Episode 13: Interview with Dr. Cherisse Du Preez on Deep Sea Exploration and Impacts of Climate Change

Welcome back to Episode 13 of The EcoThink Podcast! This week Yuko and I sit down for a very exciting talk with Dr. Cherisse Du Preez who is an amazing deep sea marine biologist with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans here in Canada. Listen to her blow our minds as we talk about the amazing biodiversity that exists in the deep ocean here in the Pacific Northwest, the extreme nature of the habitat near deep sea vents and on sea mounts, and how human impacts have already reached this mysterious part of the world.   Also, Cherisse shares with us how to keep up with current work, as next week on June 15th she and her team will be off to explore Canada's deepest sea mounts for the first time. I recommend following Cherisse on social media @CherisseDuPreez to keep up to date with new developments, and check out #pacificseamounts2021 to follow the expedition as they live stream their findings!   Sources and additional links:

Pacific Seamounts 2021 LIVE DIVE webpage: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/pacific-seamounts-2021

The Pacific Seamounts 2021 story page: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/pacific-seamounts-expedition-2021

Follow Cherisse on Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook @CherisseDuPreez   Past expedition hashtags: #PacificSeamounts2018 ; #PacificSeamounts2019   Upcoming expedition hashtag: #PacificSeamounts2021   Ocean Networks Canada: https://www.oceannetworks.ca/   Rapid deep ocean deoxygenation and acidification threaten life on Northeast Pacific seamounts by Tetjana Ross, Cherisse Du Preez, Debby Ianson: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/gcb.15307   Recommended videos: Seamounts: https://youtu.be/hjPf_zmhU00 Hot vents: https://youtu.be/04nrtlWwlx8