Lecture date: September 13, 2018. Andrew Policano discusses the future of the public university system and issues surrounding education, including funding, tenure, and distance learning.
Lecture date: August 30, 2018. Dr. Sandy Trautwein discusses the Aquarium's twenty years of work and achievements in the areas of animal husbandry and conservation.
Dr. Trautwein is the Aquarium's vice president of husbandry.
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.
Lecture date: August 7, 2018. John Fraser discusses the roles zoos and aquariums can play in advancing a conservation ethos and how public trust offers opportunities for increased conservation action.
Lecture date: July 31, 2018. Mike Bartick shares photos and stories from his experiences exploring the ocean at night, including images of gelatinous sea jellies, sea snails, squid, and paper nautiluses—some of the ocean’s ancient animals.
Lecture date: July 10, 2018. Tyler Phelps, an Aquarium of the Pacific VolunTEEN alumnus, shares his current research as a graduate student with the California Academy of Sciences.
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.
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About Lecture Archive 2018
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Through its year-round Guest Speaker Series, the Long Beach, California-based Aquarium of the Pacific helps visitors to learn about the most current and pressing issues related to the ocean and…
environment. 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. These hour-long video podcasts present the lectures in full, including the speakers’ slideshow presentations.