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 Thursday, November 8, 2012 Birch Aquarium at Scripps Announces Winter Evening Lecture Series Topics feature deep-sea exploration, insights about the moon and gray whale behavior Scripps Institution of Oceanography / University of California, San Diego Dates: Dec. 10, Jan. 14 & Feb. 11 Time: 6:30-8 p.m. Public: $8 Students/Educators: $5 RSVP: 858-534-5771 or on our Perspectives lecture page.  At Birch Aquarium's Perspectives lecture in December, learn about machines designed to reach Earth's deepest points, such as this submersible that Scripps scientists constructed to reach the Mariana Trench. Monday, Dec. 10 Exploring Beyond the Abyss: The Deepsea Challenge ExpeditionDoug Bartlett, marine microbiologistIn spring 2012, the the Deepsea Challenge Expedition with film director and National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence James Cameron conducted submersible operations in the deepest point on Earth, the Mariana Trench. Join Scripps scientist Doug Bartlett, a leading expert in microbial life in the planet's most remote and extreme places, as he describes what it was like to serve as chief scientist on this headlining expedition. Find out how Bartlett's research is providing greater insight into how organisms thrive in such extreme depths of the ocean. Monday, Jan. 14 New Insights into the Early History of Earth and the MoonJames Day, geochemistFresh examinations of lunar rocks gathered by Apollo mission astronauts have yielded new insights into the moon's chemical makeup, as well as clues about how giant impacts may have shaped the early Earth and moon. Join Scripps geochemist James Day to learn how advances in technology are allowing researchers to probe chemical signatures in moon rocks more thoroughly, offering exciting new information about how planets may have formed and evolved.  Discover what genetics can tell us about gray whales during Birch Aquarium's Perspectives Lecture series. Monday, Feb. 11 Genetics and Gray Whale BehaviorAimee Lang, Southwest Fisheries Science Center marine biologistUnderstanding whale behavior in the wild is challenging, particularly because these animals spend so much of their time underwater. Join Southwest Fisheries Science Center researcher and Scripps graduate Aimee Lang as she describes how she and her colleagues are using genetic analyses of gray whales to gain valuable insight into their behavior, migratory patterns and distribution across the Pacific—information critical for managing the gray whale population in the North Pacific. Perspectives lectures are intended for a lay audience. Birch Aquarium admission and parking are included. Light refreshments will be served. Past lectures air on UCSD-TV and are broadcast to more than 16 million viewers via satellite and cable television. Lectures also can be found on YouTube. For more information, visit: http://ucsd.tv/oceanscience. About Birch Aquarium at ScrippsBirch Aquarium at Scripps is the public exploration center for the world-renowned Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. Perched on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the aquarium features more than 60 habitats of fish and invertebrates from the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest to the tropical waters of Mexico and beyond. An interactive museum showcases research discoveries by Scripps scientists on climate, earth and ocean science and features five dozen interactive elements. Accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Birch Aquarium has an annual attendance of more than 436,000, including 40,000 school children.Location: 2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, Calif. Phone: 858-534-3474 Website: http://aquarium.ucsd.edu # # # Note to broadcast and cable producers: University of California, San Diego provides an on-campus satellite uplink facility for live or pre-recorded television interviews. Please phone or e-mail the media contact listed above to arrange an interview.
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