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Robot Tidepools

Ofu Island in American Samoa is becoming an important natural laboratory for the study of climate change. Dr. Steve Palumbi's work in the lagoon has already led to an increased understanding of how corals may be able to survive ocean warming around the world.

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Stephen Palumbi: Following the Mercury Trail

April 2010 – Stanford's Stephen Palumbi speaks in the Galapagos as part of TED's Mission Blue Voyage to protect the ocean. He discusses the tight and surprising link between the ocean's health and our own. He shows how toxins at the bottom of the ocean food chain find their way into our bodies, with a shocking story of toxic contamination from a Japanese fish market. His work points a way forward for saving the oceans' health – and humanity's.

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Capitol Hill Ocean Week Panel: Implications of Today’s Energy Choices for Ocean Users and Coastal Communities

Center for Ocean Solutions Executive Director Meg Caldwell moderates a panel at the 2010 Capitol Hill Ocean Week. The focus of the week was Clean Energy and a Healthy Ocean: Navigating the Future. The panel, titled "Implications of Today’s Energy Choices for Ocean Users and Coastal," was opened by the Honorable Robert J. Wittman, U.S. House of Representatives, Virginia’s 1st congressional district.

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Meg Caldwell on ABC 7 News: Gulf leak eclipses Exxon Valdez as worst US oilspill

May 27, 2010. Meg Caldwell discusses the damages of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in comparison to the Exxon Valdez on ABC 7 news (at 2:30). The effects of such a disaster may persist for decades to come.

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Stephen Palumbi - Hope for the Oceans, The Recovery of Monterey Bay

May 27, 2010 — The first ever TEDxMonterey took place on April 16th, 2010 and enjoyed participation from over 400 people both in person and online. Stephen Palumbi is the Harold A. Miller Professor of Marine Sciences and Director, Hopkins Marine Station at Stanford University and on the Management Committee of the Center for Ocean Solutions. Steve holds a Pd.D. from the University of Washington, and a BA from The Johns Hopkins University. He has received numerous awards for research and conservation, including a Pew Fellowship in Marine Conservation. His TEDxMonterey talk focused on the amazing story of Julia Platt and the recovery of the Monterey Bay.

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Threats to the Pacific: A Consensus and a Plan

As part of its Pacific Ocean Initiative, the Center for Ocean Solutions—in collaboration with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Global Marine Programme and the Ocean Conservancy—brought together leading scientists from more than 30 countries to develop Ecosystems and People of the Pacific Ocean – Threats and Opportunities for Action: A Scientific Consensus Statement.

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Oceans in a +2C Warmer World

Set to a backdrop of stunning photography from the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP), leading marine scientists from Stanford and MBARI discuss the role of the ocean in climate change and the potential impacts of a targeted 2C rise in global temperature. This is an iLCP media production in partnership with Center for Ocean Solutions.

Categories: Climate Change
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Pacific Islands Seek an Ecosystems Approach

Meg Caldwell, Executive Director of Center for Ocean Solutions, discusses the role of Ecosystem Based Management (EBM) for Pacific Islands. Film in the Cook Islands.

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Coastal Communities and the Blue Planet

April 16, 2010: Meg Caldwell, Executive Director of the Center for Ocean Solutions, speaks at U.C. Berkeley during the California Colloquium on Water.

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Copenhagen: The Meeting and its Consequences

January 14, 2010 - Meg Caldwell, Executive Director of the Center for Ocean Solutions, discusses the results of the Copenhagen negotiations as well as explaining the troubles facing the oceans and their inhabitants.