This is our second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Francisca Ribeiro (a PhD candidate from University of Queensland). Part one was released last week. Useful links: Francisca Ribeiro: https://qaehs.centre.uq.edu.au/profile/1006/francisca UQ News, August 2020, Research reveals microplastic content levels in seafood : https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2020/08/research-reveals-microplastic-content-levels-seafood?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=Nov2013&utm_...
Oct 04, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Plastic contamination of the marine environment is widespread, but the extent to which the marine food web is contaminated is not yet known - until now. Francisca Ribeiro is a PhD candidate from University of Queensland who led a recent study that has found plastic contamination in samples of popular seafood such as prawns, oysters, crabs, and sardines. The study is an important step to understanding the potential harm microplastics in seafood could have on human health - and Francisca gives us ...
Sep 27, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 32
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part conversation with Dr Morgan Gilmour. The first part was released last week. Useful links: Dr Morgan Gilmour: https://www.morgangilmour.com/ Adrift Lab profile: https://adriftlab.org/morgan Gilmour M, Lavers J, 2020, We composted ‘biodegradable’ balloons. Here’s what we found after 16 weeks , article in 'The Conversation': https://theconversation.com/we-composted-biodegradable-balloons-heres-what-we-found-after-16-weeks-138731 Burchette D K, 198...
Sep 20, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 31
For decades, those party animals within the balloon industry relied on one industry-funded study from 1989 which claimed that, after six short weeks, balloons degraded “at about the same rate as oak tree leaves” and there was no way that balloons were a threat to wildlife. Of course, wildlife would disagree with this - but some robust science was needed to pop those balloon myths. Enter Dr Morgan Gilmour and Dr Jennifer Lavers from Adrift Lab. We talk to Dr Gilmour about the dubious 1989 study a...
Sep 13, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 30
This is the second (and final) part of our two part chat with Adrift Lab's Lillian Stewart and Megan Grant. Part one was released last week. Useful links: Megan Grant: https://adriftlab.org/megan Lillian Stewart: https://adriftlab.org/news/2019/3/1/lillian-stewart-joins-adrift-lab Paper " Seasonal ingestion of anthropogenic debris in an urban population of gulls ": https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0025326X20306676?dgcid=author For further information about Ocean Protect, ch...
Sep 06, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 29
In what may be our most fun podcast ever, Lillian Stewart (aka "Bird vomit lady") and Megan Grant (aka "Guano girl") join us to talk about their recent scientific research on the ingestion of debris by Tasmanian Pacific Gulls. In between the fun however, there is fascinating science, proving that the gulls are transporting plastic and other debris FROM a nearby landfill and into nearby wetlands. You'll certainly reconsider what you put in your garbage bin. This is a two-part conversation, with t...
Aug 30, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 28
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Rebecca Van Amber, Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University. The first part of this chat was released last week. Useful links: Dr Rebecca Van Amber on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-van-amber-49680623/detail/featured-list/urn:li:fsd_profile:ACoAAATsuzIBLkYWqtY5RtFl6rispnRoKCSe15E/ Dr Rebecca Van Amber's RMIT contact details: https://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/v...
Aug 23, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Who would have thought that clothes contribute about 35% to the global release of primary microplastics to the world oceans ? Well, Dr Rebecca Van Amber for one - Senior Lecturer in the Fashion and Textiles college of RMIT University, who recently blew our minds as part of a 'Story of Plastic' Q&E event. Subsequently, we had to have her on our podcast to delve more into the detail. You'll never look at fashion in the same way again. This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final...
Aug 16, 2020•43 min•Season 2Ep. 26
This is our second (and final) part of our two-part conversation with Jodi Salmond (General Manager of Reef Check Australia), with the first part released last week. Useful links: Jodi Salmond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodi-salmond/ Reef Check Australia: https://www.reefcheckaustralia.org For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Aug 09, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Jodi Salmond is a marine researcher specializing in citizen science, conservation biology and reef ecology. She is also the General Manager of Reef Check Australia - an innovative citizen science focused charity dedicated to educating and empowering community volunteers to better understand, appreciate and protect oceans and marine environments. Under water, Jodi trains divers in global reef health monitoring protocols - and, above it, she engages and inspires through hands on research, educatio...
