En este episodio tenemos a Kevin Gómez y Quira Michel, ambos de 22 años, estudian Biología Marina en la Universidad de Panamá y están investigando el impacto del Sargazo en La Costa Arriba de Colón, una región turística y pesquera de Panamá. Su objetivo es demostrar cómo esta alga puede ser aprovechada de manera beneficiosa, contribuyendo así a la preservación de los ecosistemas marinos. Su investigación es la primera de este tipo en Panamá y busca destacar las posibilidades positivas del Sargazo más allá de sus problemas en el Caribe.

2:00 Introduciendo a Chira y Kevin

4:30 Qué es el Sargazo para Kevin

5:35 Qué es el Sargazo para Qhira

6:45 Descripción e importancia de la región de Colon en Panamá

9:50 ¿Cómo puede esta macroalga impactar las comunidades costeras del Caribe de Panamá?

12:00 Situación actual de los arribazones de Sargazo

13:55 Integración de otras partes en esta problemática

16:55 Objetivos del trabajo de investigación con Sargazo en Panamá

20:20 Como es un día de trabajo de campo para Quira y Kevin y los retos de hacerlo

24:10 Especies de Sargazo arribando

29:10 Estado actual de las cantidades de Sargazo arribando en la costa de Colón

36:25 Resultados preliminares de los arribazones de Sargazo y la variabilidad entre las playas en Panamá

40:00 Resultados más impactante que han tenido hasta ahora

44:03 Plan de acción y como están enfrentando las personas de las comunidades la llegada de Sargazo

46:40¿Cuáles son las aplicaciones más prometedoras que ustedes observan para el sargazo y qué desafíos podrían enfrentar?

51:11 Fun part; que super poder tendrían Quira y Kevin para solucionar la llegada masiva de Sargazo

58:00 últimos comentarios de Zara y Evelyn

Este podcast es posible gracias al apoyo financiero de la subvención del Título 6 del Centro Latinoamericano Caribeño Kimberly Green (LACC). Este podcast está producido por Mario García Rodríguez y sus anfitriones de hoy fueron Evelyn Salas y Zara Guifarro

Links relevantes:

Kevin Gómez: https://www.instagram.com/kego03/?hl=es-la

Quira Michel: https://www.instagram.com/quira_28/?hl=es-la

In this episode we speak with Tyann Henry, who has been the Environmental Officer for the Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources in the Turks and Caicos Islands since 2021, having previously held the same position for three years with the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources. During her career, Ms Henry has also worked at the Institute of Marine Affairs in Trinidad and Tobago, where she spent seven years working on age and growth research in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Research Programme. She holds a Master's degree in Integrated Coastal and Marine Management from the University of Trinidad and Tobago and a Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from the University of the West Indies.

02:35 Introducing our guest

04:40 What does Sargassum mean to Tyann?

05:55 How is the TCI affected by Sargassum?

08:40 Monitoring Sargassum beachings in the Turks and Caicos Islands

11:20 How are South Caicos and Grand Turk affected by sargassum?

14:10 Sargassum management policy in the Caicos Islands

17:10 What is the process for writing a new policy like this?

18:15 What is the biggest challenge for small island governments in dealing with Sargassum?

22:40 Jenna and Fran's reflections on the episode

Relevant quote: How is the TCI affected by Sargassum: it has increased the risk of killing marine life and we rely heavily on our fisheries sector and marine ecosystems.

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible by funding from the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity (RESEMBID) programme. RESEMBID is funded under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme and is implemented by Expertise France, with the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories as the main stakeholders.

Relevant links:

Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyann-henry-34493941/

In this episode, we delve into the current situation of Sargassum and its impact on Curaçao. Our guest, Luisa Flechas, a chemical engineer and business developer at the TNO Energy and Materials Transition Unit, shares her insights and involvement in the TNO Living Lab project, which aims to continue with a proposal to continue working with all the challenges with Sargassum.

 

01:34 Current situation of Sargassum by Fran

03:00  introducing our guest Luisa Flecha

04:10 What is Sargasso for Luisa

06:00 The involvement of TNO finding solutions to the Sargassum problem

07:07 How Luisa is contribute to Sargassum work

08:45 Luisas role on working in Curaçao

10:00 Stages of the project

13:25 Changing to biofuel in Curacao

15:44 Thoughts of Luisa of how Sargassum is affecting Curaçao

18:13 Next steps

22:00 Thoughts about the episode by Fran and Jenna

 

Relevant links:

 

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lflechas/

 

TNO:

Website: https://www.tno.nl/en/

Fb: https://www.facebook.com/TNOresearch/

Twitter https://twitter.com/TNO_nieuws

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tno.innovation/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tno/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/TNOResearch

 

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

In this episode, Vicky, an aquatic ecologist, and Philip, a marine science researcher, discuss the current situation of Sargassum in Ghana and its impact on people's lives, exploring the impact of Sargassum on both ecosystems and society, and offering their different research perspectives and approaches.

05:40: What is Sargassum for Vicky

06:55  What is Sargassum for Phillip

07:30 Phillip explaining the current situation with Sargassum in Ghana

10:20 The impacts on people's lives in Ghana

11:52 VIcky expanding the perceptions of Sargassum for people in Ghana

13:12  Recreational and cultural role of beaches in Ghana

14:35 The impacts on fisheries in Ghana

16:45 How does this modify the dynamic of fishery

17:20 What SARTRAC is?

21:30 The involvement of local people in SARTRAC

23:48 The future steps/goals for SARTRAC

28:10 GIS and citizen science to monitor Sargassum

30:15 Stable isotopes and Sargassum

35:45 Working with the community's actions

37:20 Thoughts about the episode by Fran and Jenna

This podcast is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Title 6 grant from the Kimberly Green Latin American Caribbean Center (LACC). This podcast is produced by Mario Garcia Rodriguez and your hosts today were Fran and Jenna

In todays episode: Sabine and Jessica talk about the dynamic of the work in Bonaire, the importance of this area and how Sargassum are affecting its Marine Ecosystems Sabine Engel, raised on Curaçao, studied marine biology in Utrecht. Settled in Bonaire, she researches reefs and restores mangroves with STINAPA and Mangrove Maniacs. Jessica Johnson, from the US, shifted from Engineering to conservation. With a Master's from Universidade do Algarve, she directs Coastal Dynamics in Bonaire, focusing on seagrass and mangrove restoration.

 

03:50 Fran introducing our guests

05:47 What is Sargassum for Sabine

06:30 What is Sargassum for Jessica 

08:00 How Bonaire is impacted by Sargassum

10:36 The management evolved since the arrival of Sargassum in Bonaire and people through citizen science got involved

13:23 How does the Sargassum influx affect Lac Bay? 

15:13 Lac Bay is a very  culturally important 

16:55 When Sargassum enters, the mangrove starts to slowly die

19:11 How the net to capture Sargassum works 

21:10 The origin of the Sargassum that arrives in Bonaire 

22:00 An important concern: the Sargassum that arrives is enriched in heavy metals 

23:00 The Morphotypes and composition that arrive 

25:50 How the seagrass is affected by Sargassum

28:55 The work of the mangrove maniacs

31:00 The consultancy work of Coastal Dynamics

34:55 The Tropical Restoration Network: Workshops along the Caribbean  

42:12 Thoughts about the episode by Fran, Jenna, and Pao

 

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

Relevant links:

 

Mangrove Maniacs:

Website: https://www.facebook.com/mangrovemaniacsbonaire/

Fb: Mangrove maniac website https://mangrovemaniacs.org/

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/mangrovemaniacsbonaire/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mangrove-maniacs-bonaire/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UvaHNHxv2dlj8N4h4Qzzg

 

Jessica:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coastal.dynamics/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoastalDynamicsBonaire

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/67708572

Juan y Andrea trabajan en BioPlaster, una compañía de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico que nace para enfrentar la gran cantidad de Sargazo que llega al Mar Caribe. En esta entrevista ellos nos cuentan cómo están utilizando el Sargazo para convertirlo en bioplástico y el proceso que ha llevado con temas de Gestión de esta problemática.

03:00 Presentando a las personas invitadas, Andrea y Juan 05:45 Que es el Sargazo para Andrea 06:25 Que es el Sargazo para Juan 08:00 Los inicios de Bioplaster 10:30 Retos de trabajos interdisciplinares, ciencia, tecnología, mercadotecnia, Gestión... 15:50 Propiedades del Sargazo como potencial para bioplástico 18:17 Lo especial del Sargazo como materia prima 19:30 Que es un biopolímero 22:10 Retos utilizando Sargazo, su colecta, transporte y procesamiento 26:55 Como influye el manejo y gestión del sargazo en el proyecto de BioPlaster 31:12 Hablando de estrategias con el Gobierno local como Bioplaster 32:10 La importancia de no catalogar el Sargazo como desecho municipal 35:55 Involucramiento de las comunidades costeras en este proyecto 44:25 Porcentaje de Sargazo en bioplástico 49:25 Que proyectos vienen para Bioplaster 57:15 pensamientos finales del episodio por Paola links importantes: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bioplaster-research/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreabonillabrunner/https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-domingo-iz%C3%A1bal-a3935b238/https://www.bioplaster-research.com/ Este podcast es posible gracias al apoyo financiero de la subvención del Título 6 del Centro Latinoamericano Caribeño Kimberly Green (LACC). Este podcast está producido por Mario García Rodríguez y sus anfitriones de hoy fueron Evelyn Salas, y Paola Diaz.

