Citizen Science Show

Vanessa Pirotta is a passionate science communicator who uses drones to collect whale snot and AI to detect illegal wildlife trafficking.She is a successful author on the topic of humpback whale biology and ecology in Australian waters.More Informationhttps://www.vanessapirotta.comhttps://www.wildsydneyharbour.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEN8pxOh0fU

Tonight’s guest has lived his passion from the age of fifteen. Little did he know, he would become an underwater photographer and filmmaker. His underwater career has spanned sixty years and he has won numerous underwater photography awards. He is also a dive tour pioneer and recently has extended his tours to include wildlife photography safaris in Africa. He was a dive centre owner and PADI dive master instructor. From Sydney Australia, welcome to the show, Kevin DeaconMore Informationhttps://www.dive2000.com.au/

It's widely believed that the Australian cane toad problem belongs to Queensland. Tonight's guest tells us news to the contrary.Daniel McCawley trained and worked as a computer game designer but found that reality was more fun than virtual reality.On the show, describes how the cane toads have migrated south into the Clarence Region.His new game is being on the front line of defence in New South Wales to help eradicate the Queensland cane toad.Are you ready to play?More Information:https://clarencelandcare.com.au/https://www.frogid.net.au/https://www.feralscan.org.au/

Today’s special guest is a marine biologist, marine ecologist and an internationally renowned whale researcher, Dr Olaf Meynecke.He graduated in Environmental Sciences at the University of Lueneburg, Germany and then travelled to Australia and completed a PhD at Griffith University, Queensland. His PhD research focused upon the relationship between commercial fish harvesting and the environmental drivers influencing fish populations. He is currently managing an international research project on the impacts of climate change on whales and studies the health of humpback whales primarily in south-eastern Queensland. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Humpbacks & High-Rises Inc, a not for profit research organization dedicated to marine mammal research and protection. This organisation is supported by a number of associate Researchers and also Citizen Scientists.More Informationhttps://www.hhr.org.au/https://www.dr-olaf.com/https://experts.griffith.edu.au/8358-olaf-meyneckehttps://twitter.com/DrOlaf_https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-olaf-meynecke-8b504b39/

Stephen Axford is a world renowned fungi photographer. His time-lapse photography of fungi has featured in award-winning documentaries including Planet Earth II and the IMAX feature, Fungi: Web of Life with Merlin Sheldrake.Catherine Marciniak is a Director, Cinematographer and Editor. Together they produce a wonderful YouTube channel called Planet Fungi and their latest project is a new feature documentary called Follow The Rain. More Informationhttps://www.planetfungi.movie/https://www.youtube.com/@PlanetFungihttps://fungimap.org.au/https://www.spun.earth/about/teamhttps://www.merlinsheldrake.com/imax-movie

Today’s special guest is a Marine Biologist, an internationally renowned Coral Reef Ecologist & Researcher, a Prawn Aquaculture researcher and a highly experienced and highly qualified Scuba Diver.Dr Paul Muir talks about his coral reef scientific research.Paul describes the makeup and structure of corals and comments on the latest coral bleaching event that is happening on The Great Barrier Reef, Australia.More Information:http://www.mesophotic.org/members/123https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=IokNTz0AAAAJ&hl=enhttps://blog.qm.qld.gov.au/2021/04/19/5-minutes-with-dr-paul-muir-research-officer-and-collection-manager-corals/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paul-Muirhttps://www.museum.qld.gov.au/learning-resources/learnings/stem-careers-dr-paul-muir-marine-biologisthttps://youtu.be/PtvUp4u_sks?feature=sharedThumbnail image copyright Queensland Museum