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The National Marine Sanctuaries Webinar Series provides educators, students, and the interested public with educational and scientific expertise, resources, and training to support ocean literacy. A compiled list of webinars relevant to resilience and changing ocean conditions can be found here featuring topics like coral, fisheries, sea level rise, and how changing ocean conditions will have mass impacts on the resilience of the sanctuary system and ocean as a whole.

Coconut Palms, Seabirds, Coral Reefs and Sea Level Rise
Left to right: Windmills on a hillside; another hillside; and bleached coral reefs.

Developing Offshore Wind in U.S. Waters Part 2
Left to right: Researcher attaching a scientific tag to a whale; divers underwater documenting a shipwreck; and a male researcher holding a seabird.

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: How Visitors Help Sanctuaries Monitor Changing Ocean Conditions
Left to right: An almost all white brain coral, with a small amount of remaining pink in the bottom left hand corner; four baby green sea turtles near the surface of the water; and a sandpiper walking on the beach.

Boiling Over: Marine Heatwaves, What are They and What Can We Expect?
Developing Offshore Wind in U.S. Waters Part 1 webinar preview

Developing Offshore Wind in U.S. Waters Part 1: The Planning and Regulatory Framework
Left to right: A group of people stand on a cliff overlooking a rocky shoreline; Five students gather around an outdoor tank with murky water, a staff member leans over the tank and shows them a fish in the tank; On a beach a person in a black hat and sunglasses untangles an albatross chick from white string, there is debris on the beach, and other chicks, sand, and waves in the background.

Caretaking for Resilience - Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2023
Left to right: Seagrass; humpback whale breaching out of the ocean; and a mangrove tree, which are all carbon sinks.

The Ocean as a Carbon Sponge
Left to right: A vibrant rocky reef; large baleen whale tail coming out of the water; and a green sea turtle at a fish cleaning station underwater.

Managing for Changing Ocean Conditions in MPAs

Discover the Changing Ocean and Ocean Acidification Resource Collections
A teal presentation slide titled “Changing Ocean Conditions, Whales, and Kids: how science and education can protect species and fight climate change” in white, the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries logo is in the middle of the slide, and featured with the NOAA logo on a dark blue strip at the top of the slide.

Changing Ocean Conditions, Whales, and Kids
Presentation slide with title Seaside Chats, sunset over the ocean as the background and logo of beach chair in front of water and sunsetting and text Seaside Chats.

Discovering History in Coral Skeletons
Presentation slide with white title “Inspire your students to dive in the Coral Check-up Lesson Series” and photo on left side of diver collecting coral data.

Introducing the Coral Check-up Lesson Series
Green, blue and white Presentation slide titled Paradise Lost? Future Fisheries in the Gulf with the environmental defense fund logo in bottom right corner.

Paradise Lost? Future Fisheries in the Gulf
Presentation slide for “Managing National Marine Sanctuaries in a Changing Ocean” with author’s name and background information and map of global water temperature.

Managing National Marine Sanctuaries in a Changing Ocean
Presentation slide for Gardening Corals for Reef Restoration with photo of presenter conducting reef restoration data collection while scuba diving.

Gardening Corals for Reef Restoration
Presentation slide of webinar hosts for “Holu Lalo: A strategy for enhancing resilience of French Frigate Shoals Atoll.” From left to right: female with gray hair, black turtleneck tank top and red flower in left ear; male smiling in water with swim shirt. Male with black and gray hair on boat with black shirt.

Holu Lalo: A strategy for enhancing resilience of French Frigate Shoals Atoll
Presentation slide with photo of olympic coast for the background with the title and author listed. Sea Grant Washington, ONMS, NOAA, and Feiro marine life center logos at bottom.

Resilience Actions for Tribal Community Well-Being in the Face of Ocean Change
Presentation slide with photos of underwater environment, sea otter swimming, seals on a rock, map of water temperature, and male speaker on far right.

