Perspectives on Ocean Science (Audio)
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UCTV delivers documentaries, faculty lectures, cutting-edge research symposiums and artistic performances from each of the ten University of California campuses.
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Keeling Lecture: Climate Change: The Evidence and Our Options | In this Second Annual Keeling Lecture from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, Lonnie G. Thompson, distinguished professor of earth sciences at Ohio State University and recipient of both the National Medal of Science and the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, provides insight into the convincing evidence of climate change provided by glaciers and polar ice-caps, and the implications that inaction in the face of this rapid change will have on societies on a global scale. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 20913] | 6/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Modeling Ocean Circulation in the Age of Supercomputers | The size and complexity of the oceans present a considerable challenge to those who want to mimic the movement of ocean water and understand ocean dynamics. Join Scripps Oceanography physical oceanographer Paola Cessi as she describes how a new age of supercomputers is allowing ocean modelers to begin investigating how the deep ocean responds to changes in the surface temperature and fresh water inputs from the highest latitudes of our planet. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 20912] | 4/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Unraveling the Secrets of the Southern San Andreas Fault | The southern San Andreas Fault in California has not had a large earthquake in approximately 300 years, yet the average recurrence interval for the previous five ruptures is about 180 years. Join Scripps Oceanography geoscientist Neal Driscoll as he presents new findings on a possible relationship between these earthquakes and the flooding of Lake Cahuilla, which forms episodically as the Colorado River switches course and flows north into the Salton Trough. Learn how new data on the timing and magnitude of past earthquakes are being used to assess the potential for large earthquakes in the region. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 20499] | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Postponing the End of Oil: The Search for Offshore Energy Resources | Peak oil may have come and gone, yet we are using oil faster than we are discovering it and have only just begun to think about alternatives. Join Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Steve Constable and learn how he is using sophisticated marine electromagnetic techniques to find dwindling offshore reserves during our transition from the hydrocarbon age to “beyond petroleum.” Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 20654] | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sea Level and Climate History of the Chukchi Sea: Gateway to the Arctic | The Chukchi Sea, a broad and shallow sea between Siberia and Alaska, has a profound influence on Arctic climate and on the supply of fresh water and nutrients to the Arctic Ocean. Join Scripps Oceanography geophysicist Neal Driscoll as he presents research findings from two Arctic cruises onboard the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Healy that provide intriguing new insights into the complex climatic and sea level history of the Arctic. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14348] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marine Protected Areas: Coming Soon to a Coast Near You | Join Brian Baird, California secretary for ocean and coastal policy, and Russell Moll, director of California Sea Grant, as they explain the intricate effort to create Marine Protected Areas along California’s coastline. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15248] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ocean Observing: Oceanography in the 21st Century | Recent technological advances have brought us to a new era in ocean research – one in which an integrated network of ocean observing systems provides researchers with a continuous scientific presence in the ocean. Join John Orcutt as he describes how these observatories will allow researchers, students, politicians, and the public to access near-real-time data, control sensors and autonomous underwater vehicles remotely, view live video and images from the seafloor, and collaborate in thousands of virtual laboratories. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17803] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate and the California Current: Taking the Pulse with CalCOFI | Climate has enormous impacts on the marine life off California, influencing its major fisheries and the abundance of krill, seabirds and mammals. Join Tony Koslow as he shows how a 60-year ocean observation program, the California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (or CalCOFI) is unraveling the impacts of the El Niño/La Niña cycle and human-induced climate. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17804] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: Exploring 1000 Years of Earthquake History Along the San Andreas Fault | Join Dr. Bridget Smith as she takes us on a journey back in time deciphering the historical behavior of the San Andreas and explaining how studying earthquake history can give us future insight. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11368] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Acidic Oceans: Why Should We Care? | The ocean absorbs almost half of the carbon dioxide emitted by human activities, changing its chemistry in ways that may have significant effects on marine ecosystems. Join Scripps marine chemist Andrew Dickson as he explains what we know --– and what we don't --– about this emerging problem. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15754] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: Earthquakes in Southern California: A View from Space | Southern California hosts a number of active faults. Over the last 20 years, it has become the most seismically active area in the Western states, with magnitude 7 or greater events occurring around the (in)famous San Andreas fault. Join Yuri Fialko as he discusses what we know about earthquakes, and the slow tectonic deformation that causes them, using modern space technologies. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 19750] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Earth’s Magnetic Field: From Satellites to Reversals | How is Earth’s magnetic field important to making our planet habitable? Where does it come from, and how quickly does it change? Join Geophysicist Cathy Constable as she delves into these and other questions about one of Earth’s most dynamic features, the magnetosphere. Learn how research at Scripps is contributing to our ever-growing understanding of Earth’s magnetism. