Spend the day learning about marine mammals, the ocean and climate change!
Special Presentations in the Science Panorama (NRC 2nd Floor)
Immersed in Change
Showings at 10:00, 10:45 & 11:30 am and 12:15, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30, 3:15 and 4pm
Talks in the Daily Planet
Bonehenge — The Skeletal Rearticulation of a Stranded Sperm Whale
10:15 am
Keith Rittmaster, Natural Science Curator
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Living Underwater in a Florida Keys Coral Reef
11:15 am
Christopher S. Martens
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
How to Collect Whales
12:15 pm
Roland Kays, Ph.D.
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences & NC State University
Recent Explorations of Submarine Volcanoes in the SW Pacific Using an Underwater Robotic Vehicle
1:00 pm
Robert W. Embley, Senior Research Geophysicist
NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
Marine Mammal Medicine and Me: Working with the White Whale
2:30 pm
Carrie Goertz, Wildlife Veterinarian
Alaska SeaLife Center
Global Change, Local Impacts: The North Carolina Coast
3:30 pm
Brent McKee, Chair and Professor
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Talks in Windows on the World
Antarctic Wildlife Adventure: Studying Marine Mammals along the Western Antarctic Peninsula
10 am
Reny Tyson, Ph.D. Candidate
Duke University Marine Laboratory
Climate Change in NC: Challenges for Local Monitoring, Prediction, and Planning
11 am
Heather Dinon, Applied Climatologist
State Climate Office of North Carolina
Ecology You Can Eat! Natural History and Climate Response of Oyster Reef Habitats in North Carolina
12:30 pm
Joel Fodrie, Assistant Professor
Institute of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Beaufort’s Dolphins- Getting to Know Them
1:30 pm
Keith Rittmaster, Natural Science Curator
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Update on Wind Power Potential Offshore of North Carolina
2:45 pm
Professor Harvey Seim
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Polar Bears: Arctic Icons
3:45 pm
Steve Gerkin, Programs Coordinator
North Carolina Zoo
Exhibits include:
Whales and Dolphins of North Carolina
North Carolina Aquarium at Fort Fisher
NC Coastal Cetacean Photo ID, Stranding Response and Conservation
North Carolina Maritime Museum
North Carolina Marine Mammals
North Carolina Maritime Museum
Museum Marine Mammal Collections
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Ocean and Polar Geography
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Meredith College
The Life of Plastic
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Meredith College
Whale Diversity
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Meredith College
Your Carbon Footprint
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and Meredith College
Polar Bears: Arctic Icons
North Carolina Zoo
Department of Marine Sciences and Institute of Marine Sciences
UNC-Chapel Hill
At the Bottom of the Arctic Food Web- World of Algae
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Coral Reefs and Climate Change
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Fun with Oysters — The Ecological Importance of Oyster Reefs
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Making Waves
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Sea Level Rise in North Carolina
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
The Trees of the Sea- Intro to Phytoplankton
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
Why Tiny Microbes are Important: Oil Spills and Hydrothermal Vents
Department of Marine Sciences, UNC-Chapel Hill
North Carolina Oyster Spat Monitoring Project
Benthic Ecology Lab at the Center for Marine Science UNCW & North Carolina Sea Grant
Ecological Effects of Climate Change
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
For more information, email bonnie.eamick@naturalsciences.org [2].