Current & Future Impacts of Changing Ocean Conditions on Olympic Coast
Presentation slide titled Sex Lives of Corals: From Coral Spawning to Coral Conservation with coral restoration photo as background. Boston university logo and Davies Marine Population Genomics Lab logo at the bottom.

Sex Lives of Corals: From Spawning to Conservation
Statue with water and waves coming higher on to the beach with text of the title. Border on top with hand drawings of porpoises, fish, sea star, shells, and a red crab.

Sea Level Rise: Around the World and Here at Home
Presentation slide for “Every Calf Counts” and photo of female presenter in gray hat, and white t shirt.

Every Calf Counts: Hawaii's humpback whale mother and calf pairs in a time of changing ocean
Blue background with title “Heritage in the Eye of the Storm” with four photos from left to right of waterbody with trees on the edge, map with colorful markings, photo of each female speaker.

Submerged NC: Heritage in the Eye of the Storm
Dark blue background of presentation slide for The World Does Not Stand Still: Understanding the Impacts of Climate Change in Papahanaumokuakea.

Understanding the Impacts of Changing Ocean Conditions in Papahānaumokuākea
Seagrass meadow background with white text box with title Seagrass Meadows: Unsung Heroes in Combating climate Change with photos of each speaker.

Seagrass Meadows: Unsung Heroes in Combating Environmental Change?
Presentation slide titled White Sharks: Population changes off of the west coast of north america, and a shark fin coming out of the top of the surface.

Tracking White Sharks! An Update on Population Changes off the West Coast of North America
Presentation slide titled Hawaiian Honu Take on Climate Change: Signs of a Fragile Recover with many large sea turtles laying on a beach in Hawaii with cloudy sky.

Hawaiian Honu take on Environmental Change: Signs of a Fragile Recovery

Revealing the Mysterious Coral and Sponge Gardens of Sur Ridge in Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Graphic of colorful coral reef and blue water with Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument logo with 15 shaped candles on fire on top of coral.

Why We Need to Protect More of the Ocean
Starry sky with bioluminescence in the waters. Text reads Bioluminescence In The Monterey Bay and contact information.

Bioluminescent Blooms
Three orcas’ dorsal fins emerging from the water with text Hostile Waters, The Seattle Times.

What Orcas Teach Us
Presentation slide titled How will our kupuna islands respond to climate change? A look at past, present and future sea level change and storms within Papahanaumokuakea with an aerial photo of a beach.

A Look at Past, Present, and Future Sea Level Change and Storms within Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Presentation slide titled Understanding El Nino: Using NOAA’s Data in the Classroom with light gray speckled background and photo of students in classroom in circle frame on the right.

Understanding El Niño - Using NOAA's New Educational Tools
Sandy beach with large rocks on shore. Title above photo reads Climate change Communication: Resources for Making it Stick with ONMS and NOAA logos on top right.

Communicating Ocean Change: Resources for Making it Stick
Presentation slide for Mission Iconic Reefs webinar with two hosts: female on left with dark hair, red flower in left ear, smiling in black turtleneck tank top. Male on right with red hair, face and neck above the surface of water in black shirt.

Mission: Iconic Reefs - An Ambitious Plan to Restore 7 Sites in the Florida Keys
Presentation slide titled Dive into a Changing Ecosystem webinar. Photo of speaker in diving gear smiling on beach. Photo of urchin barrens underwater.

Dive into a Changing Ecosystem: From Lush Kelp Forests to Urchin Barren
Four young boys, From left to right: boy with black shirt, gray shorts, and blue leggings with yellow gloves and filled burlap sack over his back. Boy smiling with a clipboard in a red tshirt, black camo shorts, and red leggings. Boy smiling with a gray tshirt, red shorts, sunglasses while holding a small tree with globes on. Boy smiling in blue hat and blue t shirt, black shorts, with clipboard and pencils and empty burlap sack in his arms.

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