http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia/video/category/climate_change en-us ℗ & © Copyright 2026 Aquarium of the Pacific Aquarium of the Pacific aquariumofpacific@lbaop.org no Aquarium of the Pacific A Bridge to the Future: People Rediscovering Their Connection to Nature Lecture date: December 15, 2020. Aquarium President and CEO Dr. Peter Kareiva discusses human connections with nature and how increased access to nature will encourage more people to become environmental stewards. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_peterkareiva2020.mp4#id:9104#date:18:15 Thu, 17 Dec 2020 10:15:00 PST 49:15 Aquarium of the Pacific Ice at the End of the World Lecture date: October 15, 2020. Journalist and historian Jon Gertner discusses his book and Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet, a harbinger of climate change. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jongertner.mp4#id:9009#date:19:43 Thu, 08 Oct 2020 12:43:00 PDT 76:44 Aquarium of the Pacific Global Warming Demystified: The Science, The Consequences, and The Solutions Lecture date: August 11, 2020. Jeffrey Bennett answers questions about the science of global warming, while showing that the solutions to this important problem are ones that people of all persuasions can agree on. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jeffreybennett.mp4#id:8983#date:16:56 Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:56:00 PDT 65:18 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change Science: How Can Sound Science Inform Wise Policy? Lecture date: May 13, 2020. Richard Somerville presents a lecture to discuss the latest climate science, public perceptions, and how science can guide policymaking. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_richardsomerville2020.mp4#id:8695#date:22:24 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:24:00 PDT 43:46 Aquarium of the Pacific Unruly Waters: How Rains, Rivers, Coasts, and Seas Have Shaped Asia’s History Lecture date: May 6, 2020. Historian Sunil Amrith discusses his book, Unruly Waters, in which he reimagines Asia’s history through the stories of its rains, rivers, coasts, and seas—and of the weather-watchers and engineers, mapmakers, and farmers who have sought to control them. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_sunilamrith.mp4#id:8694#date:22:21 Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:21:00 PDT 50:58 Aquarium of the Pacific An Evolutionary and Philosophical Answer to the Climate Change Mystery: Why the Doubt? Lecture date: January 9, 2020. Dr. Thomas White discusses skepticism of climate change in the United States. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_thomaswhite2020.mp4#id:8099#date:00:57 Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:57:00 PST 77:48 Aquarium of the Pacific The Scientific Attitude Lee McIntyre recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 8, 2019. McIntyre is a research fellow at the Center for Philosophy and History of Science at Boston University and a lecturer in ethics at Harvard Extension School. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_leemcIntyre.mp4#id:8009#date:23:56 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:56:00 PDT 6:05 Aquarium of the Pacific Coping with Sea Level Rise With a Focus on Long Beach’s Peninsula and Belmont Shore Lecture date: October 7, 2019. In a presentation co-sponsored by the Aquarium and The Nature Conservancy, experts from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and France's University of Montpellier discuss sea level rise in Long Beach. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_sealevelrisepanel.mp4#id:8007#date:23:49 Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:49:00 PDT 133:11 Aquarium of the Pacific Seven Crossings: A Surfer’s Journey to Find Hope for Our Changing Ocean Lecture date: July 31, 2019. A panel of ocean experts discusses our changing ocean and potential solutions to support ocean health. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_sevencrossings.mp4#id:7913#date:18:44 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:44:00 PDT 81:59 Aquarium of the Pacific Exploring the Relationship Between Social Inequality and Environmental Migration Lecture date: July 9, 2019. Xin Wang discusses human migration as a response to environmental change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_xinwang.mp4#id:7910#date:18:38 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 11:38:00 PDT 72:21 Aquarium of the Pacific Super Corals: What They Are and Why They Are Important Lecture date: June 4, 2019. Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel moderates a panel discussion featuring coral experts from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and other organizations. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_supercoralpanel.mp4#id:7841#date:22:22 Tue, 28 May 2019 15:22:00 PDT 61:36 Aquarium of the Pacific State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America’s Future Dr. Manuel Pastor recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 26, 2019. Dr. Pastor is a professor of sociology and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC). http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_manuelpastor.mp4#id:7735#date:23:15 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:15:00 PST 6:58 Aquarium of the Pacific What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Solving Climate Change? Joshua Goldstein recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 12, 2019. Goldstein is professor emeritus of international relations at American University in Washington, D.C. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_joshuagoldstein.mp4#id:7733#date:23:11 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:11:00 PST 6:42 Aquarium of the Pacific State of Resistance: What California’s Dizzying Descent and Remarkable Resurgence Mean for America’s Future Lecture date: March 26, 2019. Manuel Pastor discusses how California has confronted many of the challenges the country faces now, including climate change, low-wage work, immigrant integration, and rates of incarceration. