[SEMCO] WHOI Science Made Public Talks

[Kathy Patterson]

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Science Made Public
All talks held at the WHOI Ocean Science Exhibit Center auditorium 
unless otherwise noted.
15 School Street, Woods Hole

Link: http://www.whoi.edu/main/smp-2012-talks

August 7 at 2:30PM
Bowhead Billboard Chart Toppers
Carter Esch, Biology Department
Bowhead whales "sing" to attract mates, but different variations of the 
song go in
and out of fashion. Their song changes throughout the season and is 
never identical
from year to year. Learn how scientists are studying how changes are 
introduced to
the song and how whales adopt these changes and end up singing the same 
tune.

August 14 at 2:30PM
Finding New Zealand's Pink and White Terraces
Amy Kukulya, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering Department
Often called the "Eighth Wonder of the World," New Zealand's Pink and White
Terraces were beautiful natural formations created by a large geothermal 
system.
The Terraces were buried in sediment and covered over by Lake Rotomahana 
after
the devastating and deadly eruption of Mt. Tarawera in 1886. Learn how 
researchers,
using autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to map the bottom of the lake,
found the lower portions of the Pink Terraces on the lake floor.

August 21 at 2:30PM, *Redfield Auditorium*
Consequences for the Ocean of the Fukushima
Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident
Ken Buesseler, Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry Department
The March 2011 triple disaster earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent radiation
releases at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi were unprecedented events for the 
ocean
and for society. The earthquake was the fourth largest ever recorded; 
the tsunami
resulted in over 20,000 dead or missing and destroyed entire towns; and 
the radiation
releases created the largest accidental release of man-made 
radionuclides to the
oceans in history---a release that continues to this day. Learn about 
these events,
research findings and how researchers are assessing the potential 
impacts on public
health and safety.

August 28 at 2:30PM
Equatorial Islands and Climate Change
Kris Karnauskas, Geology & Geophysics Department
At the equator, nature's rules have some fascinating loopholes. From the 
Gilbert
Islands all the way to the Galapagos Archipelago, find out how island 
ecosystems in
these remote Pacific locations are not only subject to the impacts of 
climate change
in unique ways, but may actually have played an important role in 
shaping the
Earth's climate system over the course of millions of years.
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