Aquarium of the Pacific AquaCast
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Podcast Description
Dive into the Pacific Ocean. Hear the latest news about the Aquarium of the Pacific, its animals, and exhibits, and listen to a variety of scientists and guest speakers covering important issues facing our ocean and planet. To download video files of these podcasts, visit our website at http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/multimedia
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The Invisible Ocean - Is the ocean’s beauty in the eye of the beholder? | The largest geographic feature of our planet is the ocean, almost inconceivable in size to the imagination. It is in this vast environment that microscopic plants and animals make our planet habitable. | 1/31/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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LuAnn Dahlman - Antarctica's Climate Secrets: Drilling into the Past to Predict the Future | LuAnn Dahlman, who spoke at the Aquarium on September 22, 2011, spent a season at McMurdo Station in Antarctica, working with an international group of scientists and drillers who are doing this innovative research. Dahlman is part of the Communications and Education group at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office and develops climate-related educational materials. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rob Mortensen - Micronesian Kingfishers | Rob Mortensen, who spoke at the Aquarium on October 25, 2011, is the Aquariums assistant curator of birds and mammals. He previously served as a zookeeper at the Santa Barbara Zoo, a senior aquarist at the John G. Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, and an attack helicopter crew chief for the U.S. Army. | 12/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Daniel Beltra and Larry McKinney - The Deepwater Horizon Blowout: Two Perspectives—An Artist and a Scientist | Daniel Beltrá and Larry McKinney presented a joint lecture at the Aquarium on October 13, 2011, and discussed the aftermath of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Beltrá is a professional photographer based in Seattle. His photography covering the Gulf spill was exhibited at the Aquarium. McKinney provided the scientist’s perspective. He serves as the executive director of the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. | 12/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Craig Heberer - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The State of Our Pacific Tuna Resources | Craig Heberer, who spoke at the Aquarium on October 11, 2011, works as a fisheries biologist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, Southwest Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division. He serves as the lead biologist for the Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species. Heberer was born and raised in San Pedro, California and grew up in the Croatian commercial tuna fishing industry. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Joe Roman - Raising Whales: How Cetaceans Engineer Ocean Ecosystems | Joe Roman spoke at the Aquarium on September 28, 2011 about his research into the ecological role of whales in the ocean. He is a conservation biologist, freelance writer, and researcher at the University of Vermont. His research appears in the journals Science, BioScience, Trends in Ecology and Evolution, among others. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Lori Hargrove - Climate Change Impact on Birds of Southern California | Dr. Lori Hargrove, who spoke at the Aquarium on September 15, 2011, began volunteering at the San Diego Natural History Museum in 1995 and is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the museum’s department of birds and mammals. She is working with a team on an ongoing project to document wildlife distribution and abundance in the San Jacinto Mountains and compare the results to information gathered 100 years ago. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Feely - Ocean Acidification: Implications for West Coast Ecosystems | Dr. Richard Feely, who spoke on May 23, 2011, is a senior scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory in Seattle. He also holds an affiliate full professor faculty position at the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography. His major research areas are carbon cycling in the ocean and ocean acidification processes. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nan Ellin - The Tao of Urbanism | Nan Ellin, who spoke at the Aquarium on March 22, 2011, is a professor and chair of the Department of City and Metropolitan Planning at the University of Utah. She has served on the faculty of Arizona State University, the University of Cincinnati, Southern California Institute of Architecture, the University of Southern California, and New York University. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michele Westmorland - Ocean Duets / Sea Photo Assignments and Conservation | Michele Westmorland, who spoke at the Aquarium on March 30, 2011, is a photojournalist with a twenty-year history of traveling the world documenting the marine life that inhabits the oceans. Her work has appeared in national and international publications, including National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Sport Diver, and Scuba Diving. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Lindholm - Mission to Aquarius: A Journey to Inner Space | Dr. James Lindholm, who spoke at the Aquarium on April 27, 2011, is the James W. Rote Distinguished Professor of Marine Science and Policy and the founder and director of the Institute for Applied Marine Ecology at California State University, Monterey Bay. His research interests include the landscape ecology of fishes, the recovery of seafloor habitats following the cessation of fishing activity, and the design and efficacy of marine protected areas. | 10/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Aubrey Fine - Why We Love Animals: Understanding the Therapeutic Value of Pets in our Lives and in Therapy | Aubrey Fine, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 2, 2011, has been in the field of animal-assisted therapy for more than thirty years. His clinical practice focuses on the treatment of children with developmental, learning, attention, and behavioral disorders. He has been an active faculty member at California State Polytechnic University since 1981. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Milton Love - More Fun in the Little Yellow Submarine: 14 Years of Fish Research Around California Oil Platforms | Dr. Milton Love, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 7, 2011, is a research biologist at the Marine Science Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has conducted research on the marine fishes of California for over forty years. He has been a recreational angler since 1955 and was briefly a commercial fisherman in Santa Barbara. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Peter Ward - The Flooded Earth: Our Future in a World Without Ice Caps | Peter Ward, who spoke at the Aquarium about the impacts of climate change on June 16, 2011, is a professor of biology and space sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle. His books include "Rare Earth: Why Complex Life is Uncommon in the Universe" and "The Medea Hypothesis: Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive"? | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Laurence Smith - The World in 2050: Four Forces Shaping Our Northern Future | Laurence Smith, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 23, 2011, is a professor and vice-chair of geography and professor of Earth and space sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. His book, "The World in 2050," discusses what our world might look like in forty years if current trends in population, resource demand, economics, and climate change continue. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Marc Shargel - Wonders of the Sea | Marc Shargel, who spoke at the Aquarium on June 28, 2011, has been diving along the California coast since 1978. He has been working as a professional marine life photographer for over twenty years. A longtime advocate for the adoption of marine reserves, Shargel served on the state's official advisory body, helping to select sites for marine protected areas along the southern central coast. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Clark Snodgrass - Measuring the Oceans from Space | Clark Snodgrass, who spoke at the Aquarium on July 6, 2011, has twenty-five years of experience in aerospace systems engineering and development spanning numerous space programs at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He currently serves as the Northrop Grumman director of System Engineering, Integration, Test and Operations for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Janna Shackeroff - NOAA’s International Conservation Programs | Janna Shackeroff, who spoke at the Aquarium on July 13, 2011, is the international coordinator for the NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program, based in Silver Spring, Maryland. A Seal Beach native, she earned her Ph.D. in marine ecology and anthropology at Duke University in 2008, then began working for NOAA at a marine protected area in Hawaii. In 2010 the journal "Science" recognized Shackeroff as one of four emerging leaders in marine conservation. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Juliet Eilperin - Demon Fish: A Cultural History of Sharks | Juliet Eilperin, who spoke at the Aquarium about sharks on July 27, 2011, joined The Washington Post in 1998 as its House of Representatives reporter. Since 2004 she has served as the Post’s national environmental reporter, reporting on science, policy, and politics in areas including climate change, oceans, and air quality. | 9/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald - Visualizing the Science of Our Earth | Dr. Alexander "Sandy" MacDonald, the inventor of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Science on a Sphere, spoke at the Aquarium on May 31, 2011. He is the deputy assistant administrator for Laboratories and Cooperative Institutes for the NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research. He also serves as director of the Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, Colorado. | 9/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gil Garcetti - Women: From Paris to West Africa | Garcetti has spent much of his life as an urban photographer, with solo exhibitions at the United Nations in New York, National Building Museum in Washington D.C., and Millennium Art Museum in Beijing, among other institutions and galleries. In 2003 American Photo named Garcetti one of the country’s four master photographers. In addition to his photography, Garcetti has taught at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. | 8/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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William Sager - New Perspectives on Oceanic Volcanism | Dr. Sager is a professor of oceanography at Texas A and M University. His current research efforts are concentrated on geophysical studies of hotspots and ocean plateaus and how they formed and evolved, as well as magnetic anomaly interpretations and the geomagnetic polarity reversal time scale. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ken Kurtis - Diving Easter Island - Above and Below | Kurtis is a National Association of Underwater Instructors SCUBA instructor, owner of Reef Seekers Dive Company. He is a charter volunteer dive team leader at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Kurtis has been appointed to several state boards that have helped implement the Marine Life Protection Act. He also serves as the forensic consultant for the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office in cases of scuba fatalities. