SAMS Ocean Explorer
The Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, Scotland is an ocean research charity and investigates various elements of our marine environment, from algae to oceanography. In this podcast, we meet staff and students from SAMS to learn more about our vast and mysterious ocean.
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Podcasting since 2023 • 16 episodes
SAMS Ocean Explorer
Latest Episodes
Ten years of ACES: Training aquaculture's future leaders
With a global human population in excess of eight billion, governments and planners are looking to aquaculture to provide food security in a sustainable way.But this is a diverse global industry that comes in many forms, with various soc...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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36:10
A new wave of ocean exploration
Oceanographers spend a lot of time exploring the deep sea, but what is it really like taking measurements in the middle of the ocean and how is it done? In this episode real-life Octonauts, Drs Neil Fraser and Lewis Drysdale, explai...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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38:36
Drowning in plastic pollution
Images of a seahorse clutching a cotton bud, or a marine mammal choking on a plastic bag provoke shocking and saddening reactions - but how much change is made as a result?As they discover a new plastic threat to mangrove habitats on the...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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35:57
Dark Oxygen: a deep sea discovery
A discovery in the dark depths of the Pacific Ocean has been challenging the scientific consensus of how oxygen is produced and has even called into question how life on Earth began.Photosynthetic organisms like plants and algae use ener...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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42:38
Plankton: Earth's hidden hero
From creating the atmosphere that led to life on Earth, to providing food for the entire ocean food web, plankton have been pivotal to the world we know today. Indeed, by absorbing vast quantities of carbon dioxide, they have been protecting us...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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36:21
