What matters to you.
Sign Out
Play Live Radio
0:00
0:00
NEXT UP:
 
Top

Forum Network

Free online lectures: Explore a world of ideas

Funding provided by:
neaqlogo.jpg

New England Aquarium

Opened on the Boston Waterfront in 1969, the New England Aquarium is one of the world’s first modern aquariums. Visitors can explore the ocean and visit thousands of marine animals in three levels of world-class exhibits. Combining education, entertainment and action to address the most challenging problems facing the ocean, the New England Aquarium aims to create a new generation of ocean stewards. Since 1972, the Aquarium has been providing free lectures and films by scientists, environmental writers, photographers and many more. Through the generosity of the Lowell Institute, the Aquarium Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Registration is requested and all programs start at 7 p.m. in the Aquarium's Simons IMAX Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Programs last approximately one hour. For more information or to join our mailing list, visit: www.neaq.org/aquariumlectures

http://www.neaq.org/

  • Power of One: Local Heroes of Biodiversity

    Wed, Apr 30, 2003
    Sean Sheehan and Sheila Globus describe their project called Turn the Tide. Take nine simple actions and join more than 12,000 participants nationwide in helping the environment, and in seeing the results of combined action. Leo Kenney and a group of high school students inspire people to certify and protect vernal pools in their neighborhoods. And Time's "Ocean Hero", Niaz Dorry speaks about her own efforts to conserve aquatic life.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Crab Wars: Horseshoe Crabs, Bioterrorism, and Health

    Mon, Jun 6, 2005
    William Sargent, environmental author and *NOVA* consultant, reveals intense debates currently surrounding horseshoe crabs. Surviving almost unmolested for 300 million years, the horseshoe crab is now the object of an intense legal and ethical struggle involving marine biologists, environmentalists, US government officials, biotechnologists, and international corporations. William Sargent is a consultant to the *NOVA* Science Series and former director of the Baltimore Aquarium. He presently teaches at The Briarwood Center for Marine Biology and at Harvard University.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Tinkering with Eden: Non-Native Species

    Mon, Jun 20, 2005
    Kim Todd investigates the stories of 16 exotic species, from those brought by the first European colonists to species still being imported today, as described in her book, *Tinkering with Eden*, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award. Starlings. Honeybees. Pigeons. Brown trout. All these non-native species are well established parts of the American landscape, but how did they get here? What impact do they have? Who wanted them here and why?
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Choosing Ocean-Friendly Seafood

    Wed, Mar 22, 2006
    Lydia Bergen discusses how we can maintain our natural marine resources and feed our global community, a question that the Seafood Choices Movement is striving to tackle and a process in which the New England Aquarium is deeply embedded. Aquarium Fish stocks around the world are threatened by overfishing. The aquaculture industry is expanding at an exponential pace. The demand for seafood globally is increasing every year.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • The Acoustic World of Whales

    Mon, Jul 12, 2004
    Dr. Green discusses her work with humpback whales in Hawaii, where she studies their use of sound to communicate. She shares video and sound recordings to illustrate her work and present research on the effect of thrill craft and engine noise on the whales. Dr. Green also presents the broader implications of her work regarding impacts of underwater noise pollution on marine mammals.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Blue Whales: Recent Discoveries

    Mon, Nov 15, 2004
    John Calambokidis, who began recording information on the blue whale population in California in the 1980s, shares exciting recent discoveries on this species. Calambokidis explores the movements and behavior of this species and shows new video footage taken from a "Crittercam" on a blue whale as it feeds and vocalizes underwater. For decades after blue whales were commercially hunted, many feared that their numbers had been reduced to the point that made extinction inevitable. However, off the California coast, recent research has revealed a surprisingly large blue whale population.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • One Family's Epic Journey to the North Pole

    Mon, Dec 13, 2004
    Dave and Jaja Martin share photographs and stories from their experiences after they and their children abandoned their conventional lifestyle in June of 1996 and headed off to pursue their dreams. The Martins explain their motivations and discuss the life lessons that they learned from their travels.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • In Defense of Dolphins

    Tue, May 29, 2007
    Thomas White, director of the Center for Ethics and Business and Hilton Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola Marymount University, discusses his book *In Defense of Dolphins*. White asks if humans may have been sharing the planet with other intelligent life for millions of years without realizing it. He considers the possibility that we have, imagines the implications, and encourages humans to reconsider our treatment of the species with whom we share the earth.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Fish Worship and Art

    Mon, Apr 30, 2007
    Ray Troll discusses his fish-based art, which brings a street-smart sensibility to the worlds of ichthyology and paleontology. From his tree-top studio, high above the Tongass Narrows in rainswept Katchikan Alaska, Ray Troll draws and paints fishy images that migrate into museums, books and magazines and onto t-shirts sold round the globe. Over the years, he has done artwork for various conservation organizations including the Sierra Club, Greenpeace and the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium

  • Ten Years of Progress: Boston Harbor Islands National Park

    Mon, Jun 26, 2006
    Bruce Jacobson and Tom Powers talk about their work on the Boston Harbor Islands National Park Area, a unit of the National Park System that includes 34 islands within the 50-square miles of Boston Harbor.
    Forum Network
    Partner:
    New England Aquarium
Load More