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Essex Coral Reefs, Malaria in the UK, and Antarctica
In this podcast from the Natural Environment Research Council's (NERC) Planet Earth Online collection, Sue Nelson visits an indoor coral reef at the brand new Coral Reef Research Unit at the University of Essex.
Researchers are using the reef to look at the effects of ocean acidification on coral in a unique experiment. Sue meets David Smith and David Suggett from the Unit to find out exactly what they're up to.
Later, Sue talks to Andy Morse from the University of Liverpool. Andy is an expert on the effects of climate change on the spread of infectious diseases. Sue finds out that as the climate changes and brings warmer and wetter weather, we might get more than we bargained for.
Finally a correspondent in Antarctica – the British Antarctic Survey's medical doctor, Claire Lehman – meets a researcher who tells us how she finds out how the sea around the continent changes with the seasons.
A transcript of the recording is provided to assist those who find text-based content more accessible than audio.
This podcast is dated 11 January 2011.
NERC is a part of the Research Councils UK (RCUK) partnership of research councils.
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