Jeff Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, has brought together a team of undergraduates to work on this “grand challenge”. The group of young engineers and biologists traveled to the Dominican Republic to understand the scale of the problem and try to find solutions. Dr. Jeff Davis is Associate Professor School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Ciera Hudson is a mechanical engineering student at Georgia Institute of Technology. Also, Jeff explain us about an amazing project using black soldier flies to process Sargassum into fuel. 01:10: Robby introducing our guest 02:00 What is Sargassum for Jeff 03:33 Whats Sargassum for Ciera 04:20 how did this initiative to form a sargassum research group come about 07:46 Description of the research team projects 09:35 using black soldier flies to process Sargassum into biofuel, how it works? 16:28 How they are including local people 17:40 bioaccumulation of heavy metals on Sargassum and the link with black soldier flies 19:30 Challenges on the project 21:55 black soldier flies into new environments, not a concern 23:45 Ciera's advices for woman that are interested in STEM and engineering 26:16 Robby, Holly and Jenna's thoughts as hosts in this interview The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories. Relevant links https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/07/great-atlantic-sargassum-belt-seaweed-visible-from-space Jeff Davis https://davis.ece.gatech.eduhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nO85x-0AAAAJ Ciera Hudson linked in https://www.linkedin.com/in/ciera-hudson/ Instagram: @ciera_423

From September 2022-Februrary, 2023, a multidisciplinary team of stakeholders in Montserrat comprised of government and civil society representatives was trained in the use of unmanned aerial systems (drones) for participatory monitoring and management of Sargassum.

In this episode we interviewed Yasa and Lavern. Yasa is the project manager for the Sustainable sargassum management in Anguilla, British Virgin Islands and Montserrat’ project. Mrs. Lavern Ryan is passionate about the use and application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). She has been working in the field of GIS for almost 20 years.

 

01:00 Introducing the guests

03:50 what is Sargassum for our guests

05:40 How are people in Montserrat affected by Sargassum

07:20 Handleding Sargassum in Monserrat

08:15 Sargassum on the beach

09:05 Implementation of the Sargassum Management Plans

10:00 Steps of the training for the plan management implementation

12:30 Talking of the plan strategies

16:30 Strategies to storage the Sargassum

22:00 Organization of workshops held in Montserrat

23:40 Training local people in Monserrat

27:00 highlighting the current situation of Sargassum in the islands

28:25 important tools to manage Sargassum

29:50 The use of drones to monitoring Sargassum

38:00 Evelyn and Jenna's thoughts as hosts in this interview

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

 

Relevant links

 

https://www.facebook.com/CANARICARIBBEAN/

https://www.mightycause.com/story/N9elrf

In this Episode Judith Raming talked about her work as a marine park manager, she has been working with the sargassum management in STINAPA, she identifies recent changes this year in the overall management strategy.

1:00 Presenting the guest

1:30 What is Sargassum  for Judith

2:02 What is STINAPA in Bonaire

3:10 Judith's role with this organization in the Marine Park

4:00 Roles of the rangers in STINAPA

6:00 Judith's background experience and how she apply it in her work as a manager

8:25 How is Sargassum affecting Bonaire

11:40 How sargassum is affecting the work

15:00 Dealing with Sargassum and how is getting better

16:44 Community organization

21:25 School System in Bonaire

23:20 The volunteer dynamic to monitor Sargassum

26:20 Managing Sargassum disposal

32:30 Using Sargassum in Bonaire

34:45 The future of STINAPA and Sargassum in Bonaire

38:20 Final message: The center of attention in this process is the Rangers for the success in the management of the Sargassum

41:34:  Evelyn, Robby and Jenna's thoughts as hosts

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

In this Episode Joseph Montoya and Harshini Vummadi join us to talk about the understanding of the high biomass of Sargassum and their impacts on the open oceans and coastal communities. Also, Harshini explains us her research using Sargassum to purify water.

Joseph Montoya is professor in the School of Biological Sciences and director of the Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Program in Ocean Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech. Harshini Vummadi is an undergraduate student at Georgia Tech. She is a 3rd year biology major whose research has been focused on Sargassum and its applications as a bioremediate.

2:00 Presenting the guest

2:56 What is Sargassum for Harshini

3:40 What is Sargassum for Joseph

6:00 The capacity of Sargassum up taking heavy metals

6:25 Harshini talks about how use Sargassum in purifying water

7:05 Current situation of Sargassum in Dominican Republic

8:30 impacts in the tourism industry

10:20 Applying purifying water solutions with Sargassum in Dominican Republic

11:30 The more impacted moments by Sargassum in Dominican Republic

12:35 Hows the experience working with interdisciplinary researchers for Joseph

19:40 Hows the experience working with interdisciplinary researchers for Harshini

21:30 The develop of Harshini research

26:39 Fran, Evelyn, and Jenna's thoughts as hosts in this interview

https://youtu.be/FzRG51E8wio

Relevant links

- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=H15F-wYAAAAJ&hl=en

Wilson James es de las Islas de la Bahía, Honduras, del municipio de Santos Guardiola de la comunidad de Diamond Rock. Él es científico comunitario de BICA (Bay Island Conservation Association), estudiante de la carrera de ingeniería ambiental. Realiza actividades comunitarias con BICA, por ejemplo: reforestaciones de mangle,datos socioeconómicos, Limpiezas en las costas(playas) y entre otras está el monitoreo de sargazo. Wilson está muy interesado en seguir trabajando este tema en la isla con el fin de mitigar daños causados por la llegada masiva de Sargazo. 00:39 Las anfitrionas se ponen al tanto 😊 7:35 Presentando a Wilson James 9:54 Que es el sargazo para Wilson. 10:45Hace cuanto ha llegado el sargazo a Roatán. 11:54 Como ha afectado el sargazo a la comunidad de Wilson. 13:55 Documentación de cuales son los meses mas intensos de llegada de sargazo. Observaciones en ecosistemas costeros. 17:12 El trabajo de Wilson con los pescadores. Acciones de los ciudadanos para limpiar sus playas. 20:32 Partes de Roatán donde se ha observado la llegada de sargazo en mayor cantidad. 24:05 Se tiene idea de cuanto llega por mes? 24:46 Sugerencias para hacer un monitoreo formal en la isla por parte de las anfitrionas. 27:47 La importancia de la educación ambiental en opinión de Wilson. 29:28 Como podría usar Epicollect Wilson. Unas ideas para lograr mas ciencia ciudadana. 33:08 En opinión de Wilson, quien atiende y quien no el arribo y degradación de sargazo en Roatán. 35:19 Que esta pasando con la Municipalidad en Roatán respecto al tema de sargazo. 35:53 Los idiomas que se hablan en Honduras. 38:38 ¿Qué sigue para Wilson en el tema de empoderar a los jóvenes en Roatán,Honduras? 41:48 Mensaje final de Wilson. 44:30 Conclusiones de Zara, Paola y Evelyn. BICA https://bicainc.org/ Epicollect5 Sargassum watch https://five.epicollect.net/project/sargassum-watch

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Sigrid Skjelstad has a Masters in materials science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and works as business developer at Orkel AS. During her studies she spent a year at University in Cape Town as an exchange student. Orkel is a developer and manufacturer of agricultural and industrial machinery based in Norway. They recently used their machines to make Sargassum bales.

0:53 The host saying hello to each other. 

3:56 Franziska presents the guest. 

5:13 The starting question! What is Sargassum for Sigrid?

9:00 What are the benefits of bailing Sargassum?

  11:48 Why Sargassum can preserve better in a bale?

13:23 Will this technology come to the Caribbean? 

 14:59 Testing experiment  

17:31 Hidrated Sargassum and bailing? 

 21:53 Fresh Sargassum is more easy to bale. 

23:30 How Sigrid was introduce to Sargassum? 

 27:07 Description of the baling machines. 

30:55 Is there a process before baling?

 33:21 And what about the sand that is in the Sargassum, when beached? 

34:39 How fresh does the Sargassum have to be so it can be baled? 

36:48 Orkel is working with recycled plastic for baling 

39:08 Buy a machine or rent it from you?

 40:32 Need of local knowledge in the Caribbean.

 41:24 Thanking Sigrid.

 43:10 Conclusions of the hosts

Links of the guest https://orkel.com/en/news/sargassum-cleanup-2023/

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Charmaine Elliot used to work as a consultant/paralegal in many fields over the years until November 2021 when due to Medical Issues she was advised by her doctor to change her lifestyles. In 2012 her partner Kimmit Harvey and her during a lunch break decided to explore and he took her to a place where his grandfather took him as a young boy.That place is now known as Kimcha Village Bird Sanctuary. On the arrival of the area it was abandon and use as a garbage site due to the destruction of previous sand mining. Birds were dying and smelling due to the many vehicles that were dumped into the holds which were dug during sandmining and not fill up. These holds were now being replenish with salt water from underground. Kimcha Village Bird Sanctuary is Charmaines and Kimmits home that they share not just with tourist but with everyone. They say “come as Visitors, Leave as Family!” and host many programs to educate their communities and also to learn more from their seniors.

02:50 Introducing our guest

05:30 What is Sargassum to Charmaine

08:13 How much Sargassum is arriving and how are they utilizing it

09:45 Some instructions to our listeners on how to do coast line farming with Sargassum

14:53 Is Sargassum ever a nuisance to you?

16:05 What makes Charmine and Kimmit decide to acquire this property and what did they turn it from a dump pit wasteland into a beautiful, thriving bird sanctuary?

20:20 Seniors lunch every month to take care and enjoy the sanctuary as a wish of her mothers memory

25:18 The guns down, sails up program, what it is?

28:05 What Charmaine like most about living off grid?

