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Donald Prothero

The Sixth Extinction of the Ocean

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Posted: July 30, 2015

Donald Prothero recorded this Aquacast at the Aquarium on July 9, 2015. Prothero is a professor in the department of geological sciences at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and a research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum.

He discusses the sixth extinction in the ocean, its causes and similar past events, as well as the impacts of climate change.

Video Posted: July 30, 2015 | Running time: 03:11

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