Aug 02, 2020•35 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part conversation with Dr Janice Brahney, with the first part released last week. Useful links: Janice Brahney: https://uwrl.usu.edu/lro/people/faculty/brahney-janice Wired article “Plastic is the new acid rain”: https://www.wired.com/story/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/ Science article “Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States”: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6496/1257 Wired article “Microplastics Are Blowing Into the Pr...
Jul 26, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Dr Janice Brahney is Assistant Professor at Utah State University, and recently led a research team that has shown that microplastic particles are accumulating in even isolated areas in the United States (national parks and national wilderness areas), after they are transported there by wind and rain. The numbers are staggering. Based on their research findings, it is estimated that more than 1000 metric tons per year fall within south and central western U.S. protected areas. We talk to Janice ...
Jul 19, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 22
This is our second (and final) part of a two-part chat with Andrew Thomas. The first part was released last week. Useful links: Andrew Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-thomas-63567767/ Stormwater NSW: http://stormwaternsw.asn.au/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jul 12, 2020•23 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Andrew is an environmental professional with over 15 years experience in the water industry. We talk about the challenges in transitioning to sustainable stormwater management practices and insights into the maintenance of stormwater treatment assets in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - the focus of his recently submitted PhD. This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week. Useful links: Janice Brahney: https://uwrl.usu.edu/lro/people/faculty/brahney-janice W...
Jul 05, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Within Australia and globally, there is unprecedented job loss and economic instability. Australian Government initiatives that can be implemented immediately to create jobs and ‘boost’ the Australian Economy and provide other tangible benefits should be considered as a priority. Stormwater NSW and Ocean Protect are calling on the Federal and State Governnents within Australia to work towards this target - to create around 7400 Australian jobs and stop the equivalent of an average of 600 wheelie...
Jun 28, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 19
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Tim Silverwood from Ocean Impact Organisation . Part one was released last week. For more info about Tim and OIO, check out http://www.timsilverwood.com/ and https://www.ocean-impact.org/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 21, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Tim Silverwood is an award-winning environmentalist committed to reducing human impacts on the natural world, and the co-founder of ‘ Take 3 for the Sea ’. This year, Tim launched Ocean Impact Organisation (OIO), Australia's first ocean impact ecosystem and startup accelerator helping people to start, grow and invest in businesses that positively impact the ocean. We talk about the need for 'business as unusual', the vision for OIO, and how folk can jump on the OIO love bus. This is a two-part c...
Jun 14, 2020•32 min•Season 2Ep. 17
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part conversation with Dr Jennifer Lavers - with the first part released last week. You can find out more about Jennifer and recent publications from Adrift Lab at https://adriftlab.org/jennifer For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Jun 07, 2020•31 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Dr Jennifer Lavers is a marine eco-toxicologist and seabird expert, Lecturer in marine science at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies in Tasmania, and researcher at Adrift Lab. Jennifer is also an AMAZING science communicator, and has featured in documentary films such as A Plastic Ocean , BLUE , and Drowning in Plastic . We talk about the scope and severity of the marine plastic pollution problem, Jennifer's research, and how we can beat plastic pollution. This is a two-part conversa...
May 31, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Kathy Willis. Part one was released last week. Links: Kathy Willis: https://research.csiro.au/marinedebris/our-team/kathy-willis/ CSIRO's marine debris research program: https://www.csiro.au/en/Research/OandA/Areas/Marine-resources-and-industries/Marine-debris 2017 journal article " Differentiating littering, urban runoff and marine transport as sources of marine debris in coastal and estuarine environments ": ttps://www.nature.com/ar...
May 10, 2020•34 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Kathy Willis is a PhD candidate at the University of Tasmania and CSIRO's Marine Debris team. Her research focuses on preventing litter from the land entering the marine system. In this chat, we discuss Australian local government waste abatement policies, outreach programs and infrastructure and their effectiveness at reducing waste in the marine environment. This is a two-part conversation, with the second (and final) part released next week. Links: Kathy Willis: https://research.csiro.au/mari...