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_manuelpastor.mp4#id:7732#date:23:08 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:08:00 PST 68:33 Aquarium of the Pacific What Role Should Nuclear Power Play in Solving Climate Change? Lecture date: March 12, 2019. Joshua Goldstein discusses the potential role for nuclear power in addressing climate change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_joshuagoldstein.mp4#id:7730#date:23:02 Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:02:00 PST 73:30 Aquarium of the Pacific Sea Change Needed in Managing the Ocean and the Planet Greg Rau recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 16, 2018. Rau is a senior research scientist at the Institute of Marine Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_gregrau.mp4#id:7561#date:22:19 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:19:00 PDT 3:28 Aquarium of the Pacific Where the Living Reefs Are: A Quest to Find the World’s Most Resilient Corals Anne Cohen recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on October 11, 2018. Cohen is an associate scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_annecohen_1.mp4#id:7560#date:22:15 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:15:00 PDT 6:50 Aquarium of the Pacific Sea Change Needed in Managing the Ocean and the Planet Lecture date: October 16, 2018. Dr. Greg Rau discusses the unprecedented nature and magnitude of the stresses the ocean now faces, some new approaches to avoiding or lessening the impacts, and the need for policies that support the emergence, evaluation, and development of new marine and planetary management strategies. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_gregrau.mp4#id:7558#date:22:09 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:09:00 PDT 64:53 Aquarium of the Pacific Where the Living Reefs Are: A Quest to Find the World’s Most Resilient Corals Lecture date: October 11, 2018. Anne Cohen discusses the science and the scientists, the triumphs and the trials, behind the mission to uncover the world’s most resilient reefs. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_annecohen.mp4#id:7557#date:22:07 Mon, 24 Sep 2018 15:07:00 PDT 62:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Science Under the Ice: Dive with Coastal Marine Ecologists Under Sea Ice in Antarctica Lecture date: August 16, 2018. Dr. Drew Lohrer discusses the 2017 Science Under the Ice expedition to explore how climate change is affecting marine biodiversity along the Antarctic coastline. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_drewlohrer.mp4#id:7451#date:19:21 Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:21:00 PDT 53:49 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change and California’s Agriculture Tapan Pathak recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 26, 2018. Pathak serves as cooperative extension specialist in climate adaptation in agriculture at the University of California Division of Agriculture and Resources and UC Merced. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_tapanpathak.mp4#id:7431#date:20:50 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:50:00 PDT 5:32 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change and California’s Agriculture Lecture date: July 26, 2018. Tapan Pathak discusses the potentially devastating impacts of climate change on California’s $50 billion agriculture industry. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_tapanpathak.mp4#id:7428#date:20:41 Fri, 22 Jun 2018 13:41:00 PDT 68:05 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Geoengineering: What Could It Mean for Human and Ocean Life? Holly Buck recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 28, 2018. Buck is a researcher at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. She completed a Ph.D. on environmental sociology and emerging technologies at Cornell University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_hollybuck.mp4#id:7404#date:21:55 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:55:00 PDT 3:57 Aquarium of the Pacific The Resilience Imperative Albert George recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 7, 2018. George is the director of conservation at the South Carolina Aquarium. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_albertgeorge.mp4#id:7401#date:21:09 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:09:00 PDT 3:44 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Geoengineering: What Could It Mean for Human and Ocean Life? Lecture date: June 28, 2018. Science writer Holly Jean Buck discusses the possibilities of climate engineering approaches to limiting or reversing climate impacts, and what they could mean for human communities and our oceans. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_hollybuck.mp4#id:7400#date:21:07 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:07:00 PDT 36:44 Aquarium of the Pacific The Resilience Imperative Lecture date: June 7, 2018. Albert George discusses what we can do to prepare our communities for the impacts of climate change and sea level rise. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_albertgeorge.mp4#id:7397#date:21:03 Tue, 29 May 2018 14:03:00 PDT 50:51 Aquarium of the Pacific Envisioning an Agricultural Renaissance: Resilient Food Systems A.G. Kawamura recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 6, 2018. Kawamura is a third generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper and owner of Orange County Produce. He is the former Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_agkawamura.mp4#id:7192#date:01:08 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 17:08:00 PST 6:37 Aquarium of the Pacific Envisioning an Agricultural Renaissance: Resilient Food Systems Lecture date: March 6, 2018. A.G. Kawamura discusses global food systems and how to improve their resilience in the face of a changing climate and other threats to food security. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_agkawamura.mp4#id:7187#date:00:53 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:53:00 PST 39:50 Aquarium of the Pacific Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water Lecture date: February 12, 2018. Dr. William Cooper discusses California's water supply and the legal and environmental issues impacting it. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_williamcooper.mp4#id:7143#date:22:27 Mon, 22 Jan 2018 14:27:00 PST 54:52 Aquarium of the Pacific An Ethicist’s View of Climate Change Dr. Thomas White recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on January 16, 2018. Dr. White is the Conrad N. Hilton Chair of Business Ethics and the director of the Center for Ethics and Business at Loyola Marymount University. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_tomwhite.mp4#id:7110#date:22:10 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 14:10:00 PST 7:54 Aquarium of the Pacific An Ethicist’s View of Climate Change Lecture date: January 16, 2018. Dr. Thomas White discusses the ethical implications of climate change. