Perspectives on Ocean Science (Video)

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Learn about ocean science from leading researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. This series is taped at the Birch Aquarium at Scripps and has been in production since 2001 with new episodes added monthly.

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Perspectives on Ocean Science (Video) episodes:

03.25.2024
Hold Fast: Envisioning Climate Change through the Art and Science of our Local Giant Kelp Forests
Southern California’s giant kelp forests are ecosystems that are potentially vulnerable to the region’s warming waters, but unlike terrestrial forests, changes in these underwater ecosystems are largely invisible to most of us. Join biologist Mohammad Sedarat and artist Oriana Poindexter...
01.29.2024
Understanding the Red Tide Phenomenon
Join Professor Drew Lucas from Scripps Institution of Oceanography as he delves into the intriguing phenomenon of red tides. In this enlightening talk, you'll discover the behaviors of Lingulodinium polyedra, the primary organism behind these glowing marine events. Professor Lucas's...
11.29.2023
Developing Technology to Stay Ahead of Natural Disasters
Increasingly destructive wildfires are one of the most consequential impacts of our changing climate, often precipitating a cascade of related disasters including landslides, debris flows, dangerous air pollution and degradation of water quality in our rivers, streams and reservoirs. ...
11.13.2023
From Pollution to Protection: Safeguarding Our Water Health
Water on Earth sustains and connects us, but human activities can increase levels of harmful microorganisms and pollutants in our water systems that have the potential to make us sick or threaten our food supply. Join microbial ecologist Dr. Sarah...
07.28.2023
Navigating the Climate Crisis: Meeting the Challenges Ahead
The confluence of the accelerating climate crisis, more frequent and severe disasters, widespread systemic injustice and oppression, and any number of additional coinciding crises paint a dark picture of our future. Climate professionals often feel inadequately trained to facilitate, navigate...
06.14.2023
Climate Economics and Communication: Naming and Valuing What Matters
As humans, we benefit immensely from the ecosystems around us — including the ocean — in obvious and not-so-obvious ways. As climate change continues to affect these ecosystems, we must ask ourselves — what can we gain by safeguarding them?...
05.22.2023
SOARS: An Insider’s Look at Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator
Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator (SOARS) is a unique installation that's changing the way oceanographers study and understand processes that occur at the boundary between the ocean and the atmosphere. Join oceanographer Dale Stokes for an insider’s look at this one-of-a-kind...
03.25.2023
Dust and the Salton Sea - Urban Design for the Climate Crisis
Just a hundred miles to the east of San Diego, one of the largest inland lakes in the West is drying up as a result combined human activity and climate change. The exposed lake bed is rapidly turning into a...
01.30.2023
Big Data: The Path Toward Wildfire Resilience
Increasingly frequent and intense wildfires in California and the western US are impacting communities across the state. Even areas not prone to fires suffer from degraded air and water quality – direct consequences of these extreme events. ALERTCalifornia combines a...
11.05.2022
Coral Reefs and the Power of Adaptation to Climate Change
Scripps Institution of Oceanography marine biologist Stuart Sandin illuminates his work leading the 100 Island Challenge, a project that uses high tech ecological surveys to capture snapshots of coral reef ecosystems found in the tropical waters of the Pacific, Caribbean,...
09.28.2022
Local Communities Plan for Climate Resilience
Coastal regions are susceptible to a host of threats to the natural environment and our quality of life as a result of climate change. Our beaches and coastal bluffs are being eroded by ocean storms and sea level rise, ongoing...
07.04.2022
The Journey of the Little Blue Penguins
Join Birch Aquarium’s Senior Director of Animal Care, Science and Conservation, Jenn Moffatt, for a first-hand account of how their new exhibit went from concept to reality. Get an inside look at the Little Blues’ journey, from the arrival of...
06.03.2022
Sea Urchins and Sea Slugs
Amazing new technologies in developmental biology and genetics research are allowing scientists to begin to answer long standing questions such as – how does a single fertilized egg cell transform into a complex animal? Why does the embryo of a...
04.29.2022
The Mysterious Pacific Footballfish
The Pacific footballfish is a large but rarely encountered deep-sea anglerfish known from only 31 specimens recovered worldwide. Strangely, over the course of last year (2021), three footballfish were found washed up on beaches in San Diego and Orange Counties....
07.28.2021
Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations
The ocean provides a bounty of essential life-supporting services. Yet, a changing climate and increasing human uses are altering marine ecosystems and their ability to continue to provide this wealth of essential services. Off the coast of California, we are...
06.27.2021
Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System
The Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System (SCCOOS) – part of the national U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS) – works to collect, integrate and deliver coastal and ocean observations in order to improve safety, enhance the economy, and protect...
06.02.2021
Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - Drought in the West: Research and Scientific Tools for Coping with Climate Change
Climate scientist Julie Kalansky discusses how drought in California and Nevada is a common occurrence, with the attendant water restrictions and threat of severe wildfires bringing the reality of climate change into sharp focus. Future climate projections for the region...
05.08.2021
Fire Extreme Rainfall and Debris Flows: Cascading Disasters in a Changing Climate - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West
As the climate warms across the globe, California is faced with adapting to a range of climate-related challenges - from drought to increased wildfire activity, to more extreme rain events. Many of these climate change phenomena work in concert to...
04.14.2021
Getting Warmer? Ocean Temperatures off the California Coast - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West
Local fishermen, surfers, and beachgoers know that ocean temperatures off California's coast vary, often expectedly, but sometimes unexpectedly. Join Scripps oceanographer Katherine Zaba to learn how scientists deploy innovative ocean technology to monitor and understand ocean warming phenomena, like marine...
03.10.2021
The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate of the West - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West
California's precipitation regime is the most volatile in the country. These large natural swings between drought and extremely rainy years make water resource management in California notoriously difficult. Global climate change is expected to exacerbate the volatility by decreasing the...
12.20.2020
Biological Impacts of Oxygen Loss in the Ocean: The Blinding Truth
Join Scripps postdoctoral scholar Lillian McCormick for an in depth look at how and why oxygen is changing in the ocean and how her research is providing insight into the impacts of low oxygen on vision in marine invertebrates. Learn...
10.17.2020
Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions
Join world renowned scientist Ram Ramanathan for insight into a multifaceted education program, Bending the Curve, which inspires action on climate solutions. The groundbreaking program is offered at all University of California campuses and internationally. Learn how he and colleagues...
08.24.2020
Our Warming Ocean
When we think about climate change, we often focus on the effects that we can directly observe such as extreme weather events and catastrophic wildfires. Yet most of our planet is covered by ocean where the impacts of climate change...
07.28.2020
Oceans Out of Breath: Oxygen Minimum Zones in a Warming Climate
Join Scripps climate scientist Yassir Eddebbar for an exploration of the oceans interior and a fascinating phenomenon oxygen minimum zones (OMZs). With a focus on Yassirs work in the tropical Pacific, learn what causes OMZs, how they are likely...
06.29.2020
The Red Tide of 2020
Glowing blue waves and unusual ocean conditions wowed the world during Southern California's recent history-making red tide event. Join Scripps Institution of Oceanography bioluminescence expert Michael Latz, Ph.D. and dive into the world of living light, get an insider's...
05.04.2020
Do We Really Understand Why Whales Sing?
In general, animal song is thought to have several specific characteristics including being restricted to males, having a territorial purpose, and being used to attract a mate. Join marine acoustics expert John Hildebrand to learn how the singing characteristics in...
03.31.2020
Squid Pro Quo - A Journey Into Undersea Exploration
Exploring the undersea world has always presented challenges in terms of cost and accessibility. However, recent advances in ocean observing technology are allowing researchers to explore heretofore unexplored worlds at reasonable cost. Join oceanographer Jules Jaffe as he describes his...
03.01.2020
Shark Geek: A Window into Shark Ecology in the Southern California Bight
Sharks have long fascinated the public. While popular media has often promoted images of large, aggressive predators, most sharks are not dangerous to people and moreover are a vital part of many healthy ocean ecosystems. Join Scripps Institution of Oceanography's...
12.30.2019
Exploring the Earth Under the Sea: Over 50 Years of Scientific Seafloor Drilling
Scientific drill ships allow scientists access to some of Earth's most challenging environments, collecting data and samples of sediment, rock, fluids and living organisms from below the seafloor. Join Scripps paleontologist Dick Norris to learn about the long running international...
11.22.2019
Biomimicry: Innovating Using Nature’s Toolbox
Over millions of years of evolution, organisms on earth have developed and perfected complex adaptations that allow them to survive and eventually thrive under specific environmental conditions. Dimitri Deheyn unveils how his laboratory is working to understand and replicate these...
09.30.2019
AlertWildfire: Bracing for Fire when the Wind Blows
The ALERTWildfire camera network across California provides rapid confirmation of emergency wildfire 911 calls, situational awareness, and in the worst-case scenarios real-time data to help sequence evacuations. Join Neal Driscoll to learn how the great state of California is using...
09.05.2019
Marine Natural Products: From Sea to Pharmacy
Nature has provided the inspiration for many of today’s most important medicines, yet the need for new drugs to treat diseases such as cancer and antibiotic resistant bacterial infection remains high. Paul Jensen describes how he and other researchers are...
08.09.2019
Seaweed as a Superfood
Marine biologist Jennifer Smith talks about the properties and history of the superfood seaweed. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show ID: 35070]
08.02.2019
