Climate change is not a recent issue. Scientists have been publishing papers on the greenhouse effect since the 1970s and a speech by Carl Sagan in 1990, stated the threat of human caused climate change. These same issues are still relevant to this day, yet none of them have been acted upon. When it comes … Continue reading Climate change in the oceans (Increasing temperatures focussed).
Germany is a red man obeying, straight up talking, beer and pretzel loving, forested delight. Currently, I am writing this from a hostel somewhere in Bavaria and as I look back on my last 7 months here, I can’t help but feel love for this country. Yes, I even love the total ridiculousness of the … Continue reading A love letter to Germany
A career in marine biology or marine conservation is a competitive and broad field to get into. Therefore, having some prior field or lab experience and an idea of the exact area you wish to go into is hugely beneficial to your future career options. I’ve spoken to many lecturers at university, scientists and PhD … Continue reading Advice for a career in marine conservation
Some people will argue media is not going to educate you to a scientific level. However, I’d like to see them argue that with the scientists that co-produced the planet earth and blue planet series; the NatGeo scientists & photographers who have spent months on isolating shoots, or every PhD student's twitter account, who is … Continue reading Media as Education
Here, I summarise a bit about our UK fisheries, our current interdependency with European fish markets and conservation issues – which I hope will highlight why the Fisheries/Brexit debate is such a hot topic – whilst providing you with more papers, articles and websites to browse to learn from if you’re keen (these are the … Continue reading Fisheries and Brexit.
Recently, I’ve seen a lot of articles and online posts about the ‘largest protected area on earth’. Especially in the last few weeks regarding the 37th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). A lot of the information reported I feel is confusing or misleading. So, I thought … Continue reading The Weddell Sea MPA
It’s a big world. Our blue planet is 510.1 million km². To put that into context, London is a measly 1,572 km² which accounts to 0.0003% of the total area of our planet. I have used the term ‘blue planet’ because 71% of our planet is ocean and having studied Marine Biology and Oceanography for … Continue reading Hello Planet Earth
Houston, we have SO many problems 