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_tomwhite.mp4#id:7106#date:21:56 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:56:00 PST 48:26 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change In the first session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Eric Rignot, a scientist from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_ericrignot.mp4#id:7069#date:23:19 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:19:00 PST 40:37 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the second session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy held on November 1, speakers included Josh Willis, project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_joshwillis.mp4#id:7068#date:23:16 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:16:00 PST 44:06 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change In the third session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Jennifer Smith from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_jennifersmith.mp4#id:7067#date:23:11 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:11:00 PST 1:04:33 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the fourth session held November 15, speakers included Mark Helvey, retired assistant regional administrator for sustainable fisheries at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. His presentation was titled, "Albacore Tuna Off Alaska—You’ve Got to be Kidding!" http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_markhelvey.mp4#id:7065#date:23:07 Tue, 05 Dec 2017 15:07:00 PST 29:37 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change In the fourth session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Dr. Katherine RM Mackey, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor, UC Irvine. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_katherinemackey.mp4#id:7062#date:19:22 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:22:00 PST 45:52 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the third session held on November 8, speakers included Dr. Todd Martz from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. His presentation covered ocean acidification. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_toddmartz.mp4#id:7061#date:19:20 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:20:00 PST 50:44 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change The Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy course focused on the role the World Ocean plays in modulating Earth’s climate and how the World Ocean and its ecosystems are responding to climate change. Participants learned about the implications of those changes for the future. In the second session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy held on November 1, speakers included Dr. Margaret Leinen, Director Scripps Institution of Oceanography. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_margaretleinen.mp4#id:7060#date:19:17 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 11:17:00 PST 50:44 Aquarium of the Pacific The Ocean and Climate Change In the first session of the Fall 2017 Aquatic Academy, speakers included Bill Patzert, a senior scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_billpatzert.mp4#id:7059#date:18:57 Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:57:00 PST 54:13 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. https://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_sergiogamberini.mp4#id:6973#date:20:14 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:14:00 PDT 39:29 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_elizabethkeenan.mp4#id:6972#date:20:12 Tue, 19 Sep 2017 13:12:00 PDT 46:30 Aquarium of the Pacific The Wonderful World of Corals: Harnessing Basic Science to Address an Ecological Crisis Ruth Gates recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 19, 2017. Dr. Gates is the director of and a researcher at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_ruthgates.mp4#id:6944#date:19:46 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:46:00 PDT 5:47 Aquarium of the Pacific Reporting from the Front Line: Where Science Meets Government Michael Prather recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on September 7, 2017. Prather is a University of California, Irvine, distinguished professor of Earth system science. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_michaelprather.mp4#id:6943#date:19:44 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:44:00 PDT 11:34 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_ruthgates.mp4#id:6942#date:19:42 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:42:00 PDT 52:46 Aquarium of the Pacific 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. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_michaelprather.mp4#id:6941#date:19:39 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:39:00 PDT 45:34 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change, the Sierra Nevada, and Our Water Future Alex Hall recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on June 22, 2017. Dr. Hall is a professor in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and Institute of the Environment and Sustainability and director of the Center for Climate Science at UCLA. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_alexhall.mp4#id:6808#date:18:53 Mon, 22 May 2017 11:53:00 PDT 3:55 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change, the Sierra Nevada, and Our Water Future Lecture date: June 22, 2017. UCLA professor Alex Hall and his research team have produced first-of-their-kind projections of future impacts of climate change on mountain landscapes and the snowpack. Dr. Hall presents key findings from the study. {filedir_64}la_alexhall.mp4#id:6805#date:18:40 Mon, 22 May 2017 11:40:00 PDT 56:42 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change and Ecosystems of the Gulf of Maine: What Does the Future Hold? Andrew Pershing recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on March 15, 2017. Pershing is chief scientific officer at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and runs the Ecosystem Modeling Lab. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/video/vc_andrewpershing.mp4#id:6699#date:18:34 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:34:00 PST 3:18 Aquarium of the Pacific Wetlands in a Time of Change Lecture date: March 22, 2017. Christine Whitcraft discusses how human activities, including development and climate change, impact salt marshes and how we can successfully protect and restore these valuable ecosystems in the future. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_christinewhitcraft.mp4#id:6696#date:18:22 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:22:00 PST 44:05 Aquarium of the Pacific Climate Change and Ecosystems of the Gulf of Maine: What Does the Future Hold? Lecture date: March 15, 2017. Andrew Pershing discusses his research, which focuses on the causes and consequences of changing conditions in the Gulf of Maine. http://aquariummedia.s3.amazonaws.com/multimedia_files/lecture_archive/la_andrewpershing.mp4#id:6695#date:18:18 Mon, 27 Feb 2017 10:18:00 PST 43:45