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 19751] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shake Rattle and Roll: The Physics of Earthquakes | Join oceanographer Kevin Brown as he describes the phenomena that we experience as “earthquakes” and relates what scientists understand about the physics of these sudden and at times catastrophic movements in the earth’s crust. Learn how Brown and other Scripps scientists are using a variety of techniques to better understand when, where, and how earthquakes occur. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 19749] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Future Stewards of Our Planet: Scripps Oceanography Fellowship Students | Learn about the challenging work of several fellowship students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography as they share visions for the future of their work. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15756] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: The Future Stewards of Our Planet | Learn about the challenging research work of several of the outstanding fellowship students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Explore topics such as antibiotics from the sea, the declining health of our oceans, mapping the seafloor, and factors affecting climate change. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11369] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vents: Exploring Life in the Extreme | In the late 1970s, scientists conducting a geologic investigation of the ocean floor in the Pacific made a startling discovery - deep ocean hot springs populated by a host of organisms never before seen. Join Dr. Horst Felbeck as he describes his fascinating research into what makes life possible in this seemingly inhospitable environment. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11499] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: Winds Currents and the Voyages of Discovery | Modern oceanography has been built on a legacy of centuries of seagoing dating back to ancient times. Join distinguished Scripps Emeritus Professor Joe Reid as he describes what the earliest sailors knew about the oceans and how technical achievements through the ages have allowed ocean explorers to venture to the far reaches of the globe. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11500] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Perspectives on Ocean Science: California Sea Grant: Marine Science Applied to Contemporary Issues | The largest of the 30 National Sea Grant programs, California Sea Grant draws on the talents of scientists and engineers at public and private universities throughout the state. Join Dr. Russ Moll as he describes how the program contributes to the growing body of knowledge about coastal and marine resources and helps solve contemporary marine-related problems. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11501] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Life in the Extreme: The Rock Bottom of Antarctica's Food Chain | Recent discoveries from seafloor and other rocks suggest that Earth's crust might be host to vast, unexplored ecosystems of microbes. Join Hubert Staudigel as he describes his recent expedition to Antarctica and how he is exploring inhospitable environments for microbes that may provide clues to the early history of life on Earth. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 16074] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gulf of California's Deep-Sea Secrets | From mangroves to deep-sea reefs, join Brad Erisman and Octavio Aburto-Oropeza on a grand tour presenting the diversity of marine life in the Gulf of California. Learn how humans impact these fragile ecosystems and how marine reserves and habitat monitoring provide scientists with critical information needed to protect and restore these amazing ecosystems. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 16076] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Adventures in Oceanography | Join research oceanographer and photographer Dale Stokes for a global photographic journey featuring ships, submarines, underwater habitats, and both poles. This presentation includes a decade of images documenting exotic locations underwater and topside and a variety of unusual vessels and research instruments. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 16075] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Swarms of Small Autonomous Robots: A Future Vision for Ocean Observation | One of the biggest challenges scientists face when studying the ocean is observing the interplay between physical processes and biology in fine detail. Join Jules Jaffe, a research oceanographer in Scripps' Marine Physical Laboratory, as he describes his latest scheme to uncover these processes with swarms of inexpensive, miniaturized robotic floats that travel with currents, sense the environment and report their findings back to us. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 16781] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sharks | Sharks have inhabited the oceans for more than 400 million years. Join shark expert Jeffrey Graham as he describes the adaptations that have allowed these magnificent creatures to thrive over the millennia. Learn how shark biologists study shark physiology, life history, and behavior for insight into what allows these animals to rank among the world’s most efficient predators. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 16782] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Microbes of the Deep: Tiny Organisms with a Global Impact | Investigations into the ocean’s role in the global carbon cycle have taken on increasing importance as scientists strive to understand the potential impacts of global change. Join Scripps ocean chemist Lihini Aluwihare as she explains how her research is helping to understand the biology, geology, and chemistry of the oceans, and ultimately the planet. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17258] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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New Discoveries in Deep-Sea Animal Diversity | The deep ocean remains largely unexplored, and deep-sea animals, their distribution and their relationships to each other are the subject of an ever-increasing variety of research projects. Join Scripps biological oceanographer Greg Rouse as he unveils the latest findings on some of the ocean’s most intriguing and least-studied creatures and learn about the sophisticated tools used to understand the evolution of life in the ocean. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17259] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Probing the Deep Earth: Seeking the Source of Hawaiian Volcanoes | The Hawaiian volcanoes are a classic example of the unique type of volcanic activity that occurs in the interior, rather than at the edges, of the earth’s tectonic plates. Learn how Scripps geophysicist Gabi Laske and her colleagues are seeking to find and image the plume that gives rise to this spectacular chain of volcanoes. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17260] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change | Join Richard Somerville as he weaves critical findings in climate science into a compelling story, making the most important issues of our time understandable to all. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15753] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Let’s Talk Trash: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | A group of Scripps graduate researchers recently returned from a 20-day expedition to the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” a little-studied remote ocean region where plastic debris accumulates. Join Miriam Goldstein, chief scientist on the cruise, and colleagues Pete Davison and Chelsea Rochman, as they discuss the garbage patch, why it’s there, and how they are exploring and analyzing the problem of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 17802] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Essential Connections: Natural History Collections and Marine Conservation | Join Philip Hastings, curator of the Marine Vertebrate Collection at Scripps and learn how research on fishes of the Gulf of California and Southern California is essential for guiding conservation efforts aimed at protecting marine fisheries and ecosystems. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15247] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Analyzing the Air we Breathe | Join UCSD's Kim Prather to find out about the latest developments in research under way at UCSD to help clean up the air in California. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 11932] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sea Level Rise and Its Impact on Southern California Beaches | Southern California is renowned for its beautiful beaches. The effect of sea level rise on these beaches could have grave economic consequences for the region. Join Dr. Reinhard Flick as he describes how the coast and beaches of southern California formed, why they look the way they do, and how various scenarios for rising sea level play out. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 12105] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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DNA Forensics in Marine Ecology | The advent of rapid methods for sequencing DNA has resulted in major advances in our understanding of the evolution and distribution of a wide variety of marine organisms. Join Scripps researcher Ron Burton as he describes the surprising array of applications for these techniques in marine science. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 12106] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tracking the Ocean-Climate Connection | Join Dr. Lynne Talley as she describes how she and others are using decades of ocean observations from floats, research vessels, and merchant ships to discern the long-term signal of climate change that is recorded in our oceans. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 12107] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Changing Clouds in a Changing Climate | Clouds have a major impact on how Earth absorbs and retains heat. How cloudiness will change in response to global warming is the largest uncertainty in scientists' understanding of climate change. Join Dr. Joel Norris as he reviews what scientists know about connections between cloudiness and global warming based on observed changes in clouds over the last several decades. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 12469] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future Stewards of Our Planet | Learn about the challenging research work of many of the fellowship students at Scripps. Hear three short presentations that represent a sampling of the broad spectrum of research work Scripps graduate students are conducting to understand climate change and its impact on Earth. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 12470] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Disappearing Glaciers and the Rising Sea | The magnitude and timing of global sea level change remains one of the outstanding questions in global change research. Join researcher Shad O'Neel for a tour of coastal glaciers and learn why scientists believe these glaciers' unique behavior will make them one of the largest contributors to sea level rise in the next century. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13458] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The American Denial of Global Warming | Polls show that between one-third and one-half of Americans still believe that there is "no solid" evidence of global warming, or that if warming is happening it can be attributed to natural variability. Others believe that scientists are still debating the point. Join scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes as she describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13459] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Science at Scripps | Scripps Institution of Oceanography has been a world leader in climate research since the 1950s, when Charles Keeling began his pioneering measurements of carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere. Join Scripps Director Tony Haymet for an exciting overview of the diverse array of groundbreaking climate research ongoing at Scripps. Learn how Scripps's earth, ocean, and atmospheric scientists are making critical contributions to our understanding of Earth's complex climate system. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13037] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Live from Gakkel Ridge | As part of an NSF-funded collaboration with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and science centers across the country to increase awareness of polar research and Earth's polar regions, join Donna Blackman, chair of the National Science Foundation's Ridge 2000 program, for an exciting excursion to the world’s mid-ocean ridge volcanic system. Learn how these oceanic spreading centers shape our planet and support an amazing abundance of life in an otherwise inhospitable environment. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13038] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Global Warming and the Polar Regions: Undeniable Signs of Human Impact | Climate researchers have long understood that human induced changes to Earth's atmosphere should impact climate in the polar regions earlier and more dramatically than in most other places. Explore the unique meteorology, oceanography, and ecology of both the Arctic and Antarctic with Dr. Dan Lubin as he describes observations that indicate unmistakable signs of anthropogenic climate change in both the Arctic and Antarctic. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13039] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Live From the Poles: Spotlight on Antarctic Penguins | Renowned penguin expert Gerry Kooyman moderates a live discussion with researchers at a colony of Adelie Penguins in Antarctica. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13814] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate Change Clues Frozen in Time | Polar ice sheets are sensitive indicators of current climate and also preserve evidence of past climate conditions. Scientists studying Earth's climate history core thousands of meters deep into ancient ice to retrieve gas bubbles trapped in ice sheets. Ice cores help reconstruct climatic conditions from hundreds of thousands of years ago. Join Dr. Jeff Severinghaus as he explains how gas bubbles are trapped, how they provide detailed chemical clues to the past and how they are helping to shape future climate scenarios. