Ecosystem scientist Farrah Leone Ecosystem scientist Farrah Leone

PAG the High Threat Sea: An Interview with Nora Al Mansoori about the Persian Arabian Gulf's aggressive conditions for survival of marine life

Okay, let me guess what places you just thought of. The Great Barrier Reef. The Bahamas. Polynesia. Micronesia. Hawai’i. Well, Noura Al Mansoori thinks of the Arabian Gulf aka the Persian-Asian Gulf (PAG).

Al Mansoori is a researcher at NYU Abu Dhabi who has studied a gamut of issues in the PAG, but for our interview we focused on her work with coral reefs and sea urchins. The Arabian Gulf is relatively shallow, which means it is susceptible to fast temperature change

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The Shy Albatross - An Interview with Claire Mason

In grade 9 biology, I wrote a research report on the behaviour of albatross – a bird I had never heard of before but was intrigued by because they looked like my pet ducks. I was absolutely blown away by them! I headed off to the big smoke (Brisbane) to study environmental science when I was 17. After a lot of study, some persistent nagging, and with bucket-loads of guidance and support from great scientists and people, I am now coming to the end of my PhD studying a threatened Australian species, the shy albatross.

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