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Filmmaking for the Ocean
Read more: Filmmaking for the OceanThis episode’s guest is environmental documentary filmmaker Luisa Thiel. She discovered her passion for ocean conservation through surfing. Spending countless hours in the water inspired her to volunteer with an environmental NGO, where she helped communicate stories about the ocean before deciding to tell one of her own. That journey led her to create her…
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National Science Week Special – The Human Side of Ocean Science
Read more: National Science Week Special – The Human Side of Ocean ScienceThis episode’s guest is Dr. Brianna Le Busque — a marine social scientist and environmental psychologist whose research explores the human side of marine science. As Bri likes to joke, while many marine scientists study sharks or whales, she studies the most complicated species of all: people. Her work focuses on how humans think and…
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National Science Week Special: Dr. Olly Dove on Seabirds, Science & Storytelling
Read more: National Science Week Special: Dr. Olly Dove on Seabirds, Science & StorytellingThis episodes is guest is Dr. Olly Dove — zoologist, science communicator, podcast host, festival organiser, and someone who has spent weeks at a time living alongside seabirds on remote coastlines. Her PhD in marine ecology explored the diving behaviour of short-tailed shearwaters and little penguins, combining behavioural research with rugged fieldwork in Australia’s wild…
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The Secret Life of Shipwrecks: How Sunken Ships Become Marine Ecosystems
Read more: The Secret Life of Shipwrecks: How Sunken Ships Become Marine EcosystemsThis episode’s guest is Anjleen Hannak — marine biologist, scientific diver, researcher, and science communicator whose work explores tropical reef systems, coral conservation, and the ecological role of shipwrecks as artificial reefs. Originally from India and raised across Southeast Asia, including Sri Lanka, Anjleen has spent years studying marine ecosystems both above and below the…
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First Steps in Marine Biology
Read more: First Steps in Marine BiologyThis episode’s guest is first-year Marine Biology and Oceanography student Anna Fischer, who studies at the University of Liverpool.Her journey into marine science has already included field research, marine mammal rescue training, deep-sea ecology projects, and work with scientists at the National Oceanography Centre.Originally from near Geneva, she moved to the UK during COVID, adapted…
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Powerful Antioxidant Compounds that Help Algae Respond to Environmental Stressors
Read more: Powerful Antioxidant Compounds that Help Algae Respond to Environmental StressorsIn this episode, I’m joined by Sara Roosvall, a marine science researcher and hobby artist currently studying in the Marine Ecology Programme at Nord University.Sara holds two Bachelor of Science degrees in Marine Science and Biology from the University of Gothenburg. Her research focuses on brown algae and the role of phlorotannins — powerful antioxidant…
