From Sea to Changing Sea. Early Life in the Oceans - Radcliffe Institute Harvard University 2016

 

INTRODUCTION (0:05)

Lizabeth Cohen, Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study

FRAMING REMARKS (6:43)
John Huth, Donner Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Faculty Codirector of the Science Program, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University

EARLY LIFE IN THE OCEANS
(10:58) Moderator : Chris Bowler, CNRS Director of Research, Institut de Biologie de l'École Normale Supérieure, and 2016–2017 Grass Fellow, Radcliffe Institute for Advance Study

(13:18) David Emerson, Senior Research Scientist and Associate Director for Bacteriology, Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and Microbiota, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

(34:55) Peter R. Girguis, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

PANEL DISCUSSION (54:22)

Q&A (1:04:03)

 

Linda N. Cabot Science Symposium

This symposium focuses on important new research on the changing nature of the world’s oceans and the questions that arise from that change.

The program begins with a study of new data about the formation of oceans and the origins of early life. Speakers then examine how oceans have transformed over climate epochs as water temperatures have fluctuated and ice sheets have formed and melted. Leading scientists and policymakers also consider how human behavior is affecting the seas, and they explore the impact of these shifts on marine life, islands, coastal areas, and climate change overall. The symposium concludes by asking what role the scientific community and others can play in understanding and stewarding this critical global resource.