Episode 72
Oceans and Marine Conservation
Corals are falling prey to global warming. Annelise Hagan joins us to explain how she uses a spotter plane to home in on damage hotspots. Also Stan Harpole describes how adding fertilisers to fields destroys diversity both on land and in...
The Naked Scientists Podcast · The Naked Scientists
April 21, 200753m 17s
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Show Notes
This week on the Naked Scientists an invitation to come and dive beneath the surface of the sea, to find out what is happening in the world's oceans. Your guides will be Marine Biologist Dr Annelise Hagan (University of Cambridge) and Ecology and Evolutionary Biologist Dr Stan Harpole (University of California, Irvine). Annelise will be talking about her project which monitors coral reefs and will explain why and how she does this, Stan will discuss his recent Nature paper on species loss resulting from reduced niche dimension and how nutrient pollution is responsible. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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