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ana Pitchon - Sea Hunters or Sea Farmers? Transitions in Modern Fisheries | Ana Pitchon is an assistant professor of anthropology at CSU Dominguez Hills. She specializes in marine human ecosystems and fisheries policy, and has held consultancies in the U.S. with NOAA. She is currently working in collaboration with NOAA on issues related to coastal resource dependency as part of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act National Standard 8 research program. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dan Goods - Art, When Science Isn’t Enough | Goods graduated in 2002 in the graphic design program at Art Center College of Design and currently serves as the visual strategist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He co-curated a show called "Data + Art: Art and Science in the Age of Information" at the Pasadena Museum of California Art. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bruce Parker - The Power of the Sea | Dr. Parker is presently a visiting professor at the Center for Maritime Systems at the Stevens Institute of Technology and is the former chief scientist of the National Ocean Service at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He has a Ph.D. in physical oceanography from The Johns Hopkins University, a master’s degree in physical oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and a bachelor’s degree in biology and physics from Brown University. | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sea Level Rise Special on KFWB News 980 | Scientists estimate sea levels could rise more than three feet by the end of this century. In California, that would mean the flooding of San Francisco International Airport, the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, and much of the commercial and residential property along the coast. Find out more about this pressing issue and how to prepare through this special report by KFWB featuring Anchor Ron Kilgore and sea level rise experts: Aquarium of the Pacific President Dr. Jerry R. Schubel, Dr. Reinhard E. Flick of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and Dr. Robert S. Young of Western Carolina University. | 6/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Larry McKinney - After the Gulf: What Did We Learn? | Dr. McKinney received his PhD from Texas A&M University, and is the executive director of Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, where he leads a interdisciplinary team that integrates science, policy, and socio-economic expertise to help assure an economically and environmentally sustainable Gulf. Dr. McKinney acts as state lead for the Ecosystem Assessment and Integration Team of the Gulf Alliance Sciences. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Health Care for Aquarium Animals | Animal Care Series: Giving Marine Animals Annual Exams Learn how Dr. Adams closely monitors the health of the Aquariums 12,000 animals. | 4/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Seaweed: Nuisance or Gift? | Yucky, stinky seaweed everywhere! We often think of seaweed as a nuisance on our beaches. In fact, it’s not just fish that need it, we do too! Discover the amazing story of seaweed! | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Richard Somerville - Climate Science and Climate Policy: What Do We Know and What Should We Do? | Richard Somerville is a theoretical meteorologist and distinguished professor emeritus at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. He earned his Ph.D from New York University and has received awards for both his research and his popular book, The Forgiving Air: Understanding Environmental Change. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Kathy Kelly - Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change | Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Kathy Kelly, PE, is chief of the Department of Water Resources’ Bay-Delta Office, which plans facilities and implements actions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to improve water quality, water supply reliability, and the ecosystem. She is a civil engineer with experience in planning and hydrologic engineering. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeanine Jones - Water Sector Adaptation to Climate Change | Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her prior position was the drought preparedness manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada, has a BS and MS in civil engineering, and is a member of ASCE and AWWA. | 1/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Mike Anderson - Climate Change Impacts on California Water | Mike Anderson, PE and PhD, serves as the California state climatologist in the Department of Water Resources. A civil engineer, he has a background in hydroclimate modeling and monitoring and works in the Department of Water Resources flood forecasting section. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeanine Jones - Climate Change Impacts on California Water | Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Soderlund - Overview of California’s Water Supply | Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Eric Soderlund, JD, is a staff counsel with the Department of Water Resources' legal office. He specializes in natural resources, environmental, and water law. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeanine Jones - Overview of California’s Water Supply | Part of our Climate Change and What it Means to California lecture series. Jeanine Jones is CDWR's interstate resources manager. Her more than 30 years experience with CDWR includes directing the statewide planning program, participating in interstate water negotiations, and working on climate change adaptation programs. She has published numerous technical articles and has taught water-related courses for UC Berkeley extension. Jones is a registered professional engineer in California and Nevada and has a BS and MS in civil engineering. | 1/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Performing Surgery on a Fish - Animal Care Series: Just how do you perform surgery on a fish? | Did you know that staff veterinarian Dr. Adams has performed surgery on dozens of Aquarium fish? Learn the methods employed for this unique surgical patient. | 11/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Naomi Oreskes - Merchants of Doubt | Naomi Oreskes is a professor of history and science studies at the University of California, San Diego. She is an author and editor of many published works, and her most recent deals with the science of climate change. Her 2004 essay "The Scientific Consensus on Climate Change" led to op-ed pieces in the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times and has been widely cited in the mass media, including National Public Radio and in the movie An Inconvenient Truth. | 11/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Our Oceans: Feast or Famine? - The importance of establishing Marine Protected Areas | Should we try to protect such a vast resource? Is it even possible, and what are some of the challenges we face? | 11/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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David Helvarg - Saved by the Sea - A Love Story With Fish | David Helvarg is president of the Blue Frontier Campaign and the author of five books: The War Against the Greens, Blue Frontier, 50 Ways to Save the Ocean, Rescue Warriors, and Saved by the Sea. An award-winning journalist, he produced more than 40 broadcast documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel, and others. | 11/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Curtis Ebbesmeyer - Flotsametrics and the Floating World | Curtis Ebbesmeyer holds a Ph.D. in oceanography from the University of Washington and is regarded as an expert on ocean currents and floating objects. Each year, Curt presents a booth and talks at beachcomber fairs in Alaska, Florida, and Washington. | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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What Does a Sick Fish Look Like? - Animal Care Series: Learn how we identify and care for sick fish. | Fish can become under the weather too! Learn how staff Veterinarian Dr. Adams identifies and cares for sick fish. | 11/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Patricia Conrad - One Health Approach to Otters and the Ocean | Dr. Conrad is the professor of parasitology at the University of California, Davis, school of veterinary medicine. She is the recipient of several teaching and research awards and has written over 170 scientific publications. Involved with sea otter research since 1998, she directed the development of methods to detect, isolate, and unravel the life history of parasites that kill sea otters. | 10/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ben Sherwood - The Survivor’s Club: The Secrets and Science of the World’s Most Effective Survivors and Thrivers | Ben Sherwood is an author, award-winning journalist, and executive director of TheSurvivorsClub.org. From 2004 to 2006 he worked as executive producer of ABC’s Good Morning America. Sherwood guided prize-winning coverage of the tsunami in Southeast Asia, the devastation of hurricane Katrina, and the presidential election of 2004. His newest book is titled "The Survivors Club". | 10/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Henry Pollack - Earth’s Changing Climate: Headed Toward a World Without Ice? | Henry Pollack is professor emeritus of geophysics in the department of geological sciences at the University of Michigan. His current research focuses on the record of climate change as recorded by the temperatures in the rocks beneath the Earth’s surface. Pollack authored the book 'Uncertain Science...Uncertain World', and his newest book is titled 'A World Without Ice'. | 10/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Climate and Weather - "Climate is what you expect; Weather is what you get". -Mark Twain | Changes in the ocean and atmosphere impact all of our lives. From deciding where to vacation, to where we farm and what we plant, understanding the ocean's influence on climate and weather benefits us all. | 10/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eli Kintisch - The Dawn of the Age of Geoengineering | Eli Kintisch is a reporter for Science magazine, and has also written for Slate, Discover, MIT Technology Review and The New Republic. His reporting on geoengineering has included stories on Bill Gates funding planet-hacking research, DARPA exploring the idea, and a week-long historic meeting in 2010 to begin to draft voluntary rules on the concept. His new book, Hack the Planet, taps such first-hand experiences to draw a thorough portrait of this emerging field. | 9/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Dr. Lance Adams - Caring for the Aquarium’s Animals | Lance Adams has served as the staff Veterinarian at the Aquarium of the Pacific since 2001. He earned his BS degree in animal science from Cal Poly Pomona and his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Kansas State University. His primary focus is to help keep the animals at the aquarium healthy from day to day and recommend animal care and preventative medicine practices for new species and exhibits. | 9/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Restoring Our Giant Kelp Forests - How we can recover these declining habitats | Efforts in restoration are showing positive results for our giant kelp forests. Learn why and how it's done. | 9/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Quarantine Process - Animal Care Series: Learn how we introduce new