A Breath of Fresh Ocean Air -
An interview with ASU School of Life Sciences Professor
Susanne Neuer. Oceanographer, Marine
Biologist, and Astrobiologist.Podcast content summary and
time log for Volume 8 of Ask-a-Biologist. |
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Keywords and topics that are found in this program: ocean, marine biology,
oceanography, remote sensing, climate, global warming, extremophiles, plankton, photosynthesis, astrobiology,
Europa.
| Topic |
Time |
| What's a marine biologist doing the the Southwest desert? |
01:32 |
| How much water is in the ocean and what oceans control - climate/weather. |
01:56 |
| Remote sensing devices. |
02:43 |
| What to the remote sensors do? |
03:12 |
| Satellite Oceanography Maps |
04:40 |
| Biomass on land and in the ocean |
06:19 |
| Phytoplankton are the basis of the food web in the ocean. |
07:43 |
| Photosynthesis / CO2 > O2 / Chlorophyll and Sugars |
07:51 |
| Plankton - definition - Phytoplankton, Zooplankton, Bacterioplakton - Producers, Consumers, Recyclers. |
09:07 |
| Global Warming and plankton |
10:11 |
| How often and how long to you go out on sea voyages? |
13:43 |
| Do you ever get sea sick? |
14:36 |
| How can there be deserts in the ocean? |
15:03 |
| What changes have you seen in the ocean? (warmer - more acidic) |
17:27 |
| Are humans part of the reason for global warming? |
20:45 |
| Tell us about your work in Astrobiology. |
21:35 |
| Europa - (one of the moons of Jupiter) |
21:48 |
| Arctic sea ice |
23:04 |
| Extremophiles |
24:51 |
| When did you first want know you wanted to be a biologist? |
25:17 |
| What would you be if you were not a biologist? |
26:55 |
| What advice do you have for someone wanting to be a scientist? |
27:23 |
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