Modern Oceanography and the Changing Arctic Ocean
The Arctic is changing rapidly in response to changes in global climate and economic activity and yet much of it remains unexplored with modern scientific techniques. Jeff Bowman describes his group's work in the Arctic as they seek to understand...
07.06.2019
Navigating the Perilous Waters at the Edge of Glaciers to Understand Sea Level Rise - 2019 Keeling Lecture
Collapsing ice shelves and calving of large icebergs in Greenland and Antarctica have recently become major drivers of sea level rise. The rapidity of these changes has come as a surprise, revealing major gaps in our understanding of how ice...
05.29.2019
Arctic Sea Ice Upper Atmosphere Transport and Trade Winds
Earths climate is a complex system with global scale interactions spanning the tropics to the poles. Join emeritus Professor and past Scripps Director Charles Kennel as he reveals the potential of arctic sea ice loss to influence the intensity of...
05.02.2019
Food Feed and Climate Change – Emerging Opportunities for Shore Based Seaweed Aquaculture
Join Dr. Jennifer Smith and entrepreneur Brant Chlebowski as they tell the story of their collaboration on applied aquaculture research of commercially valuable seaweeds – research that has sparked the formation of the California Seaweed Company and a new area...
04.02.2019
Eavesdropping on Whales: How Whale Calls Inform Science
Whales are among the most fascinating animals in the ocean. People are intrigued by their impressive size, intelligence, and their use of sound to communicate. Join postdoctoral scholar Goldie Phillips for a captivating look into how scientists use whale...
02.28.2019
Lakes Beneath Antarctic Ice: Deep Dark and Mysterious
In 2006, Helen Amanda Fricker was sitting at her desk studying new satellite data when she made a starting discovery – a set of active lakes that exist underneath the ice in Antarctica. Join Helen, a 25-year veteran of Antarctic...
01.04.2019
Archives of the Scripps Geologic Collections: From Stone Bowls to Unsuspected Superheroes
Scripps Geological Collections are an important cornerstone of Scripps Oceanography's invaluable scientific collections. Join collections manager Alex Hangsterfer and curator Richard Norris as they reveal the treasure trove of samples housed at Scripps. Hear some of the fascinating stories behind...
12.07.2018
Feeling the Heat: The Biology of Ocean Warming
Earth’s changing climate provides a natural laboratory for examining how organisms evolve adaptations to environmental extremes. As climate change accelerates, an obvious question arises: can evolution keep up with rapid change or are most species likely to go extinct as...
10.04.2018
Deep Discoveries in the 2000s: Bone-eaters Green Bombers Ruby Seadragons and More!
Exploration of our oceans continues to reveal strange new animals. Come along as Scripps Oceanography's Greg Rouse reviews some of the more famous discoveries dating back over the last century, and documents some of the more recent amazing discoveries focusing...
08.27.2018
Oddities: Scripps' Fascinating Collection of Ocean Life
The Scripps Oceanographic Collections are world-renowned repositories supporting scientific research and education. They provide the basis for understanding the ocean's biodiversity, the evolutionary history of life on Earth, and the rates and characteristics of climate change. Get an insider’s view...
08.01.2018
Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations
As humankind faces massive changes in weather patterns, sea level, ocean acidity, and oxygen levels, Scripps Oceanography has launched a new center focused on understanding and adapting to the impacts of climate change. Mark Merrifield, Director of the Scripps Institution...
07.02.2018
Voices of the Pacific with Nobel Laureate Elisabeth Holland - 2018 Keeling Lecture
The 2018 David Keeling Memorial Lecture hosts Dr. Elisabeth Holland, Professor of Climate Change and Director of the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development at the University of the South Pacific. Dr. Holland is an internationally recognized scientist and...
06.07.2018
Coral Doctors
An overview the collaborative work of a coral reef ecologist and a cell biologist in their quest to understand the effects of global climate change on coral biology. By combining biomedical laboratory techniques and fieldwork, they are attempting to understand...
05.07.2018
There's More to Ocean Bubbles Than You Might Think
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble chronicles a 30 year quest to reveal the role ocean bubbles play in weather, climate and planetary science. Formed by breaking ocean waves and trapped within ancient glacier ice, marine bubbles range from the poles...
04.11.2018
California's Wildfires and the AlertSoCal System
Scripps Institution's Neal Driscoll provides an inside look at the AlertSoCal system, developed in collaboration with the Scripps-based High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN) and the Nevada Seismological Laboratory, which expands Southern California’s state-of-the-art earthquake and weather monitoring...
03.14.2018
The Role of Oceans in Our Society and Our Role in Shaping the Future of Ocean Inquiry
Join Scripps Oceanography Green Scholar John Delaney for a deep dive into the profound connections between oceans, human history, and the future of exploration, on earth and other planets. Series: "Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Series" [Science] [Show...
01.15.2018
The Smashing Force of Mantis Shrimp
Join Scripps marine biologist Maya deVries as she describes the mantis shrimp's "punch." With speeds of up to 50 miles per hour and accelerations that are comparable to a .22 caliber bullet, the mantis shrimp strike is considered to be...