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13815] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Future Stewards of Our Planet | Learn about the challenging research work of three outstanding fellowship students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Explore topics as diverse as climate science, sub-seafloor mapping and coastal oceanography and hear and students’ visions for the future of their research. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13816] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Science Solutions for a Planet in Peril: Global Earth Science and Sustainability | Charles Kennel explores how the convergence of earth science, biology, and social science through the use of information technology can lead to continuous awareness of Earth's systems, enabling coordinated responses to the global environmental challenges that face us now and in the future. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14223] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Understanding Atmospheric Oxygen: The Other Half of the Global Carbon Dioxide Story | Increases in global carbon dioxide should be mirrored by decreases in atmospheric oxygen. Join Ralph Keeling to learn how his precise measurements have shown that the concentration of oxygen in the atmosphere is in fact decreasing slowly from year to year and discover how these data are allowing scientists to place constraints on the global carbon cycle. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 13460] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Global Warming and Atmospheric Brown Clouds: A Double Threat for Asia | The growth of Chinese and Indian economies is improving their well being, but at a very high environmental cost. Widespread air pollution and greenhouse gases are having a range of complex effects on both regional and global climate. Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric science researcher V. Ramanathan as he explains that while science can offer practical solutions, the effectiveness of these strategies will hinge on global cooperation and immediate implementation. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14349] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Methane Hydrates: Natural Hazard or Natural Resource? | Explore naturally occurring frozen methane deposits under the sea with renowned geochemist Miriam Kastner and discover whether or not they are a hazard to climate change. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14350] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Global Warming Insurance Premiums and Top Models: The Whole Story | Join climate modeling expert Guillermo Auad as he explains the various kinds of models that researchers use to understand and forecast climate scenarios and how this science has impacts well outside of the research community. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14986] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Power of Ocean Waves | Ocean waves not only provide recreation, aesthetic enjoyment and an occasional rearrangement of our shorelines, but can potentially be tapped as a source for cleaner energy. Join Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s Richard Seymour as he describes how climate variability impacts the "wave climate" of the North Pacific Ocean. Learn how scientists and engineers are combining expertise to harness waves as a source for renewable electric energy production. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 14987] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Place of Their Own: Protecting Sea Life in California | Join Scripps marine ecologist Edward Parnell as he describes the science behind Marine Protected Areas, how they are established and preliminary results from the first such areas around California’s Channel Islands. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 15246] | 1/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Exploring Extremes of Earth's Magnetic Field | The Earth's magnetic field varies on many time scales, waxing and waning in strength, and periodically completely reversing direction. The geologic record of these variations provides important information on the history of our planet. Join Scripps Oceanography geoscientist Jeff Gee for a fascinating glimpse into his fieldwork in paleomagnetism – from autonomous aircraft measurements over the open ocean to exploration of rock exposures in remote regions of Antarctica. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 19203] | 8/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Probing Long-term Temperature Change in the Southern Ocean | The ocean is a critical component of the earth's climate system, storing and transferring heat in ways that are not yet completely understood. Join Scripps Oceanography physical oceanographer Sarah Gille as she describes how she and her colleagues are assessing temperature change in the ocean, exploring mechanisms that might be responsible for observed changes, and grappling with the implications of ocean warming for global climate change. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 19202] | 7/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Keeling Lecture: Climate Change and the Forests of the West | Dr. Steve Running, a Regents Professor in the College of Forestry and Conservation at the University of Montana, will discuss the paradox of why forests in the West are growing faster while simultaneously suffering from higher die-off rates. Running is a member of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and was the lead author on a 2007 report analyzing North America’s contribution to atmospheric carbon dioxide and its impacts on the global climate. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 18197] | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Solar Activity During the Last Millennium | The sun dominates life on our planet, yet we know astonishingly little about long-term variation in solar activity and how it might have influenced Earth’s climate. Join Devendra Lal as he explains how chemical clues locked in Antarctic ice can reconstruct 1,000 years of solar activity and how this knowledge is critical to understanding Earth’s climate history. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 18196] | 5/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Future Stewards of Our Planet | Learn about the challenging research work of three outstanding fellowship students at Scripps on topics as diverse as climate science, coastal geology, and deep-sea diversity as they share their research discoveries and their visions for the future of their disciplines. Series: "Perspectives on Ocean Science" [Science] [Show ID: 18195] | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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