Lecture Archive 2012

Blue Whales Off Southern California: Insights from New Research Into Their Status and Threats

Lecture date: November 17, 2012

Climate Change and Coastal Inundation

Lecture date: February 29, 2012

Lecture date: February 21, 2012. In his presentation, Seager gives a brief overview of the causes of rapid population growth, its impacts, and how to meet this challenge through voluntary approaches. Population Connection educates young people and advocates progressive action to stabilize world population at a level that can be sustained by Earth’s resources.

Lecture date: February 15, 2012.

In his lecture, Dr. Michael Mann will discuss the "Hockey Stick," a graph he created with his colleagues to depict changes in Earth’s temperature dating back to 1000 A.D. Dr. Mann is a member of the Penn State University faculty in the departments of meteorology and geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC authors in 2007. Mann is author of the book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines.

Lecture date: February 7, 2012

In his lecture, Bruce Perry covers 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 in Santa Barbara to Mexico). Perry holds a BS and MS in geology and teaches oceanography and geology at local community colleges and universities.

Atmospheric Rivers, Floods, and Climate Change

Lecture date: January 25, 2012