Aquarium Audio
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Hurricane Sandy and Aquarium’s NOAA Science on a Sphere™
Interview on KNX 1070 News Radio / CBSLA.com
KNX Reporter Ron Kilgore recently joined NOAA National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Jackson at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
Sustaining Communities
Every year, North America's Marine Protected Areas contribute millions of dollars to the economy.
Discovering the Ocean’s Secrets
Imagine going to work everyday in the ocean, to study the plants and animals that call it home.
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.
Connecting Us to Nature
Marine protected areas offer a perfect adventure.
Sharks, the most feared predator
Hunter or hunted?
"Shark!" The mere word evokes fear in many people! In recent history, shark attack upon humans has been one of the most feared (and most misunderstood) natural dangers to man. In reality, it is the shark that has become the hunted.
Charles Moore
Plastic Ocean: How Bad Is It?
In 1997 Captain Charles Moore discovered plastic in the ocean in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Dubbed the Great North Pacific Garbage Patch, this estimated three million tons of plastic debris is still growing in the Northeast Pacific between Hawaii and the West Coast. He spoke at the Aquarium on March 6, 2012.
J.J. L’Heureux
Penguins: A Photographic Expedition to Antarctica
Painter, photographer, and naturalist J.J. L'Heureux shared her photographs and stories from her eleven years of annual expeditions to Antarctica during her lecture on March 20, 2012.
Dr. Michael Mann
The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines
In his lecture on February 15, 2012, Michael Mann discussed the “Hockey Stick,” a graph he created with his colleagues to depict changes in Earth’s temperature dating back to 1000 AD. Dr. Mann is a member of the Penn State University faculty, holding joint positions in the departments of meteorology and geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute.
Dirk Rosen
Deepwater Exploration of South Coast Marine Protected Areas
In his lecture on April 24, 2012, Dirk Rosen described a typical cruise day and shared film clips showing the launch of a remotely operated vehicle and footage from MPA sites. Rosen is the founder and president of Marine Applied Research and Exploration (MARE). He has more than twenty-five years of design, build, and operations experience with remotely operated vehicles and manned submersibles.
Bruce Perry
Southern California’s Bight and Borderland: Where the Dynamic Ocean Meets Plate Tectonics
In his lecture on February 7, 2012, Bruce Perry covered the evolution of the Continental Borderland and its effects on the current circulation, wave action, and biology of the Southern California Bight (the Southern California coast running from Point Conception to Mexico). Perry holds a BS and MS in geology, teaches oceanography and geology at local community colleges and universities, and has extensive on-the-job training in physical oceanography.
Mark Jackson
Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change
In his talk with Jeanine Jones on January 25, 2012, Jackson discussed recent scientific discoveries are revealing new information about atmospheric rivers—the concentrated streams of moisture that originate over the Pacific Ocean and cause major winter floods in California. Jackson is the meteorologist in charge for the National Weather Service serving Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo Counties.
Jeanine Jones
Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change
In her talk with Mark Jackson on January 25, 2012, Jones discussed recent scientific discoveries are revealing new information about atmospheric rivers—the concentrated streams of moisture that originate over the Pacific Ocean and cause major winter floods in California. Jones is the interstate resources manager for the California Department of Water Management.
Ellen Prager
Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime: The Oceans' Oddest Creatures and Why They Matter
Dr. Ellen Prager presented stories and images about the organisms that inhabit the oceans' depths and how they are connected to our food supply, the economy, jobs, and in biomedical research and biotechnology in her lecture on January 19, 2012.
Brandon Strathmann
Using Animated Films to Make Ocean Issues Come Alive for Kids
The Plastic Perils of the Pacific highlights the issue of plastic pollution in the ocean and how it affects the animals that live there. Dissolving Destinies, a 3D animated film, addresses ocean acidification and follows a crab through a coral reef. Strathmann is an assistant professor of animation at the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University.