Planet Ocean Seminar Series
2021-22
Apr. 12, 2022
Stories from Antarctica and Future Directions for the Center for Marine Science
Dr. Ken Halanych
[webinar]
Feb. 8, 2022
Testing Innovative Strategies that May Lead to Coral Resilience and Recovery
Dr. Nikki Fogarty
[webinar]
Nov. 02, 2021
Seafood Innovation:
Why It's Happening and Where It's Going
Monica Jain
Sept. 14, 2021Natural Western Medicine:
Drugs from the Land and Drugs from the Sea
Dr. C. Benjamin Naman
[webinar]
2020-21
Sept. 15, 2020
Ocean, Inc.
New Ventures in the Blue Economy
Diane Durance
[Webinar]
Nov. 10, 2020
Are Sharks Smart?
Diving into the Brain of Sharks and Their Relatives
Dr. Kara Yopak
[Webinar]
Feb. 9, 2021
Understanding Coastal Hazards:
Past, Present and Future
Dr. Joseph Long
[Webinar]
Apr. 13, 2021
Deep-Diving Marine Mammals:
What Can They Tell Us About Human Medicine?
Dr. Michael Tift
[Webinar]
2019-20
Feb. 11, 2020
The New Arctic Ocean
Dr. Till Wagner
Nov. 12, 2019
Book Signing and Lecture
Seacoast Plants of the Carolinas
Dr. Paul Hosier
Sept. 10, 2019
Man-Made Chemicals in the Environment:
Living in the Anthropocene
Dr. Ralph Mead
2018-19
CANCELED - Sept. 11, 2018
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries:
Adapting to Change
Steve Murphey
Nov. 13, 2018
What are we missing?
“Omics," Toxins and Drug Discovery from Harmful Algal Blooms
Dr. Wendy Strangman
RESCHEDULED! - Feb. 12, 2019
The NC Division of Marine Fisheries:
Adapting to Change
Steve Murphey
Apr. 9, 2019
Marine Natural Products:
From Sea to Pharmacy
Dr. Paul Jensen
2017-18
Sept. 12, 2017
Quest for the Ruby Seadragon
Dr. Greg Rouse
Nov. 14, 2017 From the River to the Deep Blue Sea
A Summary of the Ocean Economy and Benefits and Issues of Energy Exploitation
Roger Shew
Feb. 13, 2018
Ocean Observing: Who? What? Why?
Bonus Feature: Physical Oceanography Program (POCN)
and Satellite Oceanography Programs at UNCW
Dr. John M. Morrison
Apr. 10, 2018
The Blue Crab: Beautiful Swimmer and Coastal Wolf
North Carolina's Most Valuable Fishery
Dr. Martin Posey and Mr. Troy Alphin
2016-17
September 13, 2016
Muddy Time Machines: Sediment Records of Environmental Change
and Sea Level Variability in the Carolinas
Drs. Andrea Hawkes and Chad Lane
November 8, 2016
Shellfish Aquaculture and Coastal Habitat Restoration:
Challenges & Unique Opportunities As We Move Into the Future
Drs. Martin Posey and Ami Wilbur and Mr. Troy Alphin
February 7, 2017
Oysters in Chesapeake Bay:
A Thirty-Year Retrospective on the Path to Recovery
Dr. Mark Luckenbach
April 11, 2017
Marine Pollution: Is It All Gloom and Doom?
Dr. Darren Rumbold
2015-16
September 15, 2015
SOCAN: Sustained Ocean Color Observation from Satellites
Dr. John M. Morrison
November 10, 2015
What's In Our Oysters?
Metals and Organic Contaminants in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties
Dr. Stephen A. Skrabal
February 16, 2016
North Carolina's Coasts:
Current Challenges, Threats, and a Campaign to Protect and Restore
Tracy Skrabal
April 12, 2016
Plastics in the Ocean:
Floating Islands or Visible Threat?
Dr. Kara Lavender Law
2013-14
September 17, 2013
Bringing Innovation to Light: Translating Marine Science into Products and Services
Dr. Deborah A. Mosca
November 12, 2013
The Challenge of Deep-Ocean Drilling to the Tohoku Earthquake Source
Dr. Frederick Chester
February 11, 2014
Menhaden Killer in Delaware's Inland Bays Discovered!
Dr. Carmelo R. Tomas
April 8, 2014
Sea Level: Should I Worry?
Dr. Robert B. Gagosian
May 20, 2014
Jellyfish Blooms May Not Be Increasing Globally
Dr. Robert H. Condon
2012-13
February 12, 2013
Flood, Fortify or Flee: Linking Economics and Natural Coastline Dynamics
Dr. Dylan McNamara
March 13, 2013
Global Change, Tipping Points, and the Urgent Need to Act
Solving Our Global Environmental Crisis
Dr. Peter F. Sale
April 23, 2013
The New MARBIONC Building
Dr. Daniel G. Baden
2011-12
September 13, 2011
USGS Science: Making a Difference During the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Dr. Marcia McNutt
November 15, 2011:
Microbial Ecogenomic Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill -
New Insights to Old Problems
Dr. Terry C. Hazen
February 7, 2012:
Bigger, Better, Faster: Oyster Breeding and the Shellfish Research Hatchery
Dr. Ami E. Wilbur
April 17, 2012:
The World of Deep-Sea Corals:The Hidden Reefs
Dr. Steve W. Ross
2010-11
September 14, 2010
Climate Change: Where Are We Now?