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Perspectives on Ocean Science (Video) episodes:

Hold Fast: Envisioning Climate Change through the Art and Science of our Local Giant Kelp Forests

Understanding the Red Tide Phenomenon

Developing Technology to Stay Ahead of Natural Disasters

From Pollution to Protection: Safeguarding Our Water Health

Navigating the Climate Crisis: Meeting the Challenges Ahead

Climate Economics and Communication: Naming and Valuing What Matters

SOARS: An Insider’s Look at Scripps Ocean Atmosphere Research Simulator

Dust and the Salton Sea - Urban Design for the Climate Crisis

Big Data: The Path Toward Wildfire Resilience

Coral Reefs and the Power of Adaptation to Climate Change

Local Communities Plan for Climate Resilience

The Journey of the Little Blue Penguins

Sea Urchins and Sea Slugs

The Mysterious Pacific Footballfish

Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - The California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations

Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - Southern California Coastal Ocean Observing System

Research for Resilience on a Changing Planet - Drought in the West: Research and Scientific Tools for Coping with Climate Change

Fire Extreme Rainfall and Debris Flows: Cascading Disasters in a Changing Climate - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West

Getting Warmer? Ocean Temperatures off the California Coast - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West

The Art and Science of Atmospheric Rivers and the Changing Hydroclimate of the West - Impacts of Climate Change in California and The West

Biological Impacts of Oxygen Loss in the Ocean: The Blinding Truth

Bending the Curve: Climate Change Solutions

Our Warming Ocean

Oceans Out of Breath: Oxygen Minimum Zones in a Warming Climate

The Red Tide of 2020

Do We Really Understand Why Whales Sing?

Squid Pro Quo - A Journey Into Undersea Exploration

Shark Geek: A Window into Shark Ecology in the Southern California Bight

Exploring the Earth Under the Sea: Over 50 Years of Scientific Seafloor Drilling

Biomimicry: Innovating Using Nature’s Toolbox

AlertWildfire: Bracing for Fire when the Wind Blows

Marine Natural Products: From Sea to Pharmacy

Seaweed as a Superfood

Modern Oceanography and the Changing Arctic Ocean

Navigating the Perilous Waters at the Edge of Glaciers to Understand Sea Level Rise - 2019 Keeling Lecture

Arctic Sea Ice Upper Atmosphere Transport and Trade Winds

Food Feed and Climate Change – Emerging Opportunities for Shore Based Seaweed Aquaculture

Eavesdropping on Whales: How Whale Calls Inform Science

Lakes Beneath Antarctic Ice: Deep Dark and Mysterious

Archives of the Scripps Geologic Collections: From Stone Bowls to Unsuspected Superheroes

Feeling the Heat: The Biology of Ocean Warming

Deep Discoveries in the 2000s: Bone-eaters Green Bombers Ruby Seadragons and More!

Oddities: Scripps' Fascinating Collection of Ocean Life

Center for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations

Voices of the Pacific with Nobel Laureate Elisabeth Holland - 2018 Keeling Lecture

Coral Doctors

There's More to Ocean Bubbles Than You Might Think

California's Wildfires and the AlertSoCal System

The Role of Oceans in Our Society and Our Role in Shaping the Future of Ocean Inquiry

The Smashing Force of Mantis Shrimp