Word on the Reef
by Tanya Murphy
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Diving into marine science and conservation on the Great Barrier Reef and beyond!
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- S3 E31: Kelp Restoration on the Great Southern Reef with Professor Prue Francis · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 31Send us Fan Mail The kelp forests of Australia's southern waters are in serious decline, impacted by rising ocean temperatures, pollution, and overgrazing by sea urchins. Today's…
- S3 E30: Can Cloud Seeding Cool the Great Barrier Reef? With Dr Daniel Harrison · 38 min · Season 3 Episode 30Send us Fan Mail Scientists are developing powerful cannons which can spray a fine mist of seawater off the back of a boat into the sky, helping clouds form to shade and cool…
- S3 E29: Farming for a Healthier Reef with Frank & Dianne Sciacca · 39 min · Season 3 Episode 29Send us Fan Mail What do bananas have to do with protecting the Great Barrier Reef? More than you might think! In this episode of Word on the Reef, we meet Frank and Dianne…
- S3 E28: Two-Headed Fish And The Hidden Cost Of Farm Chemicals with Professor Matt Landos · 43 min · Season 3 Episode 28Send us Fan Mail In this episode we sit down with fish vet Matt Landos to unpack the case that pushed him into becoming a vocal advocate for stronger pesticide regulation in…
- S3 E27: Saving Wildlife from Deadly Shark Nets with Brenton Owens, Kaelan Lockhart and Pierick Martin · 49 min · Season 3 Episode 27Send us Fan Mail The whale was bellowing out for help - so Brenton Owens weighed up the risks, and acted. A few days later, he received an infringement notice. In 2024, diver and…
- S3 E26: The Human-Nature Connection with Tyá Dynevor · 54 min · Season 3 Episode 26Send us Fan Mail Tyá Dynevor has always felt a special connection with animals, which has led her to becoming an ethnozoologist - someone who studies the relationship between…
- Meet Legendary 90-Year-Old Shipwreck-Hunter Ben Cropp · 1 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 25Send us Fan Mail Now available in video format on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! In this episode we sit down with Australian diving legend Ben Cropp AM to trace a life that swings…
- S3 E24: Magnetic Island Residents Fight Dredge Spoil Dumping · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 24Send us Fan Mail A group of Magnetic Island residents believes the annual dumping of maintenance dredge spoil by the Port of Townsville may be creating sediment plumes that…
- S3 E23: The Power of Parrotfish PLUS Priority Reefs with Professor Pete Mumby · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 23Send us Fan Mail Twenty years ago, the Belize Barrier Reef was in serious trouble, and nobody could quite figure out why. Then Professor Pete Mumby helped uncover the surprising…
- S3 E22: Fear vs Facts: Australia's Shark Culling Debate · 56 min · Season 3 Episode 22Send us Fan Mail They’ve claimed the lives of thousands of marine animals along Australia’s east coast, including turtles, whales, dolphins, rays and dugongs. No, we’re not…
- S3 E21: Diving Indonesia's Incredible Komodo Islands · 34 min · Season 3 Episode 21Send us Fan Mail Join us aboard the luxury liveaboard boat Mikumba Dua for a journey into one of the world's most incredible destinations! We'll explore local culture with our…
- S3 E20: The Last Saw: Saving Sawfish with Dr Barbara Wueringer · 46 min · Season 3 Episode 20Send us Fan Mail Sawfish, the extraordinary relatives of sharks and rays, once roamed tropical and subtropical waters around the globe. Today they've vanished from much of their…
- S3 E19: Protecting Paradise: The Future of the Coral Sea Marine Park · 41 min · Season 3 Episode 19Send us Fan Mail Beyond the Great Barrier Reef lies one of the world's largest marine protected areas: the Coral Sea Marine Park. Home to spectacular reefs, abundant marine life…
- S3 E18: Gone Buggo: Tiny Animals of the Reef and Rainforest with Steven Gill · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 18Send us Fan Mail Reef and Rainforest tour guide Steven Gill is on a mission to bug you... in the best possible way. Armed with a camera, a handful of LEGO bricks and an…
- S3 E17: CoralWatch: Citizen Science in Full Colour · 45 min · Season 3 Episode 17Send us Fan Mail Fifty shades of coral? Not quite... but those colours tell an incredible story. This week we're diving into CoralWatch, the world's longest-running DIY reef…
- S3 E16: Fish out of their (Usual) Waters: Why Marine Life are Moving Poleward · 42 min · Season 3 Episode 16Send us Fan Mail Scientists have discovered that marine species are migrating away from the equator at a rate of 40 to 70 kilometres per decade to get to cooler waters as climate…
- S3 E15: Seafood Fishing and Aquarium Harvesting on the Great Barrier Reef: Are they Sustainable? · 47 min · Season 3 Episode 15Send us Fan Mail Every year up to 7,000 tons of seafood is caught on the Great Barrier Reef, while up to 190 tons of coral is collected for the international aquarium trade. But…
- S3 E14: Reef Fish Beneath our City: Restoring Cairns' Urban Waterways and Oyster Reefs with Phil Laycock · 44 min · Season 3 Episode 14Send us Fan Mail Did you know that some Great Barrier Reef fish species are spending part of their life cycle in the middle of our city? That's right, marine fish species could…
- S3 E13: The First Scientists: How Indigenous Knowledge can Help Protect our Oceans · 1 h 10 min · Season 3 Episode 13Send us Fan Mail For 65,000 years before computers, satellites, and scientific journals, Australia's first peoples were reading tides, stars, seasons, animal behaviour, currents…
- S3 E12: Mud, Blood and Sea Turtles: Caitlin's Quest to Give Turtles a Future · 55 min · Season 3 Episode 12Send us Fan Mail In 2022, a mass stranding of more than 600 sick turtles devastated Hervey Bay in South East Queensland. As volunteers worked tirelessly to rescue them…
