Diving into Naked Oceans!

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Science Radio, Natural Sciences, Engineering, Science, Medicine, Life Sciences, Technology, Health & Fitness, Naked Scientists

4.6 • 893 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2010

⏱️ 59 minutes

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To celebrate the launch of the brand new Naked Oceans podcast, we venture beneath the waves to investigate the impacts of oil spills on the marine environment. We hunt down the hidden world of microbes in the Louisiana wetlands, trace the fingerprint of oil in the open oceans, and discuss the likely fallout from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. We'll also be exploring the effects of a changing climate on marine habitats, finding out what warmer water means for life at the poles and meeting some of Antarctica's unique marine wildlife. Plus, Carl Safina, President of... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists.
0:09.0	This week we're entering beneath the waves for a special aquatic edition of the
0:16.3	Naked Scientists. We'll be finding out how whales have to sing louder to make themselves
0:21.0	heard in noisy oceans, how there may be more fish lurking in the very
0:24.9	deepest parts of the oceans than we ever imagined, and how cleaning up water could help coral reefs
0:30.8	cope with climate change.
0:32.1	Hello, I'm Helen Scales and with me this week is Sarah Kaster Perry.
0:36.0	Hello!
0:37.0	Also on this week's watery show, we'll be getting the low down on oil spills and the impacts
0:41.1	they have both in the open ocean and on the coastlines they end up on.
0:45.2	And we'll be diving into the issues of climate change in the oceans, calling in on the Arctic
0:49.7	and the Antarctic to find out what's going on in some of the most vulnerable parts of the world.
0:54.0	Also we'll meet some amazing animals from the bottom of the sea at the bottom of the world.
1:00.0	Oh my God that's huge. It's almost the size of a dinner plate. That is massive.
1:06.0	We'll find out what that was and why it's so enormous later on in the program.
1:10.0	And we'll be hunting down a marine expert and asking them if they were a marine creature, which one would they be and why?
1:17.0	Unlike most other fish, it's warm-blooded, so it's really kind of the king of the fish.
1:22.0	Stay tuned to find out who that was, and which question. So it's really kind of the king of the fish.
1:22.7	Stay tuned to find out who that was and which critter they'd like to be.
1:27.0	If you have any questions about the oceans for us, do get in touch through Twitter.
1:30.7	It's at Naked Oceans.
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