Technically Speaking | a science and engineering discussion

What are we doing to the oceans?


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From unintentional acidification to fishing and conservation, there’s a lot going on. Antonia, Laura and Ellie talk about the link between greenhouse gas emissions and changing ocean chemistry which is affecting the delicate balance of marine life, speculate about what a rather nifty deep-sea research station could uncover as well as how biochemistry discovered in the deep sea has already proven useful, and discuss why trawling the sea bed for food is bad whereas marine conservation can actually be beneficial for the fishing industry.

Fact check:

  • An opinion piece about how the problem of acid rain was solved
  • Some details about removing nitrogen oxides from industrial process emissions
  • News about acid rain and PFAS (forever chemicals)
  • Specific news about clown fish
  • More news about clown fish, this time looking at their sense of smell
  • Another news article: deep sea exploration in the South China Sea
  • Information on cold seeps
  • Some novel discoveries from biochemistry in the deep sea that we’ve found a use for
  • More fishy news: Marine animals flee from trawlers
  • Even more news: Marine conservation can benefit the fishing industry
  • ...more
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