animals to existing displays. | New animals that come to the Aquarium of the Pacific are quarantined and examined by the aquariums veterinarian before they are introduced to animals already on display. | 8/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Wallace Broecker - The Great Ocean Conveyor | A prolific researcher, teacher and author, Dr. Broecker has published over 400 scientific articles and is the author or coauthor of several textbooks. His most recent book is The Great Ocean Conveyor: Discovering the Trigger for Abrupt Climate Change. | 8/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim Sanchirico - Rights and Responsibilities in Marine Adaptation Policy | Sanchirico is a professor of environmental science and policy at the University of California, Davis and a nonresident fellow of Resources for the Future in Washington DC, non-profit environmental policy think-tank. He received his Ph.D. in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California, Davis. | 8/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Woodrow “Woody” Clark II - Sustainable Communities | Dr. Clark founded Clark Strategic Partners in 2004 and has served as energy advisor for the LA Community College District. Currently he is co-chair of CleanTech Institute at the University of California, Berkeley Haas Business School Executive Program. In 2007, Clark was a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize due to his co-authorship and co-editorship for the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) from 1995-2000. | 8/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ian Shive - Storytelling with Nature Photography | Ian Shive is an award-winning photographer whose images have appeared in Time Magazine, U.S. News and World Report, National Geographic, Popular Science, The Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Popular Photography and Outside Magazine. Shive’s profession has taken him around the world and he has become an active advocate for the causes he photographs. | 8/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ed Humes - Eco Barons | A journalist and author of ten narrative nonfiction books, Edward Humes has received the Pulitzer Prize for his newspaper coverage of the military and a PEN Center USA Award for NO MATTER HOW LOUD I SHOUT: A Year In the Life of Juvenile Court. His latest book is ECO BARONS: THE DREAMERS, SCHEMERS & MILLIONAIRES WHO ARE SAVING OUR PLANET. Humes has written for numerous magazines and newspapers and is presently writer at large for Los Angeles Magazine. | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Tim Tinker - Sea Otters: Iconic Indicators of Coastal Ecosystem Health | Dr. Tim Tinker is a Research Wildlife Biologist with the Western Ecological Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey, and an adjunct Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California Santa Cruz. Dr. Tinker is the project leader for Federal research on sea otters in California, and currently heads a multi-agency study investigating the factors limiting the recovery of this threatened sub-species. | 6/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Rikk Kvitek - Peeling Back the Blue: State Efforts to Map California’s Seafloor | Rikk Kvitek is a Professor in the Division of Science and Environmental Policy, CSU Monterey Bay, where he also directs the CSUMB Seafloor Mapping Lab and CSU COAST Technology Center for Spatial Information Visualization and Analysis. Rikk obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in zoology from the University of Michigan, his Masters in Marine Science at Moss Landing Marine Labs, and a PhD in zoology from the University of Washington. | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Plastics Pile up in the North Pacific Gyre | Plastic garbage makes its way from our streets to the sea. Learn where many of these plastics end up, how they impact marine life, and what you can do to help. | 6/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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George Benz - Shark Research at the Top of the World | George W. Benz is a Professor of Biology at Middle Tennessee State University. A native of New England, George earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the University of Connecticut and was employed for 5 years as a Fisheries Biologist with the Connecticut Bureau of Fisheries. He has authored and edited over 100 scientific publications and his research has been the focus of articles in Discover, National Geographic, and Highlights for Children as well as other magazines and popular books. | 5/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Fish Doctor - Animal Care Series: Meet Dr. Lance Adams | Meet the Aquarium staff member tasked with giving proper veterinary care to 11,000 animals. | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Sims Part 2 - Responsible Open Ocean Mariculture as a Marine Conservation Initiative | Sims has a MS in zoology from the University of New South Wales and is the founding president of the Ocean Steward Institute. In this second video, Sims discusses sustainability in mariculture and the complex relationships that exist in the ocean. | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Neil Sims Part 1 - Responsible Open Ocean Mariculture as a Marine Conservation Initiative | Sims has a MS in zoology from the University of New South Wales and is the founding president of the Ocean Steward Institute. In this first video, Sims talks about the start of his career in marine biology while at the Cook Islands. | 4/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Ian Mitroff - Dirty Rotten Strategies: How We Trick Ourselves and Others Into Solving the Wrong Problems Precisely | Mitroff is an emeritus professor from the University of Southern California, where he taught for 26 years, and is currently the president of Comprehensive Crisis Management. Known