Upcoming Author Events, Image Shows, and LecturesThe Felton Branch of the As a scuba diver, Marc Shargel has been watching ecological shifts in the Central California Pacific since the 1970s. Recently, he has used his camera to document stunning changes to California’s kelp forests. On Saturday, January 13, he’ll share a lifetime of photographic images and marine observations with guests at the Felton Library. Shargel will highlight the most extreme, recent changes seen from Big Sur to Mendocino, and explain what science has revealed about recent declines in our kelp forests.
Since 1997 he has been a champion for marine reserves, which are no-take areas that function as refuges and nurseries for life in our ocean. He played an integral part in drawing the boundaries for new marine reserves along the Central Coast. Renowned marine biologist Sylvia Earle calls them “hope spots.” But in 2013, just six years after the new reserves went into effect, stunning changes in marine life presented a new threat. Shargel will reveal a photographic chronicle of the beautiful but now-threatened kelp forests found just beyond local shores. Shargel’s photos of California marine life were a unique contribution to the debate about creating marine reserves in Central California. After 2007, as processes to create “parks in the ocean” moved to other parts of the state, he created larger photo essays for each region. These became a series of three lavishly printed coffee-table volumes, his Wonders of the Sea books. Following that, he authored the soft cover Yesterday’s Ocean: A History of Marine Life on California’s Central Coast. The January 13 event highlights an exhibit of Shargel’s photography, which will be on view from January 2 to March 29, 2024 at the Felton Library, open to the public 10 to 6 every day except Sundays (10 to 5 on Fridays and Saturdays). This event is sponsored by the Felton Library Friends. Watch This Space Return here for additional details about planned events and announcements of future events. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea:
Video Voyages Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, an online presentation featuring photographs and commentary by Marc Shargel: 00:00 to 04:30 - Introduction In the autumn of 2016 we created two short videos, and you don't have to travel or even wait a moment to see them! Just click below. Video from Marc Shargel's Galápagos expedition:
Video from Central California, Fiji and British Columbia, 2012-2016:
We Take Requests! If you'd like to have Marc speak to your group, send an email here. If you're wondering whether our presentations are a good match for your group or event, have a look at the events we've done in the past. Marc Shargel has been a frequent presenter at clubs and civic groups all over Northern and Central California. More than a dozen clubs, as well as civic and volunteer groups, have seen his talks "Islands of the Eastern Pacific" and "An Underwater Swim Across the Pacific." In 2001 he presented images of endangered Manatees from West Florida. In 2002 his presentations featured images from the South Pacific Islands of Palau, Yap, and Bali. |
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