Dr. Otis B. Brown
November 9, 2010
Mitigate, Adapt, or Suffer? Preparing North Carolina's Coasts for a Changing Climate
Dr. John Rummel
February 8, 2011
Climate Change or Coastal Change? The Future of the Carolina Coast
Dr. Douglas Gamble
April 12, 2011
Responding to Climate Change: Exploring Future Scenarios
Dr. Larry Cahoon
2009-10
September 15, 2009
Diamonds in the Rough: Biology and Conservation of Diamondback Terrapins
Dr. Amanda Southwood
November 10, 2009
"Islands" in the Abyss: Exploring Life at Volcanic Vents on the Ocean Floor
Dr. Jonathan Copley
February 9, 2010
Coffee, Collaboration and Climate Change: Marine Chemistry at UNCW
Dr. G. Brooks Avery
April 13, 2010
Changing Climate, Changing Oceans:Ciguatera, Vibrios and Other Emerging Disease Risks
J. Glenn Morris, Jr., M.D., M.P.H. & T.M.
2008-9
April 14, 2009
How the Beach Works
Spencer Rogers
February 10, 2009
North Carolina's Coast in Crisis: A Vision For the Future
Dr. Stanley Riggs
November 11, 2008
The Wrightsville Beach Nourishment Project: Implications for Surf-Zone Ecosystem Health
Dr. Thomas Lankford
September 9, 2008
Climate Change and the Coast:What Are We in For?
Dr. Donald F. Boesch
2007-8
May 13, 2008
The Risk of Tsunamis: Where, How, When?
Dr. Nancy Grindlay
March 11, 2008
Lionfish: King of the Offshore Jungle?
A Comprehensive Look at the Western Atlantic Lionfish Invasion
Dr. D. Wilson Freshwater
November 13, 2007
The Dolphin Cooperative:Discovering the Mammal Behind the Myth, the Science Behind the Smile
Mr. George Kieffer
September 11, 2007
Epidemiology at the Limits of Detection:Harmful Algal Blooms and Public Health
Dr. Lorraine C. Backer
2006-7
May 15, 2007
The Top Five Deep-Ocean Discoveries in Recent Decades
Dr. Cindy Lee Van Dover
March 13, 2007
Designing for Water Quality
Dr. Nancy White
November 28, 2006
Taking the Pulse of the Ocean: Coastal Ocean Observing in Southeast North Carolina
Dr. Lynn Leonard
October 24, 2006
Southeastern North Carolina Watersheds: Environmental Status, Impact and Trends
Dr. Michael Mallin & Dr. James Merritt
2005-6
May 9, 2006
The Galapagos Marine Reserve: Islands of Change
Dr. John M. Morrison
March 21, 2006
The NEEMO Project: How NASA Uses the Habitat Aquarius as an Analog for Space Exploration
William Todd
November 15, 2005
Undersea Treasure: The Promise of Marine Biotechnology
Dr. Jefferey L.C. Wright
October 4, 2005
Oceans in Human Health
Samuel H. Wilson, M.D.
2004-5
May 3, 2005
Clues to Ocean Chemistry Found in Permanently Ice-Covered Antarctic Lakes
Dr. Bess Ward
March 1, 2005
Voyage Into the Abyss
Dr. Richard A. Lutz
November 16, 2004
Oysters - Not Just Food on a Half-Shell: Ecological Importance and Restoration of a Key Coastal Ecosystem
Dr. Martin Posey
September 21, 2004
When Molluscs Fly
Dr. Richard Satterlie
2003-4
May 4, 2004
NOAA's Ocean Sciences for the 21st Century
Vice Admiral Conrad Lautenbacher
March 2, 2004
Harmful Algal Blooms and You: It's a Bloomin' Nuisance
Lora E. Fleming, M.D., Ph.D.
November 11, 2003
Retrieving the Monitor: Marine Technology and Archaeology
Dr. John Broadwater
September 9, 2003
Florida Red Tide: A Whiff, A Sniff and a Sneeze
Dr. Daniel G. Baden
2002-3
May 6, 2003
Migrating Inlets and Shifting Shorelines: The Fate of Southeastern North Carolina Beaches
Dr. William Cleary
March 4, 2003
How the Spineless Protect Themselves: Chemical Warfare on Coral Reefs
Dr. Joseph Pawlik
November 12, 2002
Squid Pro Quo: The Behavioral Ecology of Cephalopod Predators in a Fish-dominated Ocean
Dr. Roger Hanlon
September 18, 2002
Oceans, Climate and Health: The Cholera Paradigm
Dr. Rita Colwell
2001-2
May 7, 2002
Bottlenose Dolphins: North Carolina's Local Marine Animal
Dr. D. Ann Pabst
March 5, 2002
SeaLab, Tektite, Hydrolab and UNCW's Aquarius: The Story of the U.S. Underwater Space Program
Dr. Steven Miller
November 7, 2001:
Can We Reverse the Decline of Florida Coral Reefs? A 2-Step Attempt at Ecological Restoration
Dr. Alina Szmant
September 4, 2001:
Replacing the Nile: Is Human Development Providing the Fertility Once Delivered by a Great River?
Dr. Scott Nixon
