: November 1, 2012 | Running time: 2:30

Conservation Issues | Environment | Conservation

Connecting Us to Nature  

Marine protected areas offer a perfect adventure.

Video Posted: November 1, 2012 | Running time: 2:33

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers | Climate Change

Henry Pollack  

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.

Video Posted: July 25, 2012 | Running time: 4:44

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers | Conservation

Julie Skoglund  

Gulf Oil Spill 2010: An Overview of the Bird Rehabilitation Efforts

Julie Skoglund, who spoke at the Aquarium on August 16, 2011, has worked for International Bird Rescue since 2004. She has been the rehabilitation manager at Bird Rescue’s Los Angeles location for the past four years. After the Gulf oil spill, she designed and built an oiled bird center in Alabama and managed bird care in Louisiana.

Video Posted: July 19, 2012 | Running time: 2:53

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers | Climate Change | Exhibits | Penguin Habitat

Rosi Dagit  

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.

Video Posted: July 19, 2012 | Running time: 3:53

Conservation Issues | Guest Speakers | Climate Change | Marine Biology

LuAnn Dahlman  

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.

Video Posted: December 12, 2011 | Running time: 3:18

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