Coastal Conversations

By Aquarium of the PacificEducation Natural Sciences Non-Profit

Coastal Conversations episodes

April 29, 2014 Conservation in the Anthropocene
Original broadcast date: April 23, 2014
30 min
March 31, 2014 Why Aren’t They Listening?
Original broadcast date: March 28, 2014.
40 min
February 28, 2014 Adapting to the New Normal Along Our Coasts
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.”
47 min
January 13, 2014 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.
38 min
December 23, 2013 Ocean Acidification
In this episode, speakers discuss ocean acidification and its impacts on marine life.
37 min
November 18, 2013 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.
28 min
November 18, 2013 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.
33 min
September 19, 2013 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.
30 min
August 23, 2013 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.
28 min
August 23, 2013 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.
35 min

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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…