Conversation Currents with SIMS

Conversation Currents with SIMS - Episode 5 featuring Vanessa Pirotta

Tue, 05 Sep 2023 04:48:43 GMT

Welcome to another episode of SIMS' podcast 'Conversation Currents'. Every episode will feature a guest speaker in the marine science space and will focus on science to revive our oceans. This will include researchers, academics, philanthropists, technical staff and many more!In this episode Vanessa chats to us about her work in marine mammalian megafauna, and her collaborations with Wild Sydney Harbour, Macquarie University and Drone Shark App. She delves into humpback whale migration and calving, the importance of science communication, dolphin identification in Sydney harbour, SIMS' local fur seals and the appeal of whale snot to researchers.She also encourages citizen Scientists to submit images and sightings of marine mammals in Sydney Harbour to social media with #WildSydneyHarbour.Music: 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Conversation Currents with SIMS - Episode 4 featuring Jen Matthews

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:40:17 GMT

In this episode Jen chats about her background in marine science and coral conservation, the importance of nutrition in maintaining coral health and how this might mitigate beaching events, and how this might inform the arrival of subtropical corals in Sydney.

This comes as Zimmermann has partnered with SIMS to sponsor Dr. Jen Matthews as the recipient of the inaugural Zimmermann Biodiversity Fellowship. We are so excited about this project!

Music: 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Conversation Currents with SIMS - Episode 3 featuring David Booth

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:24:24 GMT

In this episode Dave chats about his background in Marine Science, the extraordinary biodiversity of Sydney Harbour, the tropicalisation of Australia's temperate waters, 'Project Restore's restoration of Sydney Harbour's fish habitats and of course the Sydney Seahorse Project.

Music: 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Conversation Currents with SIMS - Episode 2 featuring Mitch Gibbs

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 05:24:20 GMT

This episode is released during NAIDOC week, and this week's guest, Dr. Mitchell Gibbs from The University of Sydney focusses much of his research on incorporating Indigenous knowledge in Western science.In this episode Mitch chats about the importance of acknowledgement in the communication of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to academia, his perspective on climate action, and his upcoming Fullbright scholarship where he is heading to North America to learn from existing work in ethically incorporating TEK into Western science.

Music: 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au

Conversation Currents with SIMS - Episode 1 featuring John Preston

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 02:19:30 GMT

Announcing our first episode of the 'Conversation Currents with SIMS' podcast. Every episode will feature a guest speaker in the marine science space and will focus on science to revive our oceans. This will include researchers, academics, philanthropists, technical staff and many more!

Our first episode features a very special guest, John Preston, founder of the Auxilium Foundation and a vital supporter of SIMS.

Music: 'Cirrus' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au