#39: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad?

In Episode 39 , Quinn & Brian ask: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad? Our guest is Dawn "Deepsea Dawn" Wright, Ph.D. , the Chief Scientist of the Environmental Systems Research Institute (AKA Esri) and a Professor of Geography and Oceanography at Oregon State University. She also happens to have the distinction of being the first African-American woman to dive to the ocean floor in the deep submersible ALVIN (which we would totally be up for doing if anyone has a spare submergible chipmunk for us to ride). Dr. Wright leads efforts to map the entirety of the ocean floor in, essentially, the same detail as the Google Maps app on your phone. This is one of the grandest endeavors that our society has yet to undertake, and it's not just a good excuse to take a ride in a cool submarine. In many ways, we understand the stars and celestial bodies better than we understand the water that covers the majority of our planet – and we need to understand it if we're going to protect it and prevent the depletion of oxygen. P.S. If you like golden retriever puppies, you should definitely follow Dawn on Instagram . Trump's Book Club: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Links: Learn more about Dawn: dusk.geo.orst.edu Environmental Systems Research Institute: esri.com Instagram: @deepseadawn Twitter: @deepseadawn Let Science Speak: letsciencespeak.com Ecological Marine Units Explorer: livingatlas.arcgis.com/emu/ Mission Blue Alliance: mission-blue.org Algalita Marine Research and Education: algalita.org Save the Albatross Coalition: albatrosscoalition.org Marine Conservation Institute: marine-conservation.org Watch The Octonauts: disneynow.go.com/shows/octonauts Project Drawdown: drawdown.org Connect with us:

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#39: Is The Ocean Running Out of Oxygen? Is That Bad? is an episode from Important, Not Important.

This episode is 01:11:50 long.

This episode was published on Oct 16, 2018.

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