{"id":4519,"date":"2012-06-08T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T07:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/life\/aquarium-of-the-pacific-to-stream-lectures-live-online\/"},"modified":"2012-06-08T07:00:02","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T07:00:02","slug":"aquarium-of-the-pacific-to-stream-lectures-live-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/aquarium-of-the-pacific-to-stream-lectures-live-online","title":{"rendered":"Aquarium of the Pacific to Stream Lectures Live Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Beginning this month the Aquarium will stream live interactive lectures on its website, featuring scientists and other experts. Viewers will learn about the urban ocean, medicinal rainforest plants, green sea turtle rehabilitation, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The first lecture to be streamed online will be held on June 8 with guest speaker P. Dee Boersma, Ph.D. For nearly thirty years, Dr. Boersma has studied the world\u2019s largest Magellanic penguin colony in Punta Tombo, Argentina. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the opening of the Aquarium\u2019s new June Keyes Penguin Habitat, which is home to a small colony of more than a dozen Magellanic penguins.<\/p>\n<p>The lecture series will continue on June 20 with a presentation by ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin, who will discuss rainforest conservation and his search for new jungle medicines. The series also includes the following lectures:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 30px;\">\u2022 July 12: Aquarium President and CEO Jerry Schubel, Unlocking the Potential of the Southern California Urban Ocean <br \/>\u2022 August 8: Aquarium Veterinarian Dr. Lance Adams; National Marine Fisheries Service Biologist Dan Lawson; and Aquarium volunteers Hugh and Pam Ryono, Green Sea Turtles and the San Gabriel River<br \/>\u2022 August 23: Soundscape Recordist Bernie Kraus, The Great Animal Orchestra <br \/>\u2022 September 6: National Weather Service Meteorologist Mark Jackson, The Science and Service of Fire Weather<br \/>\u2022 September 12: Maddalena Bearzi, Dolphin Confidential: Confessions of a Field Biologist<br \/>\u2022 October 2: Paleontologist Donald Prothero, Catastrophes: Earthquakes, Tsunamis, Tornadoes, and Other Earth-Shattering Disasters<br \/>\u2022 October 29: Paul Levy (former CEO of Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center and executive dean for Administration at Harvard Medical School), Goal Play!<\/p>\n<p>Lectures will be streamed live at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/aquariumlive\/guestspeaker\">http:\/\/www.aquariumofpacific.org\/aquariumlive\/guestspeaker<\/a>.&nbsp;Viewers can send their questions for the Q&amp;A session via Twitter @AquariumPacific and tag their question with the speaker\u2019s last name in the following format: #aopname.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning on World Ocean Day, June 8, viewers will be able to tune in to guest speaker presentations from any computer with an internet connection and ask questions via 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