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Today, we’ll discuss a coastal danger. It kills marine animals, contaminates shellfish, and aggravates asthma. And we’ll find out what two scientists – Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick of the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida – are doing to help matters.
The Kirkpatricks used to have separate careers, but as Barb said, “…we’ve sorta morphed into working down the hall from each other, which if you would’ve just told me that 15 years ago, I woulda just said, ‘Get outta here.’”
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Today, we’ll discuss a coastal danger. It kills marine animals, contaminates shellfish, and aggravates asthma. And we’ll find out what two scientists – Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick of the Mote Marine Lab in Sarasota, Florida – are doing to help matters.
The Kirkpatricks used to have separate careers, but as Barb said, “…we’ve sorta morphed into working down the hall from each other, which if you would’ve just told me that 15 years ago, I woulda just said, ‘Get outta here.’”
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Transcript
Ocean Gazing: Episode 10
Of bonds and blooms
Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick: Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, Florida
Ari: Hey! This is Ocean Gazing, and I’m Ari Daniel Shapiro.
Ari: This was last episode’s sonic stumper. It’s the sound of shovels digging holes in
a gravely beach at the Indonesian community of Minahasa. Residents were planting
mangrove trees to protect their shoreline from the possibility of a future tsunami.
Today, we’ll discuss another coastal danger. It kills marine animals, contaminates
shellfish, and aggravates asthma. And we’ll find out what two scientists – Barb and
Gary Kirkpatrick – are doing to help matters. So stay tuned!
Ari: Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick have been married for a long time.
Barb: We both started out in very different careers. And w...
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Ocean Gazing’s a product of the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence and it’s funded by the National Science Foundation. Special thanks to Lance Robson, Janice McDonnell, Jim Yoder and Ghinwa Choueiter. Music by Evan Sanders.
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