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"Times New Roman"">Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution<br>
Science Made Public Lecture Series<br>
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<br>
During July and August, the Ocean Science Exhibit Center and
Information Office are sponsoring a series of public talks by
WHOI scientists and engineers. Designed for a lay audience, this
series is a great opportunity to learn more about WHOI science.
Everyone is welcome to attend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times
New Roman"">All talks are held on Tuesdays at 3:00 at the
WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center Auditorium, <a
href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=45+Water+Street,+Woods+Hole,+MA&sll=41.523094,-70.669341&sspn=0.004161,0.00928&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=15+School+St,+Woods+Hole,+Barnstable,+Massachusetts+02543&ll=41.524098,-70.669599&spn=0.008723,0.018561&z=16%27"><span
style="color:blue">15 School Street</span></a>, Woods Hole.
(unless otherwise noted)<br>
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Link: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2013-talks">http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2013-talks</a><br
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<br>
</span>For more information, contact Kathy Patterson, 508-289-2700
or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:kpatterson@whoi.edu">kpatterson@whoi.edu</a><br>
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<br>
August 6, 2013 AT 3:00 PM, EXHIBIT CENTER AUDITORIUM, 15 SCHOOL
STREET<br>
<b>Plastics at SEA: The Effect of Plastic Pollution in Our Ocean</b><br>
Emelia DeForce, Research Associate, Biology<br>
Plastic is essential to our daily lives. Unfortunately, a portion of
the plastic we use<br>
makes its way from our hands and into our ocean. On a global scale,
we know<br>
little about how much plastic is in our ocean and even less about
how this newly introduced<br>
plastic is effecting the ocean ecosystem, from microscopic organisms<br>
that grow on the plastic to fish that ingest the plastic mistaking
it for food. Learn<br>
about the research on plastic marine pollution in our ocean and the
problems<br>
associated with it’s presence in the marine environment.<br>
<br>
August 13, 2013 AT 3:00 PM, EXHIBIT CENTER AUDITORIUM, 15 SCHOOL
STREET<br>
<b>Ocean Currents: Tools Used to Record and Monitor Deep Ocean
Currents</b><br>
Scott Worrilow, Group Operations Leader, Physical Oceanography<br>
Oceanographers have measured ocean currents for many years trying to
better<br>
understand the motion of the ocean. Join us for an up close look at
some of the<br>
tools used to measure the physical properties of the oceans, or how
the oceans<br>
move. Learn about older instruments still in use today and new
instrumentation<br>
made possible by advancements in design and measuring techniques.<br>
<br>
August 20, 2013 AT 3:00 PM, REDFIELD AUDITORIUM, 45 SCHOOL STREET<br>
<b>Shark Cam: Robots chase sharks where no else can go</b><br>
Amy Kukulya, Senior Engineering Assistant,<br>
Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering<br>
How do scientists get a close up view of great white sharks? They
build their own<br>
Shark Cam. Using an autonomous underwater robot outfitted with
high-definition<br>
cameras, engineers at WHOI are able to track, follow and image the
elusive great<br>
white shark off the coast of Cape Cod. Learn about how this new
technology<br>
enables researchers to better understand these mysterious apex
predators.<br>
<br>
August 27, 2013 AT 3:00 PM, REDFIELD AUDITORIUM, 45 SCHOOL STREET<br>
<b>The Silver Lining in the Mushroom Cloud: Using bomb radiocarbon
to determine shark age</b><br>
Li Ling Hamady, Joint Program Student, Biology<br>
Sharks are charismatic, ecologically important, and difficult to
study by observation<br>
alone. However shark vertebrae grow in layers like tree rings and
function like<br>
lifetime chemical “flight data recorders.” These chemical records
are beginning to<br>
provide us with complementary information to the data collected by
tagging &<br>
other observational studies. Learn how scientists are using the
traces of radioactive<br>
particles from the atomic bomb testing era to determine shark ages
and inform<br>
conservation and management practices.
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