‘Remarkable’ freshwater turtles face quiet decline
This is an episode from our new podcast, It Starts With... available on Apple, Spotify and ConnectSci.If you enjoy this, check out part 2 of our turtles chat on It Starts With... Australia’s freshwate...
29 Touko 32min
4500m deep: remote observatory expands climate knowledge
David Boldeman speaks with CSIRO marine biogeochemist Dr Elizabeth Shadwick about one of Australia’s most important long-running ocean climate observation programs, the Southern Ocean Time Series sout...
23 Maalis 31min
How do you give a whale a hearing test?
Host David Boldeman speaks with ConnectSci science journalist Imma Perfetto about new research that has, for the first time, measured the hearing range of humpback whales in the wild.The discussion ex...
20 Maalis 18min
How is ocean temperature measured?
David Boldeman is joined by science journalist Ellen Phiddian to explore a deceptively simple question: how do scientists actually know the oceans are warming?The conversation unpacks the global netwo...
16 Maalis 21min
The first Arctic explorers: ancient communities thrived in harsh environments
Four and a half thousand years ago, people were already navigating the dangerous waters of the High Arctic. In this episode of the ConnectSci Podcast Ultramarine series, David Boldeman speaks with jou...
12 Maalis 16min
Earth's alien ocean
We travel nearly ten kilometres beneath the surface of our own planet to explore one of the most extraordinary discoveries in modern science.For decades, the search for extraterrestrial life has focus...
10 Maalis 14min
Did we accidentally design our cities for mosquitoes?
Mosquitoes are usually framed as pests and disease carriers. But what if they are simply one of the most successful species at adapting to the environments we have built?In this episode Ultramarine, D...
2 Maalis 39min
The impact of shifting ocean currents
Ocean currents are the hidden systems that regulate Earth’s climate, moving heat and energy around the planet. But as the ocean warms, those currents are beginning to shift, with major consequences fo...
13 Helmi 19min