31:44 Thoughts on the episode from Jenna and Fran

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

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Facebook https://es-la.facebook.com/Kimchavillage/

Website:

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g23016315-d22999455-Reviews-Kimcha_Village_Bird_Sanctuary-Wheeland_Providenciales_Turks_and_Caicos.html

Rosa Elisa Rodríguez Martínez, nos explica cómo fue que los investigadores de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México comenzaron a estudiar los efectos del sargazo en los ecosistemas costeros. Ha realizado diversos estudios relacionados con la llegada masiva de sargazo pelágico al Caribe mexicano enfocados a entender sus efectos ambientales y a encontrar formas de manejo adecuadas. Entre sus estudios se incluye el análisis de la variabilidad espacial y temporal de los arribos, el impacto de la acumulación y descomposición del sargazo en la flora y fauna costera, el análisis de elementos potencialmente tóxicos para los ecosistemas costeros y acuífero, y la exploración de usos potenciales.  1:48 Presentando a Rosa Rodriguez 3:21 Que es el sargazo para Rosa Rodriguez  4:30 Zara comenta del Plan de Acción en Honduras para la llegada de sargazo 5:54 Inicio de los estudios del sargazo pelágico en el Laboratorio de Ecología de     Arrecifes en la Unidad Académica de Puerto Morelos 10:09 Dificultades en el estudio del sargazo 13:56 La realidad del manejo del sargazo  15:00 ¿Qué les pasa a los arrecifes con el sargazo? 16:24 El caso de Bahía Petempich  18:02 El microbioma y elementos en el sargazo 21:50 El impacto más visible con los arribos de sargazo 22:56 ¿En que se convierte el sargazo después de estar en la playa? 24:04 Un estimado de cuántos metros cúbicos de sargazo llega por km cuadrado de playa en México 27:55 Los riesgos a la salud para las personas que limpian el sargazo podrido 31:50 Sensores de medición de ácido sulfhídrico  32:06 ¿Franceses estudiando sargazo en México?  33:37 Usos potenciales del sargazo  41:35 Recomendaciones para los países que apenas empiezan a tener los arribos masivos de sargazo 48:50 Hablando de barreras anti sargazo  50:00 Conclusiones  Links  http://www.icmyl.unam.mx/puerto_morelos/uves/es/quienes_somos/personal_academico/men-c-rosa-elisa-rodriguez-martinez https://github.com/rerodriguezmtz?tab=repositories https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rosa-Rodriguez-Martinez https://scholar.google.com.mx/citations?user=Esi00qMAAAAJ&hI=es

Mark Yokoyama is a naturalist, author and wildlife educator living in St. Martin who has published many books about the nature and culture of St. Martin. He is also the co-founder and treasurer of the non profit association Les Fruits de Mer. Their core mission is to collect and share knowledge about local nature and heritage. They run a museum called Amuseum Naturalis which is a free museum on nature, heritage and culture in St. Martin. They distribute free books about local subjects to students and schools on the island.  

0:00 Introduction 

2:18 Guest introduction 

3:10 What is Sargassum to Mark? 

4:30 Impact of Sargassum on St. Martin 

5:56 Management of Sargassum on St. Martin an island with two governments- lots of groups involved and lots of coordination needed 

9:00 How he got all the great pictures and content for his new book Suddenly Sargassum  

11:40 The books will go to schools and stakeholders and a display was made in the Les Fruits de Mer museum. It will get kids interested in science and provide locally relevant educational material in both English and French 

15:55 Offical school language in St. Martin is French but most kids are primarly English speakers 

18:55 What does a naturalist, author and wildlife educators do? 

23:10 Debrief  

Learn more about Mark Yokoyama and his work:   

- Les fruits de mer website

- Book Suddenly Sargasssum:
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Eduardo Gabriel Torres Conde actualmente es un estudiante de Doctorado del posgrado de ciencias biológicas de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México en el Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología. Se graduó como biólogo en la Universidad de la Habana en Cuba y posteriormente hizo una maestría en Biología Marina y Acuicultura con mención en Ecología Marina. Como parte de su proyecto de doctorado trabaja en la restauración de las praderas de pastos marinos que han sido afectadas por las mareas marrones de Sargassum spp.  a las costas del Caribe mexicano.  

 2:44 Reseña de Eduardo Torres Conde  

4:40 Eduardo explica que es el sargazo para el 

7:59 ¿Cuándo fue la primera vez que se reportó el arribo de Sargazo a Cuba? 

10:21 ¿En qué consisten los trabajos espacio temporales de sargazo? 

11:44 Zara comenta las condiciones del sargazo en la isla de Roatán 

12:25 Paola comenta la llegada del sargazo en Honduras y Costa Rica  

12:47 Eduardo opina de que depende la llegada del sargazo a ciertas playas  

13:14 Índice de oscilación del Ártico 

13:53 Vientos alisios 

17:01 Evelyn comenta en cuanto a usar organismos como indicadores del cambio climático   

17:46 ¿Quién es Physalia physalis?  

20:02 ¿Cómo relacionas el arribo de sargazo a Cuba con Physalia physalis en tu trabajo publicado? 

25:36 El timón de Physalia physalis 

26:52 Avistamientos de Physalia physalis y sargazo  

28:33 Zara comenta algunos impactos del sargazo en Roatán 

29:56 ¿Cómo ha afectado el sargazo a los pastos marinos en donde realizas tu trabajo de doctorado? 

33:47 Lo que más le ha llamado la atención del sargazo a Eduardo  

40:07  ¿Que se puede hacer para iniciar un estudio espacio temporal en donde apenas está llegando sargazo? 

44:34 ¿Cómo entender en qué lugares si llega sargazo y cuáles no? 

45:59 ¿Qué falta por hacer? coordinar monitoreos-homogeneizar datos 

49:58 Que aprendieron las Hosts   

Si quieres saber más sobre el trabajo de Eduardo:  

֍ Research gate

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Judith Rosellon is a biologist and oceanographer with extensive experience in fisheries management and ecology, marine spatial management, evaluation of marine protected areas, and fisheries stock assessment. She has a Ph.D. from the School of Marine Science and Technology (SMAST) at UMass Dartmouth and worked as a Postdoctoral fellow at the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). She is currently a lead researcher at the National Council for Science and Technology or CONACYT (Consejo National de Ciencia y Tecnología). Her international background, and oceanographic studies both in Mexico and USA make it possible for her to understand, develop, and coordinate complex marine co-management and policy projects between US and Latin American countries.   

Justin Suca is a  fish ecologist at the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. His research includes studies on the diet and growth of fish, but he typically focuses on understanding and predicting the distribution and abundance of fisheries-relevant species. He got involved with this project because he grew up in Florida and had experienced sargassum inundation in his high school and college years. It also provided an opportunity to connect with the fishing communities he grew up around.   

Laura McAdam-Otto is an anthropologist at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. Her work focuses on governance practices in the field of both forced migration and anthropogenic environmental change. Her research and teaching are located at the interface of anthropology, cultural studies, science, and technology studies.    Together as a team, they worked on the project  "Binational local knowledge of Sargassum events" which was supported by the US Department of State through the "Partners of the Americas" grant program. The objective of this project in particular was to document local knowledge of coastal communities of Mexico (Quintana Roo) and the US (Florida) regarding atypical influxes of Sargassum.   

Listen to the episode to learn about:  
0:31 - Introduction of the guests
5:13 - What’s Sargassum to you?
9:32 - Project and activities from guests  
27:58 - As the Sargassum problem is inter-regional and at the same time often territory-specific, have you extended your research beyond Mexico and Florida, to other territories in the Caribbean or have you had exchanges with inhabitants or scientists or politicians from other places affected by Sargassum?
39:16 - Sargassum flyer in Maya
43:15 - Methodology: social science research  
1:04:00 - Justin’s fieldwork experience
1:06:46 - Social Injustice and Environmental Injustice Association with Sargassum  

To get to know more about our guests:  

Website of Laura McAdam-Otto  
Lab group of Judith Rosellon

La llegada masiva de Sargazo flotante al Caribe de Centroamérica es un evento relativamente nuevo. Y el papel de las personas de la comunidad es un punto clave para comenzar los inicios del manejo de este fenómeno. Don José es pescador artesanal miembro de la Asociación de Pescadores del Caribe Sur de Costa Rica. Es co-director del proyecto regional para manejo y control del pez león ha logrado ser parte de la creación y publicación del protocolo para el manejo óptimo de pez león en conjunto con otros países como México, Panamá, Colombia y Belice. Ha participado en la escritura de artículos para revistas internacionales y actualmente es parte del consejo de áreas de conservación del caribe en el tema del manejo y prevención del sargazo.  

Entrevistamos a Jose para que nos contara más sobre su papel como miembro de la comunidad y parte del consejo sobre la situación actual de la llegada masiva de Sargazo a Costa Rica.  

3:00 introducción sobre Jose Ugalde y su rol en la comunidad del Caribe Sur de Costa Rica 

4:50 Que es el Sargazo para Jose Ugalde? 

6:23 ¿Es la primera vez que llega Sargazo a la comunidad del Caribe Sur de Costa Rica?  

8:55 La participación de Don Jose en su comunidad 

10:10 La participación de Don Jose en cuanto a la llegada de Sargazo 

11:20 Cómo se ven afectadas las actividades por Sargazo en las comunidades 

12:40 Afectación de la llegada masiva de Sargazo a los pescadores  

13:40 Organización de la comunidad ante la llegada de Sargazo 

17:25 ¿Qué piensa Don Jose que es importante incluir para lograr un mejor manejo de este evento? 

20:20 La importancia del Caribe Sur y su protección.

Si quieres saber más sobre el trabajo de jose, aquí tienes los links a sus proyectos:  

֍ Asociacion De Pescadores Artesanales Del Caribe Sur Facebook 

֍ Asociacion De Pescadores Artesanales Del Caribe Sur Instagram   

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Rolando Chavez Penaherrera is the Latin American General manager for the Enviro-Clean segments of DESMI and Head of DESMI SEAWEED Division.DESMI is Danish manufacturer of pumps, pumping systems, environmental cleaning equipment and related products and services, Founded in 1834 and headquartered in Denmark, DESMI provides pumping solutions to end-markets including marine and offshore, industrial, utility, and defense and fuel. The company also provides environmental solutions for oil spill response, seaweed collection and cleaning waterways. Next to managing oil spills they also started in 2014 designing products for Sargassum management.   

