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Judith Weis
Walking Sideways: The Remarkable World of Crabs
Judith Weis recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 13, 2014. Weis is a professor of biological sciences at Rutgers University.
Why Aren’t They Listening?
Original broadcast date: March 28, 2014.
Adapting to the New Normal Along Our Coasts
Coastal Conversations
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.”
California Drought: Live Webcast with Weather Experts
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.
Dr. Paul Barber
Advancing Marine Conservation in the Coral Triangle
Dr. Paul Barber recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on February 5, 2014. Barber is a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches marine science.
Debra and Vincent Canabal
Plight of the Oceanic Whitetip Sharks
Debra and Vincent Canabal recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 30, 2014. The Canabals are owners and operators of Epic Diving in the Bahamas.
Leslie Harris - The Wonderful World of Worms
The Wonderful World of Worms
Leslie Harris recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 23, 2014. Harris is the collections manager for the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum’s polychaete (marine annelid worms) collection.
Barry Sanders
The Los Angeles 1984 Olympic Games
Barry Sanders recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 13, 2014. International corporate lawyer Barry Sanders is chairman of the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games. He led the effort to bid for the 2016 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and now leads the effort to bring the Games to Los Angeles in 2024.
Open-Ocean Aquaculture
Coastal Conversations
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.
Ocean Acidification
Coastal Conversations
In this episode, speakers discuss ocean acidification and its impacts on marine life.
Jesse Ausubel - The Census of Marine Life
The Census of Marine Life
Jesse Ausubel recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on December 5, 2013. He is one of the founders of the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year scientific initiative to determine the diversity, distribution, and abundance of life in the ocean. He currently serves as the director and senior research associate at Rockefeller University’s Program for the Human Environment.
Laurence Madin
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.
Samuel Wasser
Conservation Canines: Tracking a Subtle Scent, a Dog May Help Save the Whales
Samuel Wasser recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 9, 2013. Dr. Samuel Wasser, director of the Center for Conservation Biology at the University of Washington, has developed non-invasive wildlife monitoring methods, including genetic, endocrine, and detection dog techniques.
John Delaney
When the Ocean Comes to Your Living Room
John Delaney recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 3, 2013. Delaney is a professor of oceanography at the University of Washington, principal investigator and director of the Regional Scale Nodes Program, and the Jerome M. Paros Endowed Chair in Sensor Networks.
Over-Fertilization of Coastal Waters and Dead Zones
Coastal Conversations
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.