Riding the wave: How shifting oceans shape our food
Science on the Menu: A Food Safety Podcast by EFSA
European Food Safety Authority
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🗓️ 14 January 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Oceans have long captivated our imagination. Think of swashbuckling pirates or bold explorers seeking far off lands. Today the oceans represent a new frontier. Beneath the seafloor lie precious minerals that could drive technological innovation. Ocean aquaculture could address sustainability issues from farming on land. Climate change is opening new sea routes for trade. But what are the risks for food safety? How could changing uses of the oceans affect our food supply? Join us as we explore the ocean deep!
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| 0:00.0 | In the future, because of climate change and ice melting and permafrost thawing, |
| 0:05.6 | then it could become more accessible. |
| 0:09.2 | So we can imagine a rush to occupy these territories, |
| 0:13.1 | and that could have implications in terms of increase in the amount of ships going there |
| 0:18.8 | and therefore the probability of pollution accidents |
| 0:22.5 | and other source of accidents. |
| 0:28.2 | Science on the menu, |
| 0:34.0 | a podcast by the European Food Safety Authority. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello and welcome to another episode of Science on the Menu. |
| 0:51.9 | My name is Ed Bray and I work in the communications team at the European Food Safety Authority, EFSA. |
| 0:54.9 | Joining me today is Angelo Maggiore. You work in the Explore team, EFSA. Joining me today is Angelo Maggiore. |
| 0:58.0 | You work in the Explore team at EFSA. |
| 0:59.6 | That sounds very exciting. |
| 1:01.0 | We're going to find out what that is. |
| 1:03.4 | And welcome to the podcast, Angelo. |
| 1:06.4 | Thank you very much, Ed, for inviting me and trying to stretch the boundaries of my comfort zone here with you today. |
| 1:11.3 | Well, let's do that. And talking about boundaries, we're talking about limitless boundaries |
| 1:15.8 | today. We're talking about the oceans. I find this a really fascinating topic. And people |
| 1:19.6 | might ask oceans and food safety, what's the connection there? Well, let's find out. You've |
| 1:24.4 | been working on a fascinating report. Before we get to that, |
| 1:28.0 | tell us about the Explore team at EFSA. What is that? What do you do? In particular, what we are |
| 1:32.8 | looking at is what's going on around EFSA in terms of economic developments, technological developments, |
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