Listen to the episode to learn about:   

1:31 : Presentation of Rolando  

2:20 : Localization of the office 

2:46 : What is sargassum to Rolando 

4:26 : How Desmi decided to make a barrier of sargassum 

10:07 : How do the barriers work 

12:24 : Type of anchors used for the boom 

14:24 : Wave resistance of the boom 

17:04 : How to remove the boom and the time needed for it 

20:17 : Transfer systems used to remove sargassum from the water 

24:36 : How to avoid bycatch  

26:35 : Who are the customers buying the barriers 

28:09 : Three years of testing needed before using the boom for cleaning public beaches : proven technology  

29:10 : Future projects related to sargassum : how to always improve removal capacity 

38:08 : Environmental approval  

35:10 : Debriefs  

Learn more about Rolando:   

DESMI website 

Rolando´s linkedIn 

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Bethia Thomas is currently a postgraduate student at CERMES pursuing a PhD in Natural Resource Management. Her research seeks to venture into the novel territory of pelagic sargassum with special emphasis on a community-based participatory approach to vulnerability analysis and adaptation planning for pelagic sargassum influxes in the Eastern Caribbean, using the island of Saint Lucia as a case study.  Bethia joined us to talk about how sargassum impacts island communities in the Caribbean.  

3:51 - What is sargassum to Bethia? 

6:31 - How are the communities Bethia researches being impacted by sargassum? 

11:50 - How has sargassum impacted fish populations around the communities? 14:00 - What kinds of solutions would people like to see regarding sargassum? 

17:30 - What hurdles would make it hard to implement these solutions? 

19:30 - What kinds of people did Bethia interview for her research? 

24:00 - What else is Bethia working on? 

30:07 - The wind-down  

Watch the videos Bethia made together with the local communities 

 - Conversations – Sargassum Exchange. Brown Curse or Golden Blessing 

- Sarg-Chat – A Praslin People Perspective on the Pelagic Plague 

- Sargassum Talks – The People of Micoud Tell All  

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Part of the problem with sargassum’s sudden proliferation is hard to track. Things like weather, currents, and even marine animals can make it challenging to understand where a sargassum beaching will occur and how big it might be when it does. Dr. Geoff Smith and Dr. Betsabe de la Barreda Bautista have a great solution: they’ve created a service that archives photos from satellites to create a working, updated map of the sargassum movement. Dr. Geoff Smith has a strong background in the fundamental interactions of radiation with vegetation and other surface materials. He has applied this knowledge in developing prototype systems to measure and monitor surface properties, with a particular focus on land cover. He has worked in academia, government research, and the private sector with links to UK, European and international organizations. Dr. Betsabe is an observational earth scientist who uses GIS and statistics to understand the environment. Her main research interests include vegetation response to climate events using remotely captured data, understanding how ecosystem productivity is linked to environmental conditions, and assessing vegetation condition and land cover change over time.

You can find their incredible project at http://sasams.org/

University of Nottingham             https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Specto Natura Ltd                           http://www.specto-natura.co.uk/Hybrid Geospatial Ltd                    https://www.hybrid-geospatial.com/Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de Información Geoespacial, (CentroGeo)                                    https://www.centrogeo.org.mx/Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, National Autonomous University of Mexico, (UNAM)              https://www.icmyl.unam.mx/Planet Labs Inc.                               https://www.planet.com/ UK Space Agency                             https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-space-agency .

La llegada masiva de Sargazo flotante al Caribe de Centroamérica es un evento relativamente nuevo, es por ello que conocer cómo está la situación actual de este fenómeno es muy importante para responder a ello. Cindy Fernández como investigadora en el área de Ficología, ha comenzado iniciativas para conocer más sobre estas algas en el Caribe de Costa Rica.   Cindy está trabajando la parte de documentación sobre la llegada de esta alga y el análisis de metales pesados, conociendo estos aspectos importantes Cindy piensa que se puede tener una idea más clara para tratar este problema.  Entrevistamos a Cindy para que nos contara más sobre lo que está haciendo el laboratorio de Ficología de la Universidad de Costa Rica con respecto a la llegada masiva de Sargazo a sus costas.

Kim Baldwin is a marine ecologist who uses geospatial tools and information technology to work with people to collaboratively create comprehensive spatial information to strengthen ecosystem-based environmental management in the Caribbean, California & beyond. 

She is an integral part of Marine Spatial Information Solutions, which provides a range of geospatial mapping, analysis, and training services tailored to sargassum tracking and many other ecological surveying implications. Their training courses include drone flying, mapping and monitoring planning, GIS, participatory mapping, spatial analysis, information creation, and web-mapping collaboration tools. All projects are tailored to your needs to allow you to leverage information technologies to support environmental management more efficiently and effectively. 

  Learn more about Kim Baldwin and her project:

- Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dronesorbust/- LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkimbaldwin/

- Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MarineSpatialInformationSolutions- Website 

- Marine Spatial Information Solutions, Inc.  https://www.marsis.us/- Email List for more information on the upcoming Sargassum training course: http://eepurl.com/hW-SlH    

- CERMES Website: https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes/getdoc/d3e05941-1216-4c43-af81-788832769b08/16945.aspx- SargAdapt - Sargassum Monitoring Protocol (PDF)  https://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/cermes/projects/sargassum/docs/sargadapt/baldwin_et_al_2022_smp_guide_final_v1_03-03-22.aspx

Christine Jimenez-Mariani est ex-navigatrice, est depuis toujours sensible aux problèmes environnementaux et à la pollution marine. Résidant depuis 2013 sur la Riviera Maya au Mexique, elle a régulièrement les pieds dans les sargasses. En 2015, afin d’obtenir des infos à la source du savoir, elle contacte le Ph. D. Brian Lapointe, depuis plus de 40 ans spécialiste des algues à la Florida Atlantic University. Celui-ci explique que le phénomène ne fait que commencer, si rien n’est fait, une catastrophe est en route avec de graves conséquences pour plusieurs années. Volontaire et active dans cette lutte, Christine participe aux conférences. En 2018, elle crée Sargassum Monitoring®, localisant les sargasses sur une carte qui couvre plus de 30 pays. Sa totale implication et les données qu’elle cumule lui offre le privilège de participer à toutes les « mesa de trabajo - sargazo» (réunion de travail-sargasses) de Cancun à Tulum. Avec presque 10 ans d’expérience indépendante, c’est d’une main experte et bénévole qu’elle fait le tri des informations avant de les partager avec ses conseils sur tous les réseaux sociaux et lors d’interviews. 4’28 : la sargasse pour Christine, à la fois une catégorie d’algues et un « paradoxe, créé par la nature et contre lequel on doit lutter » 5’11 : genèse du Sargassum monitoring par les demandes d’informations du public sur les réseaux sociaux 8’30 : évolution de la carte et du type de public intéressé : touristes, scientifiques, organismes publics, hôteliers, journalistes 11’13 : collecte, sélection et partage des données (photographies et vidéos) 21’01 : liens avec le public et gestion des réseaux sociaux 23’49 : veille et mise à jour de la carte 26’05 : nécessité de constitution d’une équipe sur ce phénomène international 32’50 : évolution du phénomène en mer et sur le littoral 35’50 : expériences de vie au bénéfice de l’appropriation et diffusion de la culture scientifique 44’15 : debriefing This podcast is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Title 6 grant from the Kimberly Green Latin American Caribbean Center (LACC). This podcast is produced by Mario Garcia Rodriguez and your hosts today were Fran, Clio and Florence Pour aller plus loin : Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sargassum_monitoring/?fbclid=IwAR09lUz14-eynRC09Qr7eQvTZXU-Bx7n8MC4f63rbnSzQ1uJHv2FG05U8Qg Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/sargassum-monitoring/ Twitter https://twitter.com/SargaMonitoring?fbclid=IwAR3Hq-PoQNLu6nNl_vKqqIcbMLpRjOgGj1WZ-Lbl06emGu_2dwf43Wqmwb8 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYyju8DimErispkC2s3SNMA/featured Website: https://sargassummonitoring.com/

Début mars 2022, le Sargassum podcast a reçu Madame Lydia Barfleur, coordinatrice du projet Sarg’coop. Docteure en droit international de l’université de la Sorbonne, Lydia Barfleur a étudié et enseigné la régionalisation économique dans la zone des Carai͏̈bes avant de coordonner Sarg’coop. Ce programme de coopération caribéenne sur les sargasses, porté par la Région Guadeloupe, mis en place à partir de 2019, contribue aux partages d’expertises et échanges de savoir-faire, au soutien, à la concertation et à la consolidation des initiatives régionales à différentes échelles, au questionnement de la réglementation internationale, et contribue à la mise à l’agenda du problème des sargasses Découvrez l’évolution du projet Sarg’coop :

3’11 : La sargasse, un objet de recherche et de coopération

6’11 : Genèse, déroulement et partenaires du projet Sarg’coop

9’36 : 1erwork-package : état de la connaissance et organisation de la conférence internationale sur les sargasses en 2019 en Guadeloupe

12’37 : 2ème WP : télédétection et projet d’établissement d’un réseau caribéen pour les mesures de l’air

17’06 : 3èmeWP : communication au public avec la création d’une plateforme digitale

19’39 : 4èmeWP : les actions d’internationalisation

21’40 : Sur la Convention de Carthagène et les évolutions des stratégies des politiques environnementales

24’55 : Livre blanc sur les sargasses, enjeux et stratégies à mettre en œuvre

27’05 : Doter les sargasses d’un statut juridique international

28’30 : Partages d’expertise sur les mesures de qualité de l’air

29’03 : Articulation du local au global dans les politiques publiques

36’30 : Diffusion des résultats pour le grand public sur la plateforme digitale

39’05 : Intérêt des jeunes générations pour les problématiques environnementales

43’02 : Représentation des femmes dans la recherche environnementale

45’36 : Annonce finale

Pour en savoir plus :

Sur le projet Sargcoop : 

A propos du rapport Théophile 

La régionalisation économique dans la zone des Carai͏̈bes, thèse de Lydia Barfleur 

Déclaration finale de la conférence internationale sur les sargasses  

Pour contacter sargacoop : contact@sargcoop.org

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Dr. Kate Mansfield is a marine scientist, a sea turtle biologist, and an associate professor at the University of Central Florida. Her research focuses on sea turtle biology, ecology, behavior, management, and conservation. Using various census and telemetry methods, Dr. Mansfield’s research interests include sea turtle and other marine vertebrate movements, migration, and habitat utilization.

