Join research oceanographer and photographer Dale Stokes for a global photographic journey featuring ships, submarines, underwater habitats, and both poles. This presentation includes a decade of images documenting exotic locations underwater and topside and a variety of unusual vessels and research instruments. (58 minutes)

Believe it or not, your life depends on algae! Join Scripps' Institution's Russell Chapman as he discusses the important roles algae have played in the development of life as we know it. (55 minutes)

Join UCSD's Kim Prather to find out about the latest developments in research under way at UCSD to help clean up the air in California. (56 minutes)

Join Graham Kent, director of Scripps Instiotution of OceanographyŐs Visualization Center, for a cutting-edge presentation providing a futuristic tour of plate boundary Evolution along the western United States. (57 minutes)

Coral reefs are among the most productive and biodiverse environments on the Planet. Join Scripps Oceanography marine ecologist Stuart Sandin as he describes his travels to untouched parts of the globe to conduct scientific research aimed at understanding and protecting these fragile ecosystems. Learn how he and his colleagues are working to establish the scientific basis for what constitutes a healthy coral reef and how they are probing the causes of coral reef decline. (58 minutes)

The magnitude and timing of global sea level change remains one of the outstanding questions in global change research. Join researcher Shad O'Neel for a tour of coastal glaciers and learn why scientists believe these glaciers' unique behavior will make them one of the largest contributors to sea level rise in the next century. (56 minutes)

Join Scripps Institutions' David Sandwell and explore how the topography of the ocean floor reveals the inner workings of our Planet. (49 minutes)

Explore the discovery and understanding of marine symbionts that may provide novel sources of new drugs with Scripps Institutions' Margo Haygood. (27 minutes)

Learn what nearly a century of study has taught us about Antarctica's Emperor Penguins as Scripps Institution's Gerald Kooyman shares his experiences conducting decades of research while camping on, diving under and traversing Antarctica's trackless sea ice. (29 minutes)

Journey millions of years back in time with Scripps Institutions' Dr. Richard Norris as he describes the latest findings from a recent Ocean Drilling Program Cruise.Ę(55 minutes)

The Earth's magnetic field varies on many time scales, waxing and waning in strength, and periodically completely reversing direction. The geologic record of these variations provides important information on the history of our Planet. Join Scripps Oceanography geoscientist Jeff Gee for a fascinating glimpse into his fieldwork in paleomagnetism Đ from autonomous aircraft measurements over the open ocean to exploration of rock exposures in remote regions of Antarctica. (54 minutes)

Dr. Kerry Key discusses electromagnetic exploration techniques in the study of the earth's upper crust and mantle at mid-ocean ridges. (43 minutes)

Join Scripps Institution's Donna Blackman as she shares a fascinating look at tectonic plate spreading and the discovery of a "lost-city" of hydrothermal vents and the unique creatures that dwell there. (46 minutes)

Join Fred Fisher, co-inventor of FLIP, or Floating Instrument Platform as he shares a unique look at this strange research vessel's rich history. (37 minutes)

Just as there are fronts in the atmosphere there are fronts in the ocean. Ocean fronts separate regions of warm and cool water, as well as salt and fresh water. and are often sites of robust biological productivity. Join Scripps Institutions' Dan Rudnick on an exploration of what observations teach us about the weather of the ocean. (39 minutes)

Learn about the challenging research work of three outstanding fellowship students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Explore topics as diverse as climate science, sub-seafloor mapping and coastal oceanography and hear and studentsŐ visions for the future of their research. (49 minutes)

Learn about the challenging work of several fellowship students at Scripps Institution of Oceanography as they share visions for the future of their work. (57 minutes)

Learn how plate tectonics plays a critical role in shaping the onshore and offshore terrain around La Jolla.Ę Dr. Neal Driscoll will present new offshore data illustrating the interplay between sediments, tectonics and sea level. (56 minutes)

The rate of global sea level rise and its causes has been debated for a century.Ę Despite 100 years of scientific scrutiny, no definitive conclusion has been reached.Ę Join Dr. Walter Munk as he describes why 20th century sea level rise remains an enigma, and why scientists still grapple with whether seawater warming or continental ice melting had the greatest influence. (53 minutes)

The growth of Chinese and Indian economies is improving their well being, but at a very high environmental cost. Widespread air pollution and greenhouse gases are having a range of complex effects on both regional and global climate. Join Scripps Oceanography atmospheric science researcher V. Ramanathan as he explains that while science can offer practical solutions, the effectiveness of these strategies will hinge on global cooperation and immediate implementation. (54 minutes)