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Coastal Conversations

by Aquarium of the Pacific

Get in-depth information about current research in the field of oceanography in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about ocean science and predictions for the future, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more.

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Episodes

  1. The Roles of Science in a Democracy and Ways to Make Them Work

    In this episode of Coastal Conversations, Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel talks with Dr. Andrew Rosenberg, director of the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

  2. Increasing Community Resilience

    Original broadcast date: October 31, 2014.

  3. Environmental Ethics

    Original broadcast date: July 7, 2014.

  4. Medicines From the Sea

    Original broadcast date: May 20, 2014.

  5. Conservation in the Anthropocene

    Original broadcast date: April 23, 2014

  6. Why Aren’t They Listening?

    Original broadcast date: March 28, 2014.

  7. Open-Ocean Aquaculture

    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.

  8. Over-Fertilization of Coastal Waters and Dead Zones

    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.

  9. Enhancing the Resilience of Coastal Communities

    In this episode, the speakers discuss how to enhance the resilience of coastal communities to threats such as sea level rise and natural disasters like floods and hurricanes.

  10. Coastal Conversations: Great Lakes

    In this episode, we are focusing on the Great Lakes, where lake levels are are falling and may continue to fall as a result of climate change. Falling lake levels have many implications—economic and environmental.

  11. Coastal Communities and the Rising Sea: The Coming Collision

    This broadcast in the Aquarium's Coastal Conversations series features an interview with Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel and Doug Marcy, coastal hazards specialist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Coastal Services Center in Charleston, South Carolina.

  12. Coastal Conversations: The Current “Coastscape”

    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.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Get in-depth information about current research in the field of oceanography in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about ocean science and predictions for the future, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more.

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Aquarium of the Pacific

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What is Coastal Conversations about?

Get in-depth information about current research in the field of oceanography in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the...

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Coastal Conversations has 20 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.

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Coastal Conversations is created and hosted by Aquarium of the Pacific.
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