Scientists at Sea

Scientists at Sea

By Exeter MarineScience
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Scientists at Sea episodes

  • ICEBERGS with Dr. Alejandro Roman Gonzalez
    In this episode Ethan and Ben talk to Dr. Alejandro Roman Gonzalez about ICEBERGS, a research voyage aboard the RRS James Clark Ross to the West Antarctic Peninsula. Alejandro is part of a team of scientists, technicians and crew that are collecting data to help understand how marine life in this region is responding and adapting to climate change.
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-aE
    37 min
  • Climate Change - Why don't people act? With Catherine Leyshon
    Following up last episode's climate change chat, this week Ethan takes a look at the human angle with Associated Professor Catherine Leyshon. Specifically, in the face of overwhelming evidence of climate change, why don't we act?
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-ae
    Photo credit: Matt Seppings
    30 min
  • Climate change, Turtles, and Bivalves - With Annette Broderick and Paul Butler
    In this episode Ethan and Ben discuss the latest Climate Change Report released by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), with Professor Annette Broderick and Dr. Paul Butler. As well as covering key points of the report, Annette and Paul tell us about how climate change is a significant aspect of their current research.
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-9J
    46 min
  • The Stingray Episode - With Ethan Wrigglesworth and Molly Meadows
    In this episode the tables are turned on Molly and Ethan as they are interviewed by producer Ben about the stingray research they have been undertaking for the past two years.
    By the end you'll be able to answer many questions you may never have even thought of, such as:
    - What's in stingray vomit and why is it important?
    - How on earth do you herd stingrays?
    - Why might mangroves need stingrays to survive?
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-8I
    31 min
  • Sail Against Plastic with Flora Rendell and Lowenna Jones
    Ethan and Molly chat to Flora Rendell and Lowenna Jones from the Sail Against Plastic expedition. Recorded just a few days before they and their multidisciplinary team departed to research microplastics and noise pollution off the coast of Svalbard.
    Is there plastic in the arctic? How did it get there in the first place?
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-7z
    32 min
  • Do crabs have ears? With Emily Carter
    How does noise pollution impact one of our coastal favourites? Ethan and Molly talk to Masters by Research student Emily Carter about her current work which investigates how the presence of ship noise affects the rate of colour change in shore crabs.
    Show notes available here - https://wp.me/p9zGYE-6H
    46 min

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