We spoke to Kate this week about how sargassum impacts sea turtles on Atlantic coastlines throughout their life cycles, from hatching, to feeding on floating sargasm colonies, to nesting.

0:35 - Intro

1:58 - What does sargassum mean to Kate?

3:52 - What are turtle lost years? How does sargassum impact them?

8:54 - Tagging and tracking juvenile turtles

14:25 - How do turtles interact with sargassum in the water?

18:20 - What threats does sargassum pose for sea turtles?

23:11 - How long does it take for sea turtles to mature?

26:08 - What does sargassum do to turtle nests?

28:40 - Debrief

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Sargassum impacts the coastal and seaside communities of many countries, including Tobago. The piles and piles of it on the Atlantic side of the island leave an awful trace of toxins in the air that can be harmful to the population. Yet, where others only see it as a natural disaster, trained natural resource manager and researcher for the government of Tobago (and our guest for today) Avisha Baran sees it as a freely available resource.

Avisha and her husband Adrian found a way to use sargassum to make Tura Homemade, an organic fertilizer. This fertilizer provides the plants with many micronutrients with natural biotoxins to repel pests ad construct more robust crops.

Today, we'll chat about how sargassum is a resource to foster healthy, local, and sustainable agricultural production and how it fulfills a healthier lifestyle in the Caribbean.

(2:04) Tura Homemade introduction
(3:20) What is sargassum to Avisha?
(4:30) How is sargassum affecting Tobago?
(7:18) What is Tura Homemade's product made of, exactly?
(9:35) How do we make Tura Homemade a final product?
(16:12) How is Tura Homemade packaged and shipped?
(17:15) Who's using Tura Homemade?
(20:10) What's the best way to use sargassum fertilizer?
(23:22) How difficult is it to market fertilizer made from sargassum?
(25:40) What other sustainable solutions has Avisha found for sargassum?
(31:35) Which ingredients of Tura Homemade are imported?
(34:33) Outro

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Sargassum beaching events have become an international challenge that requires globally-cooperative solutions. With such pressing challenges, thankfully, come incredibly innovative solutions to sargassum overproduction and decay.  Due to climate change, there is more and more sargassum on shores, which creates trouble for marine ecosystems and coastal communities. Our guests today work to turn that issue into agricultural opportunities for localized communities.  Today, we talk to Daria Parshina and Nina Bangert, who is part of Seasoilution, a social entrepreneur initiative that turns sargassum into fertilizer.

- Introduction to Daria and Nina (2:20)  

- What sargassum means for Daria and Nina (4:20)  

- How much sargassum is there in a beaching, really? (6:30)  

- How Seasoilution's product works as a biostimulant (also, what a biostimulant is) (7:15)  

- Why are petroleum-based fertilizers bad? (9:45)  

- Why should you care about local communities affected by sargassum? (10:20)  - 

- What did you learn first-hand from your trip to sargassum territory? (12:35)  - 

- Why are people from Europe concerned about the Caribbean sargassum problems? (14:24)  

- How does the interdisciplinary nature of your work affect your success? (16:24)  

- How would you encourage students to take part in the solutions to environmental issues? (19:23)  

- Wrap-up and debrief (21:05)

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Since 2011, vast masses of the free-floating algae Sargassum have been washing ashore on Caribbean beaches – some leaving coastlines three-feet deep in seaweed. When it isn't rotting on beaches, Sargassum has incredible properties and could fuel an entire new blue economy. The Sargassum Podcast aims to cure marine science blindness by providing listeners with an in-depth look into how sargassum impacts local communities, coastal biomes, and the world at large – and how we can harvest it to build a diversified blue economy.  

Join us today as we talk to Dr. Shelly-Ann Cox, an experienced ocean professional and fisheries management specialist. She holds an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Natural Resource Management from the UWI Cave Hill Campus, and a BSc (Hons) in Environmental and Natural Resource Management with Marine Biology from the UWI St. Augustine Campus. Shelly-Ann has ten years’ experience in applied interdisciplinary climate-related research and fisheries management research.  

Listen to The Sargassum Podcast's latest episode to hear about:  

-Introduction to Shelly-Ann Cox: 2:14

-What sargassum means for Shelly-Ann and her community: 3:40

-The impact of sargassum on dolphinfish and flying fish landings: 7:30

-Sustainable fishing, marine catching, and marine reproduction cycles: 10:30

-Fishers, sargassum, and creating tracking mechanisms for sargassum drift: 11:15

-Blue Shell Productions and fisheries management consulting: 18:10

-Blue guerrilla marketing and blue weddings: 22:55

-Offsetting carbon emissions with blue-conscious events: 29:07

-Wrap-up and debrief: 35:00 

And from our team, welcome to #SargassumSeason2!  

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Dr. Denise Herzing is the Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project and has studied Atlantic spotted dolphins in the Bahamian waters for over 35 years. In addition to many scientific articles, she is the co-editor of Dolphin Communication and Cognition, author of “Dolphin Diaries: My 25 years with Spotted Dolphins in the Bahamas” and “The Wild Dolphin Project (2002)”.

Cassie Rusche spends her summers living on a boat in the Bahamas studying wild dolphins. But 10 years ago, she thought she’d be working as a pharmacist. She started University as a pre-pharmacy student. However, after just a few short months of school and working in a pharmacy, she realized it was not for her. Eventually she discovered her real passion for understanding animal behavior. So, she switched to the ecology/evolution/organismal biology concentration and has been working for the Wild Dolphin Project since her graduation.

Wild Dolphin Project is the world’s longest running underwater study of dolphins in the world. Since 1985, the team has spent months out at sea every summer, living on boats and studying two species of dolphins that live on the shallow sandbanks of the Bahamas: Atlantic spotted dolphins and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins. Researchers have made many discoveries over the years regarding aspects of social structure, paternity, habitat use, behavior, communication, and movement patterns.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (2:39)
• What sargassum is to Dr. Denise and Cassie (4:59)
• How dolphins use sargassum (5:51)
• How dependent dolphins are on sargassum (8:45)
• Do dolphins use sargassum to clean themselves (10:15)
• Do the hydroids in sargassum cause irritation to dolphins like they do to humans (11:28)
• Studying dolphins in the wild vs captivity (12:15)
• Challenges of studying dolphins in the wild (15:11)
• Are dolphins bothered by the drones used to conduct observation and research (18:04)
• Time span and experiences on research trips (19:42)
• Dolphin behavior (22:04)
• Reproductive activity (27:10)
• Most memorable moments in the field (30:28)
• Debrief (36:22)

Transcript

Learn more about Dr. Denise Herzing and Cassie Rusche:
֍ Scientific Papers

֍ Wild Dolphin Project

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Dr. Rick Lumpkin is the Director of the Physical Oceanography Division of the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) research laboratory in Miami, FL: the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML). Dr. Lumpkin’s research focuses on upper ocean processes and ocean circulation. As Principal Investigator of AOML’s component of NOAA’s Global Drifter Program (GDP), he oversees a global array of ~1300 satellite-tracked drifting buoys. He also helped design ocean currents displays in the Sant Ocean Hall of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (3:44)
• What sargassum is to Dr. Rick Lumpkin (5:26)
• How the sargassum belt was established (8:12)
• Nutrients fueling sargassum blooms (12:32)
• Upwelling in the equatorial Atlantic (15:15)
• Explanation of methods and data used (16:56)
• Seasonality of sargassum influx (24:14)
• Permanence of the tropical Atlantic sargassum belt (26:55)
• Predictions of climate change (29:36)
• Possibility of a current that can remove sargassum (32:32)
• Debrief (36:54)

Transcript

Learn more about Dr. Rick Lumpkin:

֍ Graphics from Johns et al. (2020)

֍ NOAA’s Global Drifter Program

֍ Rick Lumpkin, PhD, Acting Director, Physical Oceanography Division

֍ AOML’s experimental Sargassum inundation reports

֍ LinkedIn

֍ Facebook

֍ Twitter

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Courtney Gallaher is a jointly appointed associate professor in the Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences and the Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality at Northern Illinois University. Her fields of studies include Women in science, Sustainable agriculture and food systems and Environmental management and sustainability.

Emely Hernandez is a master’s student in Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences at Northern Illinois University who researches how tourism impacts water quality in Quintana Roo Mexico. She also does some work in the field of environmental sustainability and is an advocate for advancing minorities in STEM.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (5:44)
• What sargassum is to Courtney and Emely (7:15)
• How tourists in Quintana Roo react to sargassum (10:04)
• What cenotes are (12:24)
• Anthropogenic impacts on the cenotes (16:35)
• Contaminates in groundwater (19:25)
• Tourism and water quality in the cenotes (22:45)
• Tourism’s vs sargassum’s contamination effects (27:12)
• Suggestions to reduce tourism’s effect on groundwater quality (29:50)
• Women and minorities in STEM (33:58)
• Debrief (44:17)

Transcript

Learn more about Courtney and Emely:
֍ Northern Illinois University Department of Geographic and Atmospheric Sciences

֍ LinkedIn, Emely Hernandez

֍ Courtney Gallaher, Associate Professor, Ph.D.

֍ Poster on Tourist Perception of Sargassum

֍ Paper on Tourist Perception of Sargassum

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VictorDavid est docteur en droit de l’environnement. Il est chargé de recherche à l’IRD (Institut de recherche pour le développement), et en poste actuellement au Campus Agro Environnemental Caraïbe en Martinique. Il est affilié à l’Unité Mixte de recherche SENS (Savoirs Environnement Sociétés) et collabore avec le LC2S (Laboratoire caribéen des sciences sociales) de l’université des Antilles.

Victor David nous présente le projet CESAR dont un des volets est l'étude des enjeux du droit de l'environnement appliqué aux sargasses au niveau du bassin caribéen.

Nous avons abordé avec lui le problème du statut juridique fluctuant de la sargasse. Nous avons également parlé de l’hypothèse du changement global pour la prolifération des sargasses et d’une responsabilité qui pourrait être commune mais différenciée, ainsi que des différences en droit de l’environnement entre la Nouvelle Calédonie, où Victor David a vécu et travaillé, et la Martinique, où il habite depuis 2019.

