SIO444: Climate Change Made "the Blob." It Killed Tons of Marine Life
Serious Inquiries Only
Thomas Smith
4.6 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 April 2024
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Everyone's favorite marine biologist, Dr. Heidi Pearson is back! This time, we're talking about a new, large scale study just out about the massive loss of marine life caused by "the blob." It's another tale of man-made climate change wreaking havoc on the world. But, we've also got some more fun stories to talk about! Gay whales caught in the act, a solo orca that didn't wait for its pod to hunt and kill a Great White Shark, and menopause in whales.
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| 0:00.0 | And the Hello and welcome to Serious Inquiries only this is episode 444. |
| 0:17.0 | Wow 444. |
| 0:21.0 | 444. |
| 0:22.0 | Cool I'm your host Thomas Smith and I got a fun one for you. You might remember a little |
| 0:26.7 | while ago we had Dr. Heidi Pearson on to talk about a really interesting study on Wales and she was just such a delight. Just one of those people who |
| 0:36.3 | loves what she does and what she does and I just feel like that science enthusiasm was so infectious when we spoke to Heidi. So we've been looking for |
| 0:45.8 | another excuse to speak to Dr. Heidi Pearson and we've got a good one. She's got |
| 0:50.8 | another study recently published. She's one of 75 contributors. This was a very large scientific |
| 0:56.8 | undertaking. She and others took a look at the humpback whale population and how it really suffered |
| 1:02.1 | through this heat wave. |
| 1:04.0 | It's another story of climate change and yet another way |
| 1:08.0 | that it's going to devastate us and the planet. |
| 1:11.0 | But there's also cause for optimism in this, and I can't wait to speak to her about it. |
| 1:15.2 | But not only that, there were some other stories in the news that we thought would be a perfect |
| 1:19.3 | chance to talk about some fun ones. |
| 1:21.9 | For one, there's another recent study. Heidi wasn't directly involved. talk about menopause, the evolution of menopause in Wales. Also a single |
| 1:29.5 | orca took on a great white shark which is crazy. |
| 1:33.4 | And finally is there a homosexual humpback whale couple? |
| 1:36.5 | There's a special place in my heart for gay animal couples in nature. |
| 1:40.3 | Like I don't know why that is, it's just the cutest thing I can and so did that happen with |
| 1:45.5 | humpback whales there's a article that says as much so can't wait to speak to her |
| 1:49.9 | about that that's after this break which of course you can avoid on |
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