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On this episode recorded at the National Ocean Exploration Forum, hosts Peter Ravella and Tyler Buckingham speak with Dr. Allan Adams, a physicist turned ocean engineer, designing scalable technology for ocean exploration, monitoring, and conservation. Adams earned degrees in physics form Harvard, Berkeley, and Stanford. A dedicated educator and public speaker — Dr. Adams' introductory lectures on quantum mechanics from MIT have been viewed nearly two million times, and his TED talks have been viewed more than that 3 million times. His 2016 TED talk about the LIGO discovery of Gravitational Waves was chosen as one of the top 10 TED Talks of 2016.

After decades of legal and political wrangling, four dams on the Klamath River are now set for removal, reopening the river for restoration of salmon runs that were nearly destroyed— along with the people who depend on them. The innovative public-private financing that made this possible could be a model for future restoration efforts along the West Coast. Glen Spain, a leader in restoration effort on behalf of salmon fishermen, recounts the long struggle in this interview with cohost Brad Warren.