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The Buttonwood Park Zoo will host its Wildlife Education Series, “A Deep Dive into the Ocean Twilight Zone”, virtually on Thursday, April 30, 2020 at 7:00 pm.
Captain Philip G. Renaud, USN (Ret), Program Manager of the Ocean Twilight Zone (OTZ) Program for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), will be the guest speaker. The virtual presentation will be done through Zoom and while the program is complimentary, pre-registration is required. Visit www.bpzoo.org/wildlife-education-series/ to register.
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has embarked on a bold new journey to explore the mesopelagic (aka the ocean twilight zone), a vast, globe-spanning, and dimly lit region between about 200 and 1,000 meters beneath the ocean’s surface. Captain Renaud, will take you on a virtual journey to this hidden world where he will expose you to the denizens of the deep and all of the amazing technologies that WHOI is using to explore one of the Earth’s final frontiers.
Atlantic Longarm Octopus. Photo by Paul Caiger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
About the Speaker:
Captain Philip G. Renaud, USN (Ret), is the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Program Manager of the Ocean Twilight Zone (OTZ) Program. The WHOI OTZ Program is one of the TED Audacious Projects: a new model to inspire change at scale.
OTZ is employing a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and communicators over a 6-year project to dramatically advance man’s understanding of life and planetary importance of this vast zone of our world’s oceans. Formerly, Phil served as the Executive Director of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, a Private Operating Foundation with a global mission to conserve the oceans through science, education and outreach.
The capstone accomplishment of Phil’s tenure at Living Oceans was leading the Global Reef Expedition; a five-year, 15-country circumnavigation of the globe on the 220 foot research vessel, Golden Shadow, during which the Foundation mapped and surveyed many of the world’s most remote reefs in order to advance science and conservation management. His career in oceanography began at the Naval Academy where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Oceanography.
Glass Squid Cranchia scabra. Photo by Paul Caiger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
During his distinguished 25-year career in the Navy, he served as the oceanographer of an aircraft carrier, the lead oceanographer for the Commander, Second Fleet, and the Commanding Officer of the Naval Oceanographic Office. CAPT Renaud has earned master’s degrees in Oceanography, Meteorology, Strategic Studies, and Business Administration. He is an avid scuba diver, underwater photographer, sailor and skier.
BPZOO is proud to offer this event cost-free to our virtual community, but registration is required. The link is available here. If you would like to make a donation to the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society’s Emergency Operating Fund to ensure we stay connected, please text BPZOO20 to 41444 or visit https://www.bpzoo.org/emergency-operating-fund/.
Transparent Sternoptyx diaphana. Photo by Paul Caiger, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
