To quote Maya Angelou, “you can’t really know where you’re going, until you know where you have been.”

In this first episode, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski, explores our ocean’s recent past.

What was the ocean like 200 years ago? How does that compare with today – and what does that difference reveal?

Join Helen as she discovers watery secrets in the Natural History Museum’s archive, learns what old newspapers can reveal about the impact of our fishing history, and meets one of the scientists who helped to set up one of the largest marine protected areas in the world.

Come with us on this scientific adventure. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, so that you never miss an episode of Ocean Matters.

To quote Maya Angelou, &ldquo;you can&rsquo;t really know where you&rsquo;re going, until you know where you have been.&rdquo;
In this first episode, physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski, explores our ocean&rsquo;s recent past.
What was the ocean like 200 years ago? How does that compare with today &ndash; and what does that difference reveal?
Join Helen as she discovers watery secrets in the Natural History Museum&rsquo;s archive, learns what old newspapers can reveal about the impact of our fishing history, and meets one of the scientists who helped to set up one of the largest marine protected areas in the world.
Come with us on this scientific adventure. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, so that you never miss an episode of Ocean Matters.

Our ocean is the earth's defining feature.

But the blue of our blue planet is so much more than just a colour. It is rich with life and plays an important role in keeping our planet stable and healthy. Worryingly, we are seeing our ocean change, for the worse.

In Ocean Matters, join oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski as she meets the scientists who are working to save our ocean and marine life in one of the most remote parts of our planet.  Together, we’ll explore how the cutting-edge marine science research that’s going on there – and other places we visit - is helping to protect species across the world, and better understand what needs to be done to save our seas.

Come on this adventure. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, so that you never miss an episode.

Our ocean is the earth's defining feature.
But the blue of our blue planet is so much more than just a colour. It is rich with life and plays an important role in keeping our planet stable and healthy. Worryingly, we are seeing our ocean change, for the worse.
In Ocean Matters, join oceanographer and physicist Helen Czerski as she meets the scientists who are working to save our ocean and marine life in one of the most remote parts of our planet. &nbsp;Together, we&rsquo;ll explore how the cutting-edge marine science research that&rsquo;s going on there &ndash; and other places we visit - is helping to protect species across the world, and better understand what needs to be done to save our seas.
Come on this adventure. Subscribe now, wherever you get your podcasts, so that you never miss an episode.

Ocean Matters

Troubled Water - Our Ocean’s History

Ocean Matters is getting down to business. That’s the business of investing in the ocean, its future as well as the communities that rely on it.

There are lots of existing financial tools that make the world go round, so how can we use them to protect the ocean without reducing it to a number on the balance sheet? Plus, it's coming up to the end of the year so what were the big ocean successes of 2022?

In this episode, Dr Helen Czerski speaks with Karen Sack, Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). ORRAA is a global multi-stakeholder alliance working around the world to drive investments into coastal and ocean resilience and nature.

Ocean Matters is a Fresh Air production for the Bertarelli Foundation. The producer is Izzie Clarke.

Ocean Matters is getting down to business. That’s the business of investing in the ocean, its future as well as the communities that rely on it.
There are lots of existing financial tools that make the world go round, so how can we use them to protect the ocean without reducing it to a number on the balance sheet? Plus, it's coming up to the end of the year so what were the big ocean successes of 2022?
In this episode, Dr Helen Czerski speaks with Karen Sack, Executive Director of the Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance (ORRAA). ORRAA is a global multi-stakeholder alliance working around the world to drive investments into coastal and ocean resilience and nature.
Ocean Matters is a Fresh Air production for the Bertarelli Foundation. The producer is Izzie Clarke.

Finance – Protecting The Ocean

There are several stories in this series which explore the connectivity between species, but how often do we consider the connectivity between a species, people, land and culture?

Take the Pacific Salmon, for example. This is just one example of a “culturally significant fish” and are at the heart of indigenous communities in British Columbia.  By understanding the biology of salmon we can better understand the complex interrelationships between fish, people and place. But what is the current state of wild salmon? 

Join oceanographer and host Dr Helen Czerski with scientist and citizen and member of the Nisga’a First Nation Dr Andrea Reid, as they explore the importance of the Pacific Salmon to indigenous communities. Andrea is the Principal Investigator at the Centre for Indigenous Fisheries in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia. 

Ocean Matters is a Fresh Air production for the Bertarelli Foundation. The producer is Izzie Clarke.

There are several stories in this series which explore the connectivity between species, but how often do we consider the connectivity between a species, people, land and culture?
Take the Pacific Salmon, for example. This is just one example of a “culturally significant fish” and are at the heart of indigenous communities in British Columbia.  By understanding the biology of salmon we can better understand the complex interrelationships between fish, people and place. But what is the current state of wild salmon? 
Join oceanographer and host Dr Helen Czerski with scientist and citizen and member of the Nisga’a First Nation Dr Andrea Reid, as they explore the importance of the Pacific Salmon to indigenous communities. Andrea is the Principal Investigator at the <a href="https://www.cif.fish/">Centre for Indigenous Fisheries</a> in the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia. 
Ocean Matters is a Fresh Air production for the Bertarelli Foundation. The producer is Izzie Clarke.

Learning from Indigenous Fisheries

Bizarrely, when it comes to ecology – marine systems and land systems are studied separately. But we need to better understand the “in between”.

Travelling from vast rainforests, all the way to the sandy shores of remote atolls, join oceanographer Helen Czerski as she explores the power of a healthy ecosystem with Yadvinder Mahli, Professor of Ecosystem Science at Oxford University and Director of Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. What are the processes that keep these important ecosystems in check? And can a healthy island ecosystem improve the state of our ocean?

Bizarrely, when it comes to ecology – marine systems and land systems are studied separately. But we need to better understand the “in between”.
Travelling from vast rainforests, all the way to the sandy shores of remote atolls, join oceanographer Helen Czerski as she explores the power of a healthy ecosystem with Yadvinder Mahli, Professor of Ecosystem Science at Oxford University and Director of Oxford’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. What are the processes that keep these important ecosystems in check? And can a healthy island ecosystem improve the state of our ocean?

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