The sounds of coral reefs
The Life Scientific
BBC
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 October 2022
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Tim Lamont is a young scientist making waves. Arriving on the Great Barrier Reef after a mass bleaching event, Tim saw his research plans disappear and was personally devastated by the destruction. But from that event he discovered a novel way to restore coral reefs. Playing the sounds of a healthy coral reef entices fish in to recolonise the wrecked reefs. Tim's emotional journey forced him to realise that environmental scientists can no longer just observe. They need to find new prisms with which to view the world and to intervene to save or protect the natural environment.
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| 0:28.5 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:32.4 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:36.2 | Welcome to the Life Scientific, the podcast where I get to talk to leading scientists, |
| 0:41.0 | and you get to find out what gets them out of bed in the morning. |
| 0:44.3 | In this episode, we hear how a young scientist is making waves restoring coral reefs |
| 0:49.8 | by playing the sounds of fish into the ocean. |
| 0:53.4 | Hello, before we begin, let's have a listen to these sounds. |
| 0:57.6 | No, it's not my tummy rumbling. |
| 1:00.0 | It's the underwater sound of a coral reef. |
| 1:11.8 | My guest today studies the sound of fish living on coral reefs. |
| 1:16.2 | Tim Lamont is a marine biologist at the Lancaster Environment Centre, |
| 1:20.5 | and he'll be explaining how playing these sounds to fish in the ocean |
| 1:24.2 | is being used to rebuild damaged reefs. |
| 1:27.4 | It's been an emotional journey, he says, |
| 1:29.1 | learning that environmental scientists can no longer just observe and study nature, |
| 1:34.1 | they are having to intervene, using the results of their research to rebuild ecosystems. |
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