Get in-depth information about current research in the field of oceanography in these short video podcasts from the Aquarium of the Pacific. This Long Beach, California-based institution hosts visiting lecturers in its Guest Speaker Series throughout the year. These experts share stories from the field, new insights about ocean science and predictions for the future, and knowledge they have gathered about the ocean and its inhabitants over years of study. Speakers include university researchers, explorers, acclaimed authors, journalists, nature photographers, and more.

Latest episodes of the podcast Coastal Conversations

• Marine Mass Extinctions: Animal Loss in the Global Oceans
• Coastal Resiliency in New York and New Jersey After Sandy
• The Roles of Science in a Democracy and Ways to Make Them Work
• Enhancing the Value and Sustainability of Field Stations and Marine Laboratories in the 21st Century
• The Roles of Social Sciences in Ocean Management and Policy
• El Niño
• Increasing Community Resilience
• The Role of Design and Design Thinking in Sustainability and Ocean Conservation
• Environmental Ethics
• Medicines From the Sea
• Conservation in the Anthropocene
• Why Aren’t They Listening?
• Adapting to the New Normal Along Our Coasts
• Open-Ocean Aquaculture
• Ocean Acidification
• Over-Fertilization of Coastal Waters and Dead Zones
• Enhancing the Resilience of Coastal Communities
• Coastal Conversations: Great Lakes
• Coastal Communities and the Rising Sea: The Coming Collision
• Coastal Conversations: The Current “Coastscape”