Mise à jour : cet épisode a été enregistré en juin 2021. Nous y parlions aussi d’un amendement en lecture au Sénat, à propos du statut de catastrophe naturelle. Cet amendement a été adopté le 15 octobre 2021.

- Présentation (0’34)

- La sargasse, un objet d’étude (4’47)

- Personnalité juridique d’un fleuve en Nouvelle-Zélande (6’26)

- Vide juridique autour des sargasses (7’14)

- Les nationalités des sargasses en eaux internationales et eaux territoriales (9’01)

- Protocole de Nagoya (12’50)

- Un non-déchet (13’41)

- Les objectifs du projet ANR CESAR (15’26)

- Qui est responsable ? (20’42)

- Les méthodes de l’enquête (21’49)

- Changement global et sargasses (24’54)

- Une catastrophe naturelle ? (29’42)

- Plans communaux de sauvegarde des communes (31’45)

- Comparaison entre les Antilles et la Nouvelle-Calédonie (33’32)

- Discussion sur les enjeux de cette recherche (38’)

- Debrief (44’52)

Transcription

Pour lire plus sur le sujet :

֍ Projet CESAR

֍ Projets ANR (Agence national de la recherche) sur les sargasses

֍ L’UMR LC2S, Laboratoire caribéen des sciences sociales

֍ L’UMR SENS, Savoirs, Environnement, Sociétés

֍ Victor David sur Research gate

֍ Code de l’environnement français sur le site de Légifrance

֍ Pour contacter Victor DAVID : victor.david@ird.fr

Ard Vreugdenhill is storyteller and conservationist with Nature Connecting, an NGO.  He just finished working in Barbados. Before that, he worked for over five years for Sea Turtle Conservation in Curacao. Julieta Castro is a volunteer for Sea Turtle Conservation in Curacao and is 15 years old, our youngest podcast guest so far.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Intern introduction (0:39)
• Episode transcripts (0:57)
• Guest introductions (3:11)
• What sargassum is to Ard and Julietta (4:36)
• 2021 sargassum season in Curacao (7:30)
• Sea turtle conservation and sargassum management (9:28)
• Rescuing sea turtles from sargassum (11:53)
• Building a rescue team (15:40)
• Number of turtles that were rescued (17:00)
• What it looks like when a turtle is rescued (18:58)
• What happens after rescue (22:48)
• First aid for the turtles (25:17
• Feeding the turtles in the aquarium (29:30)
• Rescue and COVID (33:32)
• Julietta’s media presence (35:26)
• Sea Turtle Conservation Curacao (40:39)
• Nature Connecting NGO (44:34)
• What’s next for Julietta (47:32)
• Debrief (51:17)

Transcript

Learn more about Ard and Julietta:
֍ Facebook

֍ Instagram

֍ LinkedIn

֍ Website

֍ News Article

֍ Media Appearance

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Join us as we explore the world of recycling and environmental management in the British Virgin Islands with Julie Swartz, managing director of Green & Clean VI, Ltd. Discover how Julie's company is addressing the impact of Sargassum seaweed, from its economic and environmental effects to innovative solutions like using worms for decomposition. Gain insights into ongoing studies, educational outreach, and the quest for sustainable practices in the face of environmental challenges.

 

2:35 Introducing our guest

3:10 What Sargassum means to Julie

4:11 how Julie start working with Sargassum

10:30 How are the British Virgin Islands impacted by Sargassum?

13:30 Thoughts about the studies with Sargassum

14:55 What is done in the BVIs to manage the Sargassum?

15:15 How Sargassum is afecting the economy and the environment in the BVIs

20:55 Explain how she found a worm in decomposing Sargassum

22:20 The beginnings of a full investigation using worms for decomposing Sargassum

26:05 Her experience in the Sargassum champions course

29:50 How Julie incorporate sargassum knowledge working with 12 grades

35:45 Thoughts on the episode from Jenna and Fran

 

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

 

Relevant links

 

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The Sargassum Podcast's Robby Thigpen interviews Darson Benet aka  Drizzle Roadrunna and his mom Ms. Mazy about the fire on Guanaja, their  family there and what they are trying to do to help. If you would like  to donate to help feed the people of Guanaja, please go to our Guanaja  After the Fire Donation page:  https://marinefrontiers.org/guanaja-a... Donation are being collected through Oct 31st.  All donations that come in through this page will go directly to feeding  and helping the victims of the fire. We are one world and one people  and our brothers and sisters need your help.

Lindsay Martin is an Ocean Policy Specialist at the National Science Foundation (NSF) who is passionate about combining research with education. She has quite literally sailed around the world and is working to make research more equitable and accessible.

Amy Siuda is an Associate Professor of Marine Science at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida and former Professor and Chief Scientist at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She is a marine ecologist and biological oceanographer whose research interests span marine plankton ecology from organismal to population and community levels.

Lindsay and Amy just published a paper on the motile animals found on different types of pelagic Sargassum.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introductions (3:08)
• What sargassum is to Amy and Lindsay (4:28)
• Animals in sargassum (7:50)
• Collection and analysis methods (13:42)
• Sample sizes (17:11)
• Sargassum morphotypes and the habitats they create (21:18)
• Herbivores and sargassum consumption (34:31)
• Changes in the tropical Atlantic and effects on the food web (38:14)
• Sargassum samples from different locations (44:44)
• Sea Education Association experiences (47:10)
• Debrief (51:50)

Episode Transcript

Learn more about Lindsay Martin:
֍ LinkedIn

֍ ResearchGate

Learn more about Amy Siuda:

֍ Faculty Page

֍ LinkedIn

֍ ResearchGate

֍ Sargassum Research

֍ Scientific Paper

֍ Sea Education Association

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Ute Marx is Professor of Medical Engineering at Pforzheim University, but she has spent some of her research time in Brisbane Australia. Her teaching focuses on the subjects of technical sales and marketing, as well as natural science subjects such as molecular biophysics and metabonomics. Her research activities focus, among other things, on the question of how metabolic products in body fluids can provide information about the course of diseases and the success of therapies. Her interest in algae research started in 2005 studying the metabolism of H2 producing algae.

John Roles is a research fellow at the Institute for Molecular Bioscience at the University of Queensland, Australia. Together with Professor Ben Hankamer he researches the economic potential of algae generated products. He has over 35 years of experience in the design and construction of energy projects including power generation and renewable fuels. His PhD was directed at the generation of the TELCA platform for economic and environmental assessment of renewable fuel production.

Professor Ben Hankamer is from the University of Queensland. He is the group leader of Bioinspired design of solar biotechnology systems lab group and the Director of the Centre for Solar Biotechnology, as well as the founding director of the Solar Biofuels Consortium. The Centre for Solar Biotechnology focuses on developing next generation microalgae systems tapping into the huge energy resource of the sun capturing CO2 to produce a wide range of products.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (2:35)
• What sargassum is to Ute and John (5:05)
• How Ute and John began working with sargassum (8:29)
• Solar biotech (14:20)
• Making crude oil (16:46)
• Using sargassum vs land-based algae (18:37)
• Biotech locations (22:41)
• Base case scenario and number estimates of operation (26:07)
• Future plans and turning theory into reality (38:07)
• Additional comments from Ute and John (43:19)
• Debrief (45:45)

Episode Transcript

Learn more about Ute Marx and John Roles:
֍  Bioinspired Design of Solar Biotechnology Systems Lab Group

֍  Professor Ben Hankamer

֍ Sargassum blooms in the Atlantic Ocean- From a burden to an asset

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Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo is a coastal processes specialist with vast experience in the West Africa coastal region. He is the Director of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) in the University of Ghana. Recently he has focused his research on developing an integrated approach to sustainable port development, which embraces the three perspectives of engineering, ecosystem services, and governance, as well as sargassum in West Africa. He is a member of the Expert Group of High-Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy, who provide advice to the High-Level Panel of 13 Heads of Governments.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (3:10)
• What sargassum is to Professor Kwasi (4:10)
• Sargassum in Ghana (5:42)
• Health impacts of the sargassum in Ghana (9:46)
• SARTRAC (10:45)
• Professor Kwasi’s role in SARTRAC (13:46)
• Why a Sargassum Network is needed (16:50)
• Setting up a Sargassum Network (22:09)
• Climate change in Ghana (24:50)
• Projects to mitigate the effects of climate change in Ghana (29:16)
• Debrief (34:10)

Episode transcript

Learn more about Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo:

֍ University of Ghana, Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences

֍ Proposal To Set Up the Gulf of Guinea Sargassum Network (GGSN)

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Sargassum Podcast Episode 33: A Different Kind of Invasion - Panel on Sargassum horneri in California 

Our panel of guests today are:   

Melissa Hanson  
Melissa is the Co-Founder of Kelpful, a wild harvested seaweed company based in the Central Coast of California.  

֍ Learn more about Kelpful here: 

https://www.kelpful.com/  

Dr. Emily Ryznar
Emily recently received her Ph.D. in Biology from UCLA and is currently serving as a California Sea Grant State Fellow.   

֍ You can find more information about Dr. Ryznar's work here: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-ryznar-ph-d-aa47b349/
https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/profile/emily-ryznar
https://sites.lifesci.ucla.edu/eeb-fonglab/current-graduate-students/
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1365-2745.13509  

Lauren Smith
Lauren is a Ph.D. candidate at UCLA in Dr. Peggy Fong's lab. She is researching invasive Sargassum horneri in Southern California.  

֍ You can find out more about Lauren’s work here: 

https://dornsife-blogs.usc.edu/wrigley/?p=2219
https://smbasblog.com/2020/11/10/seaweed-faceoff-devil-weed-vs-giant-kelp-zoom-evening-meeting-reminder-tuesday-10-november-730-p-m-3/  

Dr. Lindsay Marks-Orsini  
Lindsay is a marine scientist who studied sargassum for her Ph.D. research. She now works for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife managing invertebrate fisheries.  

