09 Jan 2024

The Marine Biologist Podcast: Exploration vs exploitation of the deep sea

What is so special about the deep sea? What are the impacts of human activities there and which areas are particularly important?

The Marine Biologist Podcast brings you conversations about marine life with leading marine biologists whose work featured in the latest edition of the magazine. If you are fascinated by the sea and its inhabitants and want to go deeper, this is the podcast for you.

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In this episode, we are joined by deep-sea ecologist Dr Amelia Bridges. Following on from an article that Amelia wrote for the October edition of The Marine Biologist magazine, we will be discussing the pros and cons of exploration and exploitation in the deep sea. 

Dr Amelia Bridges is a Research Fellow at the School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering), University of Plymouth. She specializes in spatial ecology in the deep sea and how science can help policy-makers make informed decisions. 
@Amelia_Bridges
https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/staff/amelia-bridges