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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
<br>
Science Made Public
<br>
All talks held at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center
auditorium unless otherwise noted.<br>
15 School Street, Woods Hole
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Link: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2012-talks">http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2012-talks</a>
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<br>
August 7 at 2:30PM<br>
Bowhead Billboard Chart Toppers<br>
Carter Esch, Biology Department<br>
Bowhead whales “sing” to attract mates, but different variations of
the song go in<br>
and out of fashion. Their song changes throughout the season and is
never identical<br>
from year to year. Learn how scientists are studying how changes are
introduced to<br>
the song and how whales adopt these changes and end up singing the
same tune.<br>
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August 14 at 2:30PM<br>
Finding New Zealand’s Pink and White Terraces<br>
Amy Kukulya, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department<br>
Often called the “Eighth Wonder of the World,” New Zealand’s Pink
and White<br>
Terraces were beautiful natural formations created by a large
geothermal system.<br>
The Terraces were buried in sediment and covered over by Lake
Rotomahana after<br>
the devastating and deadly eruption of Mt. Tarawera in 1886. Learn
how researchers,<br>
using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to map the bottom of the
lake,<br>
found the lower portions of the Pink Terraces on the lake floor.<br>
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August 21 at 2:30PM, <b>Redfield Auditorium</b><br>
Consequences for the Ocean of the Fukushima<br>
Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident<br>
Ken Buesseler, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department<br>
The March 2011 triple disaster earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent
radiation<br>
releases at Japan’s Fukushima Dai-ichi were unprecedented events for
the ocean<br>
and for society. The earthquake was the fourth largest ever
recorded; the tsunami<br>
resulted in over 20,000 dead or missing and destroyed entire towns;
and the radiation<br>
releases created the largest accidental release of man-made
radionuclides to the<br>
oceans in history—a release that continues to this day. Learn about
these events,<br>
research findings and how researchers are assessing the potential
impacts on public<br>
health and safety.<br>
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August 28 at 2:30PM<br>
Equatorial Islands and Climate Change<br>
Kris Karnauskas, Geology & Geophysics Department<br>
At the equator, nature’s rules have some fascinating loopholes. From
the Gilbert<br>
Islands all the way to the Galapagos Archipelago, find out how
island ecosystems in<br>
these remote Pacific locations are not only subject to the impacts
of climate change<br>
in unique ways, but may actually have played an important role in
shaping the<br>
Earth’s climate system over the course of millions of years.
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