֍ You can find out more about Dr. Marks-Orsini’s work here:
https://marine.ucsc.edu/data-products/invasive-species/
https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8rh799jz https://caseagrant.ucsd.edu/blogs/lindsay-marks-making-connections https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/news/feb18/underwater-landscaping-foster-scholar-lindsay-marks-removes-invasive-seaweed.html  

Sarah Mastroni
Sarah is a graduate student in UCSC's Coastal Science and Policy program where she is working to incorporate algae in cows' diets to decrease their methane emissions.  

֍ To find out more:
https://www.blueoceanbarns.com/   

֍ Listen to the episode to hear about:  

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Henrique Ramos is the CEO of SeaExpert, which is a fisheries services and consultancy firm. He developed several aquaculture projects through SeaExpert, as an algae harvesting operation for the cosmetics biotech industry, as well as contributing to the world’s science on animal feed and production, leading to the Azores exporting high quality products abroad. Within SeaExpert, Henrique is also responsible for managing several fisheries observer programmes for the Portuguese fleet operating throughout the world, for monitoring and scientific purposes.  Henrique also works independently as a sustainability consultant for Green Destinations and SustainAzores. As an active member of No More Plastics for the Azores, he raises awareness of the increasing problem of marine debris, particularly plastics’ destructive effects on marine life and ecosystems.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

• Introduction (2:20)
• Climate change in the Azores (4:06)
• SeaFields (6:37)
• What sargassum means to Henrique (7:18)
• What the Azores are and where they are located (9:42)
• Sargassum in the Azores (12:33)
• Seaweed production (17:16)
• Species of algae used for harvesting (23:20)
• Promotion of algae products and sustainability models (28:26)
• Aquaculture (32:30)
• Debrief (57:59)

Transcript

Learn more about Henrique Ramos and SeaExpert:

֍ Website

֍ LinkedIn

֍ YouTube

֍ Facebook

֍ Instagram

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Le samedi 14 août, un tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,2 a frappé Haïti, suivi lundi par la tempête tropicale Grace. Cette catastrophe a fait de nombreux morts, blessés et sans-abri. Nous avons parlé à Marc Edouin Juste de la situation en Haïti et de la façon dont nous et vous pouvez aider. Nous vous invitons à écouter et à envisager de donner des biens ou de l'argent pour les personnes touchées. Nous avons indiqué ci-dessous comment envoyer des fonds à la Fédération de Marc. Chaque petite chose compte.

Marc-Edouin Juste est un entrepreneur social et le président fondateur de la Fédération Haitienne de la Peche Sportive en Mer. Il habite en port-au-prince.

- La paypal de Federation Haitienne de la Peche Sportive en mer: https://paypal.me/fhpsmhaiti?locale.x=fr_XC

-faire un don par l'intermédiaire d'un ami de Marc en France, y compris une réduction d'impôt de 75

https://paypal.me/pools/c/8C930yXH7m

• Donation sur le compte bancaire de Marc Eduin

No: 160-2015-17029970

Banque : Unibank

Nombre : Marc-Edouin Juste

Tel: 509 3658-4910

Email: fhps.mhaiti@gmail.com

Adresse: 14 bis,fraternity street,Delmas 33,Port-au-Prince,Haïti.

Pour les transferts vers western union, money gram et cam transfer, veuillez prendre contact avec Marc pour organiser.Tel: 509 3658-4910 Email: fhps.mhaiti@gmail.com

Our guest today is James Ellsmoor, who is the Founder and Director of Island Innovation, which connects rural and island locations around the world working on similar development issues. Island Innovation began with a newsletter and a series of virtual events, and has evolved into a community of over 127,000 members. He is also the co-founder of Solar Head of State, which works with governments to push action on renewable energy. The NGO has focused on small island developing states (SIDS) with solar installations on the Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Government House in Saint Lucia and the Presidential Palace of the Maldives. SHOS is now working with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Pacific Island Development Forum to install solar on the official residences across these organizations’ combined 24 member states. James has a master’s degree in “Island Studies” from the University of the Highlands and Islands and is a true expert on sustainability on islands.

Listen to the episode to hear about:

- Introduction of our summer intern Eloise (0:50)

- How Franziska got involved with Island Innovation (2:17)

- Introduction of James Ellsmoor (3:40)

- What sargassum means to James (5:14)

- What an island is and what it means to be an islander (7:35)

- Common challenges of island life (8:33)

- How islands drive innovation (9:25)

- Advantages of island life (12:18)

- Political implications of being an island community (16:56)

- Viewing sargassum as an opportunity (23:08)

- What Island Innovation is (25.38)

- Getting involved (26:36)

- Community discussions around sargassum (28:30)

- Island Innovation Summit (30:36)

- Debrief (33:51)

Episode Transcript

Learn more about James Ellsmoor and Island Innovation:

֍ Website

֍ YouTube

֍ LinkedIn

֍ Facebook

֍ Twitter

֍ Instagram

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Dr. Tom Linton is an emeritus professor at Texas A&M. Tom has  studied the impacts of Sargassum on Gulf Coast beaches for decades and  was also involved in the development of the predictive model for  forecasting Sargassum landings. Brandon Hill is a coastal resources  manager for the City of Galveston and has previously worked as director  of the shoreline department of the city of South Padre Island and as  Sargassum Early Advisory System Project Manager at Texas A&M  University.Together they have developed a hay bale-style collection  method to bale Sargassum and use it as natural dune-building support.

- Intros (2:15)

- What is Sargassum to Brandon and Tom? (3:30)

- Captain Robert Webster’s work Part I (4:30)

- Historical accounts of Sargassum in Galveston Newspaper 1842 to 2018 (5:08)

- Project was ready to get rolling and there has not been any Sargassum since 2018! (5:50)

- Doing science under the veil of tourism (6:10)

- Finding out that Sargassum travelled through the Mona channel (8:00)

- Discovery of Sargassum’s cyclical history (13:00)

- Confederate soldiers hiding in Sargassum from the Union troops (14:10)

-  Post-Depression Era ‘New Deal’ Sargassum out to sea (15:08)

- Sargassum has always been a part of Texas (16:40)

- What is the Sargassum Early Advisory System (18:25)

- All about MacGyver Science! No fancy equipment (20:15)

- How they were using the LandSAT  Data (20:42)

- Sargassum grows well in nutrient-rich waters (22:36)

- There is a wide-spread benefit/need for this system (23:05)

- Captain Robert Webster’s work Part II (24:35)

- Bailing Sargassum for dune restoration (26:00)

- In Texas you were not allowed to remove Sargassum from the beach (32:16)

- The idea of baling Sargassum (34:35)

- Towns people were divided on Sargassum (37:10)

- Using fresh or dry Sargassum and why fresh is better (39:10)

- Physical and chemical properties of Sargassum (43:15)

- From hip deep Sargassum in 2018 to none at all after (45:50)

- Can bales be used for anything else than dune restoration ?(47:50)

- Concept of the Sargassum baling system (51:40)

- Working with local organizations such as the City of Galveston and the Park board (52:02)

- Sargassum as a carbon sink & what will the effects be (56:26)

- What can Sargassum as an ecosystem teach us(59:50)

- Interactive beach walks & the bucket brigade! (65:00)

- Sargassum is part of the beach (66:30)

Transcript

֍ Texas A&M-Galveston Researchers Tackling Stinky Seaweed Problem

֍ Innovative Technology Seaweed Prototype
Dunes Demonstration Project

֍ Coastal sand dunes and dune vegetation: Restoration, erosion, and storm protection

֍ Sargassum Early Advisory System

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Dr. Legena Henry is an MIT graduate, and a Mechanical Engineer, who is now the Lecturer for Renewable Energy at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, specializing in Renewable Energy and Applied Mechanics. She researches sustainable energy sources in the Caribbean, such as bio-fuel from Sargassum seaweed, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, and wave energy.

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Intro (2:30)

What Does Sargassum mean to Legena? (3:39)

Barbados 100% Fossil Free by 2030! (3:48)

Effect Sargassum has on Tourism in Barbados (4:51)

Thoughts on renewable energy sources (6:10)

Tourism, sargassum removal and placement into landfills and Hydrogen Sulfate gas (9:00) Success in Barbados of creating sargassum biofuel (10:52)

How much water does it really take to make 1 bottle of rum and how much is wasted? (11:56) How you can help save the planet by drinking premium Caribbean rum - Part I (14:45)

Ratio between wastewater and solids to make methane for fuel (16:54)

Historical cane industry in Barbados (18:20)

Why you should drink premium Caribbean rum – Part II (19:36)

Why not cane for fuel? (20:00)

Can we make rum from sargassum though? (20:55)

Scaling up this as a solution (22:45)

The micro digesters being used to create this project and how they are scaled-up (25:50)

100K USD grant received at the UN General Assembly for this amazing work! (26:50)

What is the scale-up going to look like? (27:50)

What happens to the waste from this process? (28:27)

Is this sargassum methane biofuel the best option for Barbados right now? If so, why? (31:25) Renewable energy options for Barbados (32:35)

Benefits of using fresh sargassum materials (34:00)

Closing (35:00)

Wrap-Up (35:45)

Outro (39:56)

Episode transcript

To learn more about Legena Henry and her work:

֍ Legena's website

֍ Legena's LinkedIn page

֍ Legena's Researchgate page

֍ Paper: Experimental Evidence on the Use of Biomethane from Rum Distillery Waste and Sargassum Seaweed as an Alternative Fuel for Transportation in Barbados 

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In this episode we interview Leslie Hickerson and Fleur Hermanides. Leslie is a St. Maarten native In this episode we interview Leslie Hickerson and Fleur Hermanides. Leslie is a St. Maarten native with a degree in sustainable tourism. Leslie's journey began as a volunteer with the Nature Foundation, tagging sea turtles and sharks and leading educational programmes. Now, as the Foundation's manager, she's been making waves and shaping the island's sustainable tourism landscape for over three years. Fleur has a Masters in Behavioural and Cognitive Neuroscience. Fleur served as a Senior Policy Advisor for Environment & Hygiene on Sint Maarten and has organised the island's largest volunteer event, SXM DOET, for nine years. As President of EPIC (Environmental Protection in the Caribbean Foundation), in existence since 2001, she continues to champion environmental education, research and conservation efforts. Tune in for a deep dive into her powerful stories and contributions!

