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This is the second episode of Ocean Gazing where we observe and explore the oceans on our planet.
This time we’ll hear about a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in the ocean. Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson, biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a tool that has revolutionized how the ecology of the ocean is studied.
Sosik recalls, “We literally had millions of cell images. We were just absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of data that we got. It was exciting, but kind of intimidating.”
In addition, we’ll tell you the answer to our last sonic stumper, give you a new one, and answer some of your questions. Stay tuned!
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Piece Description
This is the second episode of Ocean Gazing where we observe and explore the oceans on our planet.
This time we’ll hear about a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in the ocean. Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson, biologists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, will describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a tool that has revolutionized how the ecology of the ocean is studied.
Sosik recalls, “We literally had millions of cell images. We were just absolutely overwhelmed with the amount of data that we got. It was exciting, but kind of intimidating.”
In addition, we’ll tell you the answer to our last sonic stumper, give you a new one, and answer some of your questions. Stay tuned!
Broadcast History
Ocean Gazing podcast: http://coseenow.net/category/ocean/
Transcript
Ari: Hello! This is Ocean Gazing, the podcast where we observe and explore the oceans on
our planet. I’m Ari Daniel Shapiro. This time we’ll hear about a special underwater camera
that takes pictures of tiny cells in the ocean.
Sosik: We literally had millions of cell images. We were just absolutely overwhelmed with
the amount of data that we got. It was exciting, but kind of intimidating.
Ari: That’s Heidi Sosik. She and Rob Olson are both biologists at the Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution. They’ll describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a
tool that has revolutionized how the ecology of the ocean is studied.
In addition, we’ll tell you the answer to our last sonic stumper, give you a new one, and
answer some of your questions. Stay tuned!
Ari: Ever pull an all?nighter? What about 4 in a row, while at sea?...
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Additional Credits
Special thanks to Janice McDonnell, Jim Yoder, Sage Lichtenwalner and Aaron Devine. The phytoplankton were voiced by Ghinwa Choueiter, Amanda Levy, Evan Sanders and Kerry Weinberg. Our music was composed by Evan Sanders.
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