for his thinking and writing on a wide range of business and societal issues, Dr. Mitroff is the author of 26 previous books, including “A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America,” “Smart Thinking for Crazy Times,” and “The Essential Guide to Managing Corporate Crisis.” | 4/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Trevor Corson - Sexy Lobster, Succulent Sushi | Corson is a former commercial lobster fisherman turned pop-science writer and culinary expert. He is a best-selling author and a judge on the Food Network's hit TV show Iron Chef America. He is known for his humorous and informative presentations on the creatures that compose our seafood. | 4/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Shark Skin - Taking a closer look at shark skin. | Believe it or not, a shark’s mouth isn’t the only place it has teeth! | 3/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Orrin H. Pilkey - Rising Seas and Shifting Shores: The Global Impact of Sea level Rise | Orrin Pilkey is a research professor and James B. Duke Professor Emeritus at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. He has received a number of awards including the Shepard medal for excellence in Marine Geology, The Priestly Award and public service awards from several geology societies. He has published 260 technical papers and edited and or written 40 books, the latest of which is The Rising Sea. | 3/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Nate Jaros - Sea Jellies in Aquariums: The Next Frontier | Nate Jaros received his Bachelors Degree in Biology and Environmental Science form Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. In 2002, Jaros began working as an aquarist at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, and found his specialty in the area of jelly culture. He accepted his position at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach in 2005. For over two years now he has successfully filled the Aquarium of the Pacific's exhibits with cultured jellies, and has sent many jellies to other aquariums. | 3/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakwater: Alternative 4 - The worlds largest breakwater is under scrutiny. | The fourth and final alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study does not actually alter the breakwater at all, but creates a training structure at the mouth of the LA river to push contaminates away from our shores. | 3/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Evolution of Sharks - Sharks: The Ultimate Survivors | Sharks are very successful and adaptive animals. They have been around for 400 million years. Learn more about their evolutionary history listening to the “Evolution of Sharks.” | 2/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakwater: Alternative 3 - The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. | The third alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study reconfigures the breakwater into three staggered sections. This increases the possibility for waves on the shore but also the likelihood of the need for mitigation for the Port and the THUMS Islands. | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Monty Graham - The Stinging Truth Behind Blooms of Sea Jellies | Dr. William (Monty) Graham is a Senior Marine Scientist at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab near Mobile, Alabama. He received his doctorate in Biology from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 1994. Dr. Graham has broad expertise in the field of Biological Oceanography and zooplankton ecology. His published works range from edited volumes of scientific papers to children's books on topics such as jellies behavior, feeding, and economic impacts of jelly blooms on fisheries. Most recently, his research has been on the role of climate in jellies-fish dynamics. | 1/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Eric Zahn - Restoring Los Cerritos Wetlands: Waiting for the Tides to Return | Eric Zahn, a local salt marsh ecologist and avid botanist, is a co-principal for ‘Tidal Influence' a company he founded to aid community groups and municipalities with their wetlands restoration efforts. Zahn is a lecturer in the Environmental Science and Policy Program at CSULB who has been one of the leaders focused on conserving coastal wetlands in Long Beach. | 1/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bill Sargent - Sea Level Rise: The Chatham Story | Bill Sargent is a consultant for the NOVA Science series and author of Sea Level Rise: The Chatham Story. Formerly Director of the Baltimore Aquarium and a research assistant at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Sargent has taught at the Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University. | 12/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Barbara Taylor - Critically Endangered: Can Vaquita Be Saved From Extinction? | Dr. Barbara Taylor is a Supervisory Research Fish Biologist with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service. She was the U.S. lead scientist on a tri-nation 2008 expedition designed to develop new acoustic monitoring methods and population estimates intended to assist Mexico in conservation efforts to save the vaquita. Taylor has been researching marine mammals for over 30 years. | 12/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakwater: Alternative 2 - The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. | The second alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study removes the western third of the breakwater. This creates the possibility for waves to reach the shore and water quality improvements, but also the likelihood of the need for mitigation for the Port and the THUMS Islands. | 11/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Harvey-Clark - Dreamless Sleeper: The Lure of the Greenland Shark | Since 1998 Jeffrey Gallant and Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark, Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG) shark researchers, have pursued a mythical creature-the Greenland shark. These researchers use a multimedia presentation to tell the story of how two diving scientists searched for and ultimately found a population of Greenland sharks. Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark is the director of Geerg‘s Pacific region and director of the animal care center at the University of British Columbia. | 11/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeffrey Gallant - Dreamless Sleeper: The Lure of the Greenland Shark | Since 1998 Jeffrey Gallant and Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark, Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG) shark researchers, have pursued a mythical creature-the Greenland shark. These researchers use a multimedia presentation to tell the story of how two diving scientists searched for and ultimately found a population of Greenland sharks. Jeffrey Gallant is the director of the Atlantic region of the Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group. | 11/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakwater: Alternative 1 - The world’s largest breakwater is under scrutiny. | The first alternative set forth by the Reconnaissance Study is proposed by long-time Long Beach resident and engineer Bud Johnson. This is the most cost effective alternative, but researchers think that it does not address the concerns for water quality, habitat improvements, and recreation. | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Wood - Cephalopods–Chameleons of the Sea | James B. Wood, PhD is the Aquarium of the Pacific’s director of education. He has published numerous peer-reviewed and popular papers on cephalopod behavior, life history, physiology, and husbandry. Dr.Woods is webmaster of The Cephalopod Page, one of the longest running biological web sites and is a founding executive member and board member for MarineBio.org. He has worked with the Census of Marine Life since 1998 and co-developed one of their pilot species databases–CephBase. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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John Seager - Global Population and Climate Change | Dr. Seager is the president and CEO of Population Connection . He attained a PhD in animal ecology and population dynamics and a BSc in Zoology at the University of Wales. Dr. Seager believes there is a clear connection between human population growth and virtually every global challenge from poverty to climate change and from species extinction to the political instability of failed nation-states. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Charlie Zender - Seeding a Cooler Climate with Ocean Winds, Waves, and Clouds | Professor Zender is an atmospheric physicist and educator. He leads the Climate, Health, Aerosols,Radiation, and Microphysics (CHARM) group in the Department of Earth System Science at UC Irvine. CHARM studies the distribution and fluxes of energy and trace species in Earth's atmosphere. Prior to joining UCI in 1999, Zender received degrees from Harvard, the University of Colorado at Boulder, and the National Center for Atmospheric Research. | 10/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The El Niño Phenomenon - Exactly what does it mean to have an El Niño season approaching? | Find out more about the science behind the phenomenon and how it may affect you. | 10/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Purposeful Predators - You many think that the oceans would be a safer place for all life if top predatory sharks were gone, bu | Top predatory sharks play a crucial role in the oceans ecosystems. Their predatory behaviors on sick, injured, and lesser predatory animals keep ocean food webs thriving. When you remove top predatory animals, the results can be devastating. | 9/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Alex Hearn - Shark Tagging in the Galapagos Islands - Migration and Hotspots | Dr. Alex Hearn studied Oceanography and Marine Biology at Southampton University in the UK, and did his PhD at Heriot Watt University in the Orkney Islands. In 2002, he moved to the Galapagos Islands and worked as coordinator of fisheries research at the Charles Darwin Foundation. Hearn developed the Galapagos Shark Research and Conservation Program in 2006. He is currently working as a postdoctoral scholar at the Biotelemetry Laboratory of UC Davis. | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Reuben Margolin - Wavemaker | Artist Reuben Margolin has spent the last ten years making kinetic sculptures inspired by wave motion. Seeking to combine the logic of mathematics with the sensuousness of nature, Reuben built a series of monumental mechanical mobiles that have been exhibited internationally, including at the Aquarium of the Pacific. He received his BA from Harvard University, has studied at art schools in Russia and Italy, and has been an artist in residence in Spain and India. | 9/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jeff Graham - Sharks: Explorations of Nature’s Time Machine | Dr. Jeffrey Graham is a research physiologist and senior lecturer at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. His research has expanded from studies on the physiological and biological perspectives of sharks to include shark ecology and habitat research. In 2006, the Southern California Bight Elasmobranch Consortium was created and headquartered in his laboratory. Dr. Graham holds a PhD from the University of California San Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography. | 9/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Common to All Mankind - Conserving marine species and ecosystems | Marine protected areas are found throughout the oceans of the world. They may carry different names – parks, refuges, reserves, sanctuaries – but all serve to