 

2:08 Introducing our hosts

4:35 What Sargassum means to Fleur

5:20 What Sargassum means to Leslie

7:00 The impact of Sargassum in St Maarten

8:00 Initiatives of the Skateholders in the management of Sargassum

10:35 How Sargassum wrecks may affect female sea turtles

15:10 The role of the Nature Foundation

15:40 The process of sargassum removal

19:37 What are SXM DOET and Samenwerkende Fondsen Cariben and how do they relate to Sargassum?

24:40 Climate CleanUp research and the importance of understanding more about Sargassum

27:20 Experiences and learning from the Sargassum Champions Course to Fleur

28:55 Experiences and learning from the Sargassum Champions Course to Leslie

30:10 The anniversary of SXM DOET and the next steps

32:20 Opportunities for collaboration

37:00 Thoughts on the episode from Jenna and Evelyn

 

 

The Sargassum Podcast is made possible through funding by the Resilience, Sustainable Energy, and Marine Biodiversity Programme (RESEMBID). Financed under the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories Regional Programme, RESEMBID is being implemented by Expertise France, with the primary stakeholders being the 12 Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories.

 

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Florence Ménez est titulaire d’un PhD en anthropologie culturelle et sociale (EHESS, Paris) et d’un PhD en Histoire sociale européenne contemporaine (Université Ca’Foscari, Venise). Elle est coordinatrice du projet de recherche-action SaRiMed (2021-2023), concernant les impacts sanitaires des sargasses en Martinique et à Marie-Galante (Antilles françaises). SaRiMed est financé par la Fondation de France et réunit des chercheur.e.s en sciences sociales de l’UMR AMURE, ainsi que de l’UMR LC2S et de l’EA AIHP-GEODE de l’université des Antilles, des médecins du CHU de Martinique, des membres de la société civile et des artistes.

Présentation (0:45)

La sargasse perturbation et lien, qui échappe à la société, symbolisée en un écheveau d’où partent des fils thématiques définissant autant d’enjeux, ou bien symbolisée en boîte de Pandore (2:39)

La recherche INVABIO comme première approche des perturbations apportées par les proliférations algales (5:05)

Enquête sur l’acceptabilité sociale de la transformation des sargasses en amendement agricole dans le programme de recherche Eco3Sar, Ecologie, Ecotoxicologie des sargasses (2018-2020) (6:54)

« Sargasses menace », une installation artistique en juin 2018 qui réunit geste politique et geste esthétique (7:54)

Singularité des impacts des sargasses sur le littoral martiniquais et guadeloupéen (9:04)

Alerte dans la revue The Lancet sur la sargasse comme « menace réelle pour la santé » due à la décomposition des sargasses(10:54)

Incidence sanitaire de la chlordécone ? (12:48)

Génèse de SaRiMed avec le groupe de recherche sur les sargasses du CHUM (13:06)

Présentation de SaRiMed, du consortium et des objectifs (15:44)

Constitution du corpus (17:14)

Diversité des parcours préventifs et curatifs pour vivre avec les sargasses (19:56)

Interdisciplinarité représentée au cœur du consortium pour analyser ce « fait social total » (20:46)

Travail des artistes sur l’invisible et les traces (22:35)

Une écriture et une médiation de la recherche grâce aux artistes (24:24)

Comment traduire l’expérience sensible ? (25:34)

Implications des artistes dans le projet art & science (26:36)

Partenariat avec le lycée Victor Anicet de Saint-Pierre, Martinique (28:21)

Appel à d’autres études sur les impacts sanitaires dans les territoires insulaires et/ou continentaux caribéens (29:21)

Impacts des sargasses par contact, hors décomposition (30:38)

Apport des sciences sociales dans les recherches interdisciplinaires (32:09)

Conclusion (34:36)

Transcription

Pour lire plus sur le sujet :

֍ Résumé de SaRiMed 

֍Pour en savoir plus sur les risques sanitaires, un ensemble de documents présentés sur le site de l’URML (Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux) 

֍Article publié dans The Lancet : Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean islands: an international public health concern

֍ Résumé du projet Sargacare

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Our guest today is Teresa Chavez-Capilla who is an environmental and bioanalytical chemist, working as a post-doc at the University in Bern, Switzerland. She is working in the Soil Science Unit within the Interfaculty Cooperation Project One Health, which looks at the microbial-mediated effects and transformations of different pollutants in the environment, and across the food chain. Her research focuses on the microbial-mediated transformations of arsenic from food in the mammalian gut. She is specialized in studying the metabolism of the arsenic available to humans from the diet, including that in seaweed. Besides her position at the University of Bern, she is part of the coordination team of 500 Women Scientist Bern-Fribourg, an organization aimed to promote women in STEM.

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-Survey announcement (0:35)

-Teresa Chavez-Capilla Introduction (3:43)

-Teresa's impression of sargassum influx in the Tropical Atlantic (4:57)

-What sargassum means to Teresa (6:15)

-Inorganic vs organic arsenic (8:00)

-How much arsenic is in the food we eat (10:01)

-What arsenic does to the human body when ingested (12:54)

-Bioaccumulation and bio modification as related to arsenic (15:27)

-Avoiding arsenic exposure in the food chain (16:51)

-What products we have to test for arsenic levels (19:10)

-Where arsenic in the ocean comes from (22:55)

-Whether arsenic is present in other algae (24:26)

-Organic arsenic sugars and carbohydrates in seaweed (26:06)

-Debrief (28:20)

Episode transcript

Learn more about Teresa Chavez-Capilla:

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Research gate

ORCiD

Soil Science Research Group

One Health Research Cooperation

500 Women Scientists Bern-Fribourg

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Luis Macías es un experto en comercio internacional con un doctorado en Sociedad de la información y conocimiento, con más de diez años de experiencia en desarrollo empresarial y coordinación de proyectos. Forma parte de la “Earth Life University” en Playa del Carmen, México y además es el cofundador de Alquimar. Alquimar es una empresa dedicada a obtener productos de alto valor a partir del sargazo. Uno de sus últimos logros ha sido producir el bioestimulante fucoidan a partir del Sargazo.

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- Quien es Luis Masia (2:28)

- Que es el sargazo para Luis Macías : una solución para la salud (2:45)

- Explicando la Earth Life University, una universidad alternativa y humana (5:10)

- La empresa Alquimar : como nació la idea, y como comenzaron a utilizar el sargazo (5:10)

- Como se hace la recolección del sargazo (12:48)

- Usos del sargazo en Alquimar : biofertilizantes, alimentación animal (18:46)

- Extracción de los componentes del sargazo para varios usos : alginato, fucoxantina, fucoidano (21:52)

- Fucoidano : extracción y utilizaciones por la salud humana (covid, colesterol, etc.) (22:49)

- El protocolo de recolección con Puerto Morelos. La penta helice : empresa, sociedad, gobierno, academia y naturaleza (29:51)

- Visión de Luis de la colaboración internacional por el sargazo (34:53)

- El sargazo como industria azul (40:42)

- Charla entre Mar, Paola y Clio (42:28)

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Si quieres saber más sobre el trabajo de Veronica, aquí tienes los links a sus proyectos:

֍ Su empresa Alquimar y su experiencia

֍ La empresa Earth Life University 

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Our guest today is Andrés Bisonó León who is the CEO and co-founder of SOS Carbon. He is from the Dominican Republic and studied mechanical engineering and finance at Drexel University in Philadelphia. SOS Carbon started as an R&D based at MIT in 2018. After successfully validating the technologies and system, the leading team developed a spinoff project. SOS Carbon is an environmental service company whose mission is to provide the most cost-effective & responsible solutions for sargassum collection and disposal. SOS Carbon efforts have also focused on involving local communities and acting as liaison between government agencies, private sector, academic institutions, and countries across the Caribbean with the goal to join forces to effectively compact the problem.

- What sargassum means to Andrés (8:17)

- Goals of SOS Carbon - Sargassum as a beneficial resource and opportunity! (9:00)

- Andrés history and passion for sargassum and giving back to the community (10:21)

- Partnering with colleague at MIT for technology-based solutions (12:30)

- Effects of sargassum in the Dominican Republic and Caribbean-wide (15:28)

- Local villages, mangroves and ecosystems are effected by sargassum events (19:20)

- SOS Carbon ("Sargassum Ocean Sequestration of Carbon") and carbon sequestration (22:00)

- Collaborations with MIT & local agencies and institutions for open-ocean solutions technologies (24:10)

- "We (SOS Carbon) were really sequestering a positive amount of carbon, meaning that our system wasn't going to require more energy than what we were going to sequester." (26:50)

- Continued work with other experts and teams to create the best system to manage the sargassum problem (29:13)

- Blue economics, ocean carbon sequestration and impact of sargassum on tourism (30:13)

- The many benefits of Littoral Collection Method (LCM) for fishing community and ecosystems (34:05)

- Uses of systems outside of sargassum specifically (38:00)

- Working together as a team to integrate communities and create opportunities (41:07)

- Associated costs (in USD) for the SOS Carbon hardware, fleet and the formal employment platform (44:16)

- Addressing by-catch within SOS Carbon solutions (47:21)

- Contact info and closing (50:11) *see below*

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Learn more about Andrés Bisonó León and SOS Carbon:

֍ Website

֍ LinkedIn

֍ LinkedIn (SOS Carbon)

֍ Facebook

֍ Instagram

֍ Twitter

֍ Youtube (Episode video)

֍ LCM system

֍ SOS Carbon Tech (Open Ocean)

֍ SOS pilot on Rio Ozama (same river where The Ocean Cleanup has Interceptor 004)

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