This week on Cleaning Up, I sat down with DrHelen Czerski, Associate Prof at UCL, physicist, oceanographer, author, presenter and open-water canoeist. An incredibly fun and informative conversation!
What an excellent episode, especially the reminder to rise above reductionist, simplistic thinking, and understand the complex systems we deal with. I'm looking forward to the next time you come across a ocean floor mining guest on Cleaning Up.
Michael if you haven't already, I'd recommend reading Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us. It's obviously a few decades old, but a beautiful portrait of the oceans. It doesn't delve into the climate challenge as much, so treat this as a leisure reading recommendation.
I’m still working my way through Silent Spring. It’s a fascinating historical document - I had not realised it centres the fear of chemicals on fears of nuclear radiation from bomb tests, which were rampant at the time.
What an excellent episode, especially the reminder to rise above reductionist, simplistic thinking, and understand the complex systems we deal with. I'm looking forward to the next time you come across a ocean floor mining guest on Cleaning Up.
Michael if you haven't already, I'd recommend reading Rachel Carson's The Sea Around Us. It's obviously a few decades old, but a beautiful portrait of the oceans. It doesn't delve into the climate challenge as much, so treat this as a leisure reading recommendation.
I’m still working my way through Silent Spring. It’s a fascinating historical document - I had not realised it centres the fear of chemicals on fears of nuclear radiation from bomb tests, which were rampant at the time.