How can oceans help us capture carbon?
From phytoplankton, to whales, to seagrass meadows, we look at how oceans absorb more than half the world’s carbon.
The ocean covers over 70% of the Earth’s surface and can hold more than 150 times the amount of carbon dioxide as air. Around a quarter of CO2 emissions created by human activity each year is absorbed by them. From phytoplankton to whales to seagrass meadows, we explore how this happens.
And in climate news, we hear about the wildfires and drought affecting Chile.
Hosts Jordan Dunbar and Kate Lamble speak with:
Rita Steyn, Contributing Editor at The Marine Diaries and lecturer at University of Tampa, Florida
Michael Yap is a Marine Biologist and Founder of Seagrass Guardians, Malaysia
Dr. Haimanti Biswas, Principal Scientist of Biological Oceanography at CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography, India
Dr. Annette Scheffer, Marine Biologist and Lecturer, speaking with us from Antarctica
John Kirkwood, Marine Biologist and Expedition Leader speaking with us from Antarctica
Alex Godoy Faundez, Director of the Sustainability Research Centre, Universidad of Desarrollo in Chile
This programme was first broadcast in May 2022
Researcher: Immie Rhodes
Reporter: Mark Stratton
Producers: Dearbhail Starr and Sophie Eastaugh
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell and Neil Churchill
Production coordinator: Siobhan Reed
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