Episode 94: Influence of zooplankton appetites on CO₂ removal technologies...and more

In lieu of an interview guest, in this episode Craig reads four recently published articles with marine flavours. The first article, sourced from the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, relates research that is investigating whether CO₂ removal techniques change the appetite of the zooplankton at the base of the food chain, and whether that could dramatically change how much carbon is actually stored. The second article, sourced from the Australian Antarctic Program, is about the Winter Solstice celebrations that mark a turning point for Antarctic and sub-Antarctic expeditioners. The third and fourth articles are both coral 'flavoured': 1. How a new partnership between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and La Trobe University is testing the capabilities of AI software to enable real-time rendering of photo-realistic scenes, to produce 3D digital twins of sections of the Great Barrier Reef, and 2. An article from Hakai Magazine on how "supercorals" may not be so good for reef ecosystems if those corals dominate as weedy monocultures.