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Professor Corinne Le Quéré, climate scientist

Professor Corinne Le Quéré, climate scientist, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item she would take with her if cast away to a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Corinne Le Quéré is the Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia where she studies the way marine ecosystems respond to climate change. She uses computer simulators of the ocean to assess how the carbon cycle functions and her climate models have resulted in significant findings about how warmer temperatures have affected the ocean’s ability to absorb carbon.

Corinne was born in Quebec and as a child spent camping holidays in the national parks of Eastern Canada which fostered her interest in the natural world. She studied physics at the University of Montréal and then took a Masters in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. Her love of oceanography began with a desire to uncover the mysteries that lie beneath the waves.

In 2007, while she was working with UEA and the British Antarctic Survey, she published her landmark paper which demonstrated that human activity reduced the Southern Ocean’s capacity to absorb atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Corinne advises the UK Committee on Climate Change and served on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) when it won the Nobel Prize in 2007. She was appointed a CBE in 2019.

Corinne lives with her husband in Norfolk where she hopes one day to buy a piece of land and plant a forest which will play a central part in her personal plan to achieve carbon neutrality.

DISC ONE: La Vida Es Un Carnaval by Celia Cruz
DISC TWO: Les copains d’abord by Georges Brassens
DISC THREE: We are the Champions by Queen
DISC FOUR: Harmonie du soir à Chateauguay by Beau Dommage
DISC FIVE: Proud Mary (Live) by Tina Turner
DISC SIX: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache (Konigin der Nacht)" (Queen of Night) composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Bernard Haitink, Edita Gruberová, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
DISC SEVEN: LDN by Lily Allen
DISC EIGHT: Three-Part Inventions: Sinfonia 15 BWV 801, composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, performed by Martin Stadtfeld

BOOK CHOICE: World Atlas of the Oceans by Dave Monahan
LUXURY ITEM: A mask and snorkel
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: La Vida Es Un Carnaval by Celia Cruz

Presenter Lauren Laverne
Producer Paula McGinley

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Fri 3 Feb 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Celia Cruz

    La Vida Es Un Carnaval

    • La Vida Es Un Carnaval.
    • UMLE - Machete.
    • 1.
  • Georges Brassens

    Les copains d'abord

    • Georges Brassens N°10.
    • Universal Music Division Mercury Records.
    • 1.
  • Queen

    We Are The Champions

    • We Will Rock You.
    • EMI Records Limited.
    • 2.
  • Beau Dommage

    Harmonie du soir à Chateauguay

    • Beau Dommage.
    • Universal Music Canada.
    • 6.
  • Tina Turner

    Proud Mary (Live in Arnhem)

    • Proud Mary (Live in Arnhem).
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 14.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache"

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Singer: Edita Gruberová. Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
    • Mozart - The Magic Flute - Highlights.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Lily Allen

    LDN

    • Alright, Still.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-Part Inventions: Sinfonia 15 BWV 801

    Performer: Martin Stadtfeld.
    • Bach Pur.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 25.

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