preserve and protect the ocean’s biodiversity and ecosystems. The Aquarium of the Pacific and its sister institutions are assisting in the search for possible new marine protected areas along the southern California coast. | 8/31/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Russ Parsons - Bringing Sustainability Home | Russ Parsons is the food editor and columnist of the Los Angeles Times. He has been writing about food for 25 years, including almost 20 years at The Times. He is the author of the cookbooks ‘‘How to Read a French Fry’’ and “How to Pick a Peach.” Parsons has won every major American food journalism award, including those from the International Association of Culinary Professionals the Association of Food Journalists, the James Beard Foundation, and the University of Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Awards. | 8/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Gregor Cailliet - Life Histories and Fishery Ecology of Sharks and Rays | Dr. Gregor Cailliet received a doctorate in Biological Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1972. That same year, he became a faculty member at Moss Landing Marine Laboratories and has been there ever since. Dr. Cailliet presently serves as the Program Director of the Pacific Shark Research Center. He has served as an advisor to 100 masters students in the field of marine fish ecology and has also been very active in central California reserves or sanctuaries. | 8/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Shark’s Sixth Sense - Sharks unique ability to sense electrical impulses in the water. | Besides hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and feeling the world around them, sharks are adapted with a sixth sense that allows them to use electroreceptors called Ampullae de Lorenzini. Learn more about this rare ability that aids sharks in the skilled predation of their prey. | 8/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Stephan Faris - Forecast: The Consequences of Climate Change | Stephan Faris is a freelance journalist and author who specializes in the developing world. From the invasion of Iraq and genocide trials in Rwanda to oil woes in Nigeria and Internet censorship in China, he has covered all of these events and more. Faris earned a Masters degree from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is now based in Rome. | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Michael Welland - Sand: The Never-Ending Story | Dr. Welland, is the founder and director of Orogen Ltd., a consulting company based in London, England. He has been face-to- face with geology around the world from the Arctic to the dunes of the Gulf Kebir (Great Barrier) in the Western Desert of Egypt. He holds a PhD in geology from the University of Cambridge. He and his wife divide their time between London and France. | 8/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Chris Lowe - Shark Myths and Misconceptions | Chris Lowe has been studying sharks for over 20 years and currently runs the Shark Lab at CSULB where he was recently awarded Professor of the Year. Dr. Lowe’s research interests include the physiological and behavioral ecology of elasmobranchs and other gamefishes, as well as the role of marine refuges in fisheries conservation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in marine biology at Barrington College. He went on to get his masters in biology at CSULB. And he holds a PhD in zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. | 8/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Jim Thebaut - The American Southwest: Are We Running Dry? | As president of The Chronicles Group, Thebaut is dedicated to providing visual and education records for the general viewing public about profound issues facing the 21st century. Throughout his career, Thebaut has written, produced, and directed an array of prominent socially significant productions. His mission is for all people to have access to safe, affordable and sustainable drinking water and adequate sanitation in an attempt to save lives now. Thebaut is currently at work on a new film about the water crisis in South Africa titled “Running Dry – South Africa.” | 8/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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James Fawcett - Global Trade and Southern California | Dr. James Fawcett directs the marine science and policy outreach component of the USC Sea Grant Program as well as serving as the marine transportation/seaport specialist. In both roles, he serves as a link between campus researchers, the marine transportation industry, government, and the public on seaport operations and management. Fawcett is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the graduate Public Policy program at USC’s School of Policy, Planning and Development. | 8/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Breakwater - The world’s largest breakwater brings controversy. | Should the Long Beach breakwater be altered to bring back the popular beaches Long Beach enjoyed in the 1930’s? A sea of debate surrounds this controversial issue. | 7/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Toothy Situation - Taking a closer look at shark teeth | The very body part that makes sharks so intimidating is also what makes sharks so fascinating. Teeth! From sharks that filter their food instead of biting to sharks that have jaws much like a nut cracker, you can learn a tremendous amount about a shark just by looking at its teeth. | 7/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 98 Episodes |
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The aquarium of the Pacific is a wonderful institution with amazing exhibits of Pacific Sea Life. Thankfully they do not house any sea mammals except for otters. I would like to see video podcasts here so I will have to see why there is no video.
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