Lecture Archive 2016

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Lecture Archive: Daniel Botkin

2016-11-2848:07

Lecture date: December 8, 2016. Author Daniel Botkin discussed his book, Twenty-Five Myths That Are Destroying the Environment: What Many Environmentalists Believe and Why They Are Wrong.

Lecture Archive: Michael Shellenberger

2016-11-1754:56

Lecture date: September 7, 2016. Michael Shellenberger describes why environmentalists are fighting for Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, California’s last, and why they will succeed.

Lecture Archive: Douglas McCauley

2016-10-2457:43

Lecture date: November 30, 2016. Douglas McCauley shares stories of science and adventure from his career as a marine biologist.

Lecture Archive: Rob Gould

2016-10-2445:21

Lecture date: November 17, 2016. Rob Gould is the founder and president/CEO of One Degree Strategies. He discussed using the discipline of marketing to change people’s behavior regarding climate change.

Lecture Archive: Sandy Trautwein

2016-10-2446:24

Lecture date: November 9, 2016. Sandy Trautwein discussed the fascinating lives of seahorses, seadragons, and pipefish, why seahorses are facing extinction within thirty years, and how the Aquarium is contributing to their conservation.

Lecture Archive: Russ Parsons and Sarah Rathbone

2016-10-1969:56:22

Lecture date: October 14, 2016. Russ Parsons and Sarah Rathbone discuss Dock to Dish and the important role of well-managed local seafood in an environmentally responsible seafood supply.

Lecture Archive: Russ Parsons, Robert Egger, and Arlin Crane

2016-10-1901:09:35

Lecture date: October 7, 2016. Russ Parsons, Robert Egger, and Arlin Crane discussed how culinary training coupled with supportive programming can provide new hope for reformed gang members, previously incarcerated men and women, and emancipated foster youth and the communities they live in.

Lecture Archive: Russ Parsons and Brian Brown

2016-10-1901:42:12

Lecture date: September 23, 2016. Russ Parsons and Brian Brown discuss sustainability in the winemaking industry.

Lecture Archive: Sean B. Carroll

2016-09-2355:40

Lecture date: October 27, 2016. Dr. Sean Carroll discussed the discovery of the “The Serengeti Rules,” the ecological rules that regulate the numbers and kinds of animals and plants in any given place.

Lecture Archive: Mac Stone

2016-09-2355:49

Lecture date: October 18, 2016. Photographer Mac Stone shared images and stories from his book, Everglades: America’s Wetland.

Lecture Archive: Gail Wight

2016-09-2351:57

Lecture date: October 12, 2016. Artist Gail Wight discussed how topics in biology—like deep time, species diversity, extinction, and the forces of weather on habitat—drive her studio practice.

Lecture Archive: Helen Scales

2016-09-2346:43

Lecture date: October 5, 2016. Marine biologist Dr. Helen Scales discussed seahorse behavior and biology and how seahorses are endangered by modern threats rooted in humans' ancient beliefs.

Lecture Archive: Charles Wurster

2016-08-2248:08

Lecture date: September 27, 2016. Charles Wurster discussed his book, DDT Wars, and the inside story it tells of the decade-long scientific, legal, and strategic campaign that culminated in the national ban of the insecticide DDT in 1972.

Lecture Archive: Patrick Krug

2016-07-2545:45

Lecture date: August 30, 2016. Patrick Krug discussed ecological reasons for sea slugs’ beautiful coloration, their role in drug discovery and biomedical research, and their dramatic and intriguing mating behaviors.

Lecture Archive: Mike Bartick

2016-07-2501:04:46

Lecture date: August 18, 2016. Mike Bartick discussed diving at night and photographing nocturnal marine life.

Lecture Archive: Andrew Nosal

2016-07-2533:08

Lecture date: August 9, 2016. Andrew Nosal discussed leopard sharks that gather in shallow water off La Jolla Shores Beach in Southern California every summer.

Lecture Archive: Josefin Stiller

2016-06-2743:40

Lecture date: July 19, 2016. Josefin Stiller discussed new insights into seadragon biology gained from field observations in Australia and from novel genetic techniques in the lab. Stiller and her advisors serendipitously discovered the ruby seadragon in 2015.

Lecture Archive: Ocean Desalination Reconsidered

2016-06-2701:09:22

Lecture date: July 12, 2016. A panel of experts discussed the pros and cons of ocean desalination as a source of fresh drinking water in Southern California.

Lecture Archive: Joel Van Eenennaam

2016-06-2748:21

Lecture date: July 7, 2016. Joel Van Eenennaam discussed the history of white sturgeon aquaculture, the reproductive biology of this species, and hatchery techniques for wild stock enhancement and commercial aquaculture.

Lecture Archive: Scott Noakes

2016-06-1741:31

Lecture date: June 29, 2016. Scott Noakes discussed the discovery of two Pleistocene gray whales offshore of Georgia and what it might mean for our knowledge about Atlantic gray whales.

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