May 03, 2020•38 min•Season 2Ep. 10
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Laura Wells. Part one was released last week. Links: Laura Wells: https://www.laurawells.com.au/ First Ocean Protect Podcast chat with Laura (in 2019 season): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laura-wells-on-climate-change-plastic-pollution-environmental/id1457637313?i=1000447765716 Eunomia report "Plastics in the marine environment": https://www.eunomia.co.uk/reports-tools/plastics-in-the-marine-environment/ For further informati...
Apr 26, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Laura Wells is an Environmentalist, presenter and one of Australia’s top plus size models, and was on the eXXpedition when the COVID-19 pandemic turned the world upside down. eXXpedition is an all-female sailing research expedition, investigating the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution - but Laura joins us from Day 8 of hotel quarantine in Sydney. It's a fun chat about the eXXpedition research methods and findings, getting from the high seas to home in a pandemic, and much more. T...
Apr 19, 2020•27 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Ben Pearson, Head of Campaigns at World Animal Protection Australia. Part one was released last week. Links: World Animal Protection Australia: https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.au/ Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-pearson-69309630/ For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 12, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Ben Pearson is the Head of Campaigns at World Animal Protection Australia, and has spent most of his life campaigning for more just and sustainable approaches to manage the planet and the animals that call it home. World Animal Protection is a global animal welfare organisation that have been campaigning for over 50 years to end the cruelty and suffering - and is a rigorously evidence-based organisation with a strong solutions focus. Their impact is massive - helping to improve the lives of some...
Apr 05, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 6
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Grahame Lloyd, Gold Coast Marine Debris Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Australia. Part one was released last week. Links: Sea Shepherd Australia’s Marine Debris Campaign: www.seashepherd.org.au/marinedebris/ Clean up campaign events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SSAUBeachCleanUps/ Untrashing Djulpan: https://www.seashepherd.org.au/untrashing-djulpan/ Remote Marine Plastic Pollution Clean-up at Moreton Island: https://www.seashep...
Mar 29, 2020•30 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Grahame Lloyd is the Gold Coast Marine Debris Coordinator for Sea Shepherd Australia. Every month, Grahame generously gives up his spare time to coordinate Sea Shepherd Australia beach and park clean-ups on the Gold Coast - and also helps out with clean-ups in other areas such as Moreton Island and Djulpan Beach in Arnhem Land. We talk about the type and quantity of pollution removed by the awesome Sea Shepherd Australia volunteers, and potential additional solutions to help stem the tide of mar...
Mar 22, 2020•29 min•Season 2Ep. 4
We recently caught up with the trailblazing organisers of the Ocean Lovers Festival - Anita Kolni and Carolyn Grant. This week, the festival was due to happen - with a jam-packed six days of all things ocean loving at Bondi Beach - with art, music, actions, and showcasing of some of the latest innovations, science, state-of-the-art technology and cool ideas for helping the oceans. Shortly after our chat, however, Anita and Carolyn made the decision to cancel all elements of the festival - due to...
Mar 15, 2020•36 min•Season 2Ep. 3
This is the second (and final) part of our two-part chat with Dr Adrian Gutteridge, Fisheries Assessment Manager with the Marine Stewardship Council. Part one was released last week. Links: Marine Stewardship Council: http://www.msc.org/ Sustainable Seafood Week: https://www.msc.org/en-au/what-you-can-do/campaign-for-change/sustainable-seafood-week Adrian Gutteridge on Tuna, FADs and bycatch: https://www.msc.org/en-au/media-centre-anz/news-views/2020/03/03/tuna-fads-and-bycatch Dr Richard Openla...
Mar 08, 2020•44 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Dr Adrian Gutteridge is a Fisheries Assessment Manager with the Marine Stewardship Council. With MSC's "Sustainable Seafood Week" happening in a couple weeks, we thought it'd be a super time to talk with Adrian about whether eating wild-caught fish is 'sustainable', and what MSC does to improve the sustainability of the seafood industry. As we discuss, however, one group's idea of 'sustainable' may not agree with that of an 'angry vegan'. Truth bombs guaranteed. This is a two-part conversation, ...
Mar 01, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 1
