CMBC Seminar Paul Snelgrove
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Boreal and Cold Ocean Systems, Ocean Sciences Centre and Biology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's NL Canada
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Hubbs Hall 4500
12:30 p.m.
Title: "The Census of Marine Life and Beyond: Life in a Changing Ocean"
The decade long Census of Marine Life program banded together a global network of over 2,600 scientists from 80+ nations around the world, who engaged in over 500 research cruises across jurisdictional and disciplinary boundaries to learn what lives in the ocean, what lived in the ocean, and what will live in the future ocean.
May 3rd, 2012 (Thu)
12:00 PM
Staff Seminar Series Doug Bartlett
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Scripps Seaside Forum
12 p.m.
Title: "Exploring Beyond the Abyss with James Cameron's DEEPSEA CHALLENGE Expedition"
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
12:15 PM
Special Seminar Oscar Pizarro
Australian Centre for Field Robotics
University of Sydney
Spiess Hall 330
12:15 p.m.
Title: "Benthic Monitoring Assisted by Robots in Australia – Lessons So Far"
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
12:30 PM
CMBC Seminar Dave Rudie
San Diego Oceans Foundation
Hubbs Hall 4500
12:30 p.m.
Title: "San Diego Oceans Foundation (SDOF): Past, Present, and Future"
SDOF was founded in 1984 biased on the inspiration of Ronald Regan who proclaimed 1984 the Year of the Ocean. One major projects of SDOF in the past was the sinking of the Yukon. Currently SDOF is raising white sea bass working with Hubbs-Sea World and a number of other community related projects. Last year they started a collaborative fishery research program working with lobster fishermen to monitor the MPAs.
http://www.sdoceans.org
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Special Seminar Seatech: Arctic Bioacoustics Symposium
Mt. Edgecumbe High School (MEHS) in Sitka, Alaska
SeaTech, a research internship and technology training program for high school students
Sumner Auditorium
2-4 p.m.
Topics: Acoustic Behavior and Seasonal Presence of Bowhead and Beluga Whales, Ringed Seals, and Bearded Seals
May 8th, 2012 (Tue)
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Special Seminar Professor Lisa Levin
Director, Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
and
Dr. Dominique Rissolo
Executive Director, Waitt Institute, San Diego
Auditorium, Atkinson Hall
UC San Diego
4 - 6 p.m.
Title: “Deep Sea Conservation Imperatives in the 21st Century”
May 9th, 2012 (Wed)
1:00 PM
Nierenberg Prize Technical Lecture Dr. Daniel Pauly
2012 Winner of Scripps' Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
Principal Investigator at the Sea Around Us Project
Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
Sumner Auditorium
1 p.m.
Title: "The Geographic Expansion of Fisheries: Implications for Science and Society"
May 9th, 2012 (Wed)
7:00 PM
Nierenberg Prize Lecture Dr. Daniel Pauly
2012 Winner of Scripps' Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest
Principal Investigator at the Sea Around Us Project
Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia
The Great Hall, International House
UC San Diego
7 p.m.
Title: "Jellyfish Burgers, or How We Changed the Oceans and They Changed Us"
The lecture is free and open to the public. Seating and parking are limited.
Reservations are required. To reserve a ticket, visit: http://nierenberg.eventbrite.com
The Nierenberg Prize for Science in the Public Interest is awarded annually by Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The Nierenberg Prize is named for William A. Nierenberg (1919-2000), a renowned national science leader who served Scripps Oceanography as director from 1965 to 1986.
May 14th, 2012 (Mon)
6:30 PM
Jeffrey B. Graham Perspectives on Ocean Science Lecture Third Annual Keeling Lecture
Bill McKibben, Renowned Environmental Author
Birch Aquarium at Scripps
6:30-8 p.m.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Presentation begins at 7 p.m.
Topic: Insight into the Human Dimensions of Climate Change
Members: Free
General public: $8
RSVP: 858-534-5771 or online athttp://tinyurl.com/bugfgsm
Aquarium admission, parking, and refreshments are included.
May 15th, 2012 (Tue)
12:30 PM
CMBC Seminar Brian Hopkinson
Assistant Professor, Department of Marine Sciences
University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia
Hubbs Hall 4500
12:30 p.m.
Title: "Understanding the Effects of Rising CO2 on Phytoplankton Photosynthesis"
May 16th, 2012 (Wed)
2:30 PM
Special Seminar Dr. Steven Ghan
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Spiess Hall 330
2:30 p.m.
Title: "Constraining Aerosol Indirect Effects"
May 18th, 2012 (Fri)
3:30 PM
Special Symposium Scripps GK-12 Annual Symposium
IGPP Munk Conference Room
3:30 p.m.
Topic: A Poster Session Featuring Teaching Activities Developed by Scripps Graduate Students in Collaboration with San Diego Unified School District middle and High School Teachers
May 23rd, 2012 (Wed)
3:30 PM
Special Seminar NIH Marine Biotechnology Training Grant Seminar
Dr. Kenneth Nealson
Wrigley Professor of Environmental Sciences, University of Southern California
Director of Microbial and Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute
Vaughan Hall 100
3:30 p.m.
Title: "Electric Bacteria and Microbial Ecology: A Different View of Electron Transport Than I Used to Have!"
May 29th, 2012 (Tue)
12:30 PM
CMBC Seminar Kathryn Mengerink
Environmental Law Institute
Hubbs Hall 4500
12:30 p.m.
Title: "The Alaska Native Subsistence Framework as a Platform for Management and Stewardship in the U.S. Arctic"
