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A Grown-Up Guide to Oceans

By: Professor Ben Garrod, Ellie Sans
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  • Summary

  • Kids love the ocean - it‚Äôs mysterious and unknown, home to monsters of the imagination and some of the most fascinating life forms on the planet.

    But while many grown-ups might love being by or on the sea, how much do we actually know about the world beneath the waves?

    In this follow-up to A Grown-Up Guide to Dinosaurs, evolutionary biologist, Professor Ben Garrod, takes the listener on an oceanic journey from the beginning of life on Earth to the present day, discovering what the ocean actually is and why it’s so important in the evolutionary history of life.

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  • Ep. 1: What Is the Ocean?

    Ep. 1: What Is the Ocean?
    Aug 10 2020

    A deceptively simple question....

    The series starts by answering a question: ‘What is the ocean?’

    We know it’s big, salty and wet but how did it get so big, why is it salty and why is it so important to life on earth? And what do we know about how these three things made the ocean the perfect place for the beginning of life itself? We meet the scientists studying the conditions in deep sea hydrothermal vents to find out where and how it all began.
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    33 mins
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  • Ep. 2: Evolutionary Explosions

    Ep. 2: Evolutionary Explosions
    Aug 10 2020

    How did we get from single celled organisms to the incredibly diverse ocean ecosystem we have today?

    After two billion years of painfully slow evolutionary change what happened to scramble the system and allow the earth to get messy with life? The answer again lies in the ocean. Ben finds out how changing conditions in the ocean allowed animals to evolve from their single celled origins to the huge diversity we see today, and meets some of the first weird and wonderful animals to roam the ocean bottom in Evolutionary Explosions.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Rise of the Fishes

    Ep. 3: Rise of the Fishes
    Aug 10 2020

    During the Cambrian Explosion we find the first examples of every major animal group, including the line to which we belong - the vertebrates. In Rise of the Fishes Ben finds out more about our distant ancestors - the fish. Making up half of all living vertebrates, fish are the most successful backboned animals on the planet. And they are the group to which we owe the evolution of teeth, jaws, and even our limbs.
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    26 mins
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WOW

I loved it and was so amazed how the ocean works and all the sea life and how us humans are destroying the ocean in a vast way.

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Wonderful!

This is a very well layed out and informative program. It was entertaining without being overdone or insincere.
There was so much information in here, simple information about life, that I can't seem to fathom why it's not taught or at least mentioned at basic school level.

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I don't think it was very grown up but it was fun.

I don't think it was very grown-up but it was interesting.
Good enthusiastic presentation.
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Enjoyable and fascinating

The content was very interesting while remIning educational. It was easy to understand even if you dont have previous knowledge in science, as most of the scientific terms and processed were clearly explained. Overall, very enjoyable and fascinating!

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please read - optomistic -

great read - very interesting & well presented - tells a fascinating story about how things have changed over time

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excellent

Ben does a fantastic job of presenting the very complex detail in a way for the less educated to understand and yet educate at the same time.
the world is an amazing place and it's our job now to keep it that way

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Great!

Such a great book, super educational but not boring. Loved it. Would recommend for kids or adults.

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Love it!

Excellent presenter and fantastic level of detail for me, not too complex, not too simplified either. I really enjoyed the science, and learnt lots I didn't know. Recommend to anyone with an interest in oceans, biology or natural science.

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A must for most responsible world citizens

Superb distillation of the early life of the planet. Easy to follow sequences and entertaining at the same time. An elbow jab for humans to rectify centuries of mistakes particularly the last 100 years to our precious ecosystems of which are part and only a part

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so interesting & presented in an entertaining way

so interesting
& presented in an entertaining way. I put it on to go to sleep. makes learning relaxing and enjoyable.

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