April 21, 2018 – Got Seagrass?
Soren Dahl, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
Long Island has seagrass in its waters, but it needs help. On Saturday April 21, Dr. Soren Dahl, a Marine Biologist that works with New York’s Marine Resources, at the Department of Environmental Conservation help Long Island Aquarium visitors understand why local seagrass are important, how we benefit from this habitat, and some conservation initiatives.
For St Patrick’ day, Long Island Aquarium visitors learnt more about the different projects to protect NY city from another superstorm Sandy.
March 17, 2018 – Protecting the East Coast from Future Storms.
Malcolm Bowman, Stony Brook University.
As climate change brings higher temperatures and more violent storms, flooding in parts of New York City and Long Island area could become as routine as the heavy snows of this winter. Meet with a local oceanography professor and learn how sea level rise could turn NYC into Venice.
Another great day at the Aquarium with Dr. Allam. Visitors had the chance to observe parasites invading shellfish. Sounds scary!
February 17, 2018 – Bassem Allam, Stony Brook University.
Parasites are cool! Parasitism is the most common “way of life” on earth and infectious diseases cause devastating losses in human and animal lives. Join us to learn about some of the most important diseases that impact local shellfish species and how these animals defend themselves against infections.
Photo credit: Joe Ryder
Great Saturday at the LIA with Dr. Sharon Pochron and her students Clara Tucker and Miles Todaro. Visitors enjoy touching worms (yes they did it) and asking zillions of questions about these little creatures and the impact of the pesticides we are using in our gardens on their biology.
January 20, 2018 – Earthworms!
Everyone loves clean food! But when soil is dirty, worms are the first to taste it.
Meet with Sharon and find out what soil pollution does to worms and what it means for our food.
Photo credit: Sharon Pochron in https://you.stonybrook.edu/wormlab/
Want to learn more about Sharon and her research at SBU, visit the guest page or go to https://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/people/faculty/sharon-pochron/
Do you know that horseshoe crabs have 9 eyes and they use their tails for righting themselves if they are flipped over by a wave? Aquarium visitors learnt many fun facts about this prehistoric but peaceful creature with the help of Justin Bopp from StonyBrook University.
Saturday December 16th
Justin Bopp
Learn about the fascinating life history and characteristics of the arthropod that has walked with dinosaurs- the American horseshoe crab. Horseshoe crabs have been used in the biomedical industry and have saved thousands of human lives. Come see and touch horseshoe crab molts.
Photo credit : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Bopp
