🌊 What is ocean acidification? ☁️ How does carbon dioxide get into ocean water? 🎨How can we be creative in STEM? 🌸 And why was the Halifax Harbour dyed pink?Today we learn all about the process of ocean acidification, and what a group of scientists are doing to help the ocean absorb more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere! 🧑‍🔬 Mike Kelland (he/him), CEO of Planetary Tech, tells us all about what ocean acidification is, how it’s impacting the oceans, and how we can help. Learn more about Mike and his work at @MKelland and at Planetary Tech's website.Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X (previously Twitter). If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show!To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

What even is climate change? 🤔 In this minisode, Mira and Mab explain climate change in under 10 minutes, explaining how climate change happens, why it happens, and what we can do about it! 🌎 To learn more about climate change, check out our full length episode with Alex Cadel. ✨Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X (previously Twitter). If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show!To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected].

Welcome back to season three of What Do Scientists Do? A podcast for children and youth where we talk to wicked smart guests and learn about what kind of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math they do!💫 In our season premier we learn all about how we can adapt to climate change and how the future is ours to shape, especially around Nova Scotia! 🌎 How can we plan communities that are climate resilient? 💪 What does climate resilience even mean? 🚌 And how can we design school bus windows to help deal with climate change? Today we learn all about climate change adaptation and managing from Alex Cadel (he/him), a Climate Services Specialist with CLIMAtlantic! You can learn more about CLIMAtlantic on Facebook @CLIMAtlanticInc, Instagram @CLIMAtlantic, and LinkedIn @climatlantic.This podcast is available to listen to with captions on SuperNOVA's YouTube.Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @SuperNOVAatDal on Instagram or X (previously Twitter). If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show!To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

It's our second-last episode of the season! 🧠 How does our body movement change based on what we perceive, without us even noticing? How do our brains create our thoughts, our feelings, our consciousness? And how do we study things like learning, memory, and attention? On today's episode we learn from Kevin Leblanc (he/him), a Cognitive Neuroscientist at Dalhousie University, who uses his brain to study our brains! 🤯

What are virtual machines, and why are they useful? How do we build telescopes that can see stars when they twinkle? Today we learn from software engineer Bas de Bruijne (he/him), who tells us all about what it’s like to design & improve software!If you’d like to try out coding for yourself and don’t know where to start, visit https://scratch.mit.edu/ To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected] . Summer camp registration is open, including our Advanced Coding, Space & AI, and Engineering Design camps for Grades 7-9! Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show!

Today we learn from Arushi (she/her, Grade 8) & Artash (he/him, Grade 11), two siblings making waves in the science world! How did the COVID-19 pandemic affect noise levels in the ocean? How can we detect unknown asteroids so that they don’t hit the Earth? And how can kids become scientists making real-word impacts? Keep up with Arushi & Artash at https://hotpoprobot.com/ or by following @wonrobot on Twitter! To learn more about Artash’s Ocean Noise project, visit https://www.monitormyocean.com/ Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

How can understanding the human mind help us protect sea turtles? How can everyday people help scientists with their research? María Dabrowski (she/her/ella) tells us all about her work in sea turtle conservation! Follow María on Instagram @gogreenfortheocean for updates, turtle/bird facts, and more! You can also visit https://rare.org/ to learn about their fantastic work at the intersection of people, communities and the environment. To learn more about iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/ Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show!To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

How can you make an escape room using a Raspberry Pi? What are computer programming languages, and which one was used to build Minecraft? Today we learn from Mira Macneill (she/her), SuperNOVA Program Coordinator and the queen of coding fun! To learn more about SuperNOVA's new Girls Entrepreneurship program, visit supernova.dal.ca/girlsentrepreneurship . Registration closes Jan 31st, 2023. You can find Jessica's Scratch games at bit.ly/SuperNOVAScratch . Do you have a coding project that you're proud of? Tag us @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram, or email us at [email protected] ! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

How do scientists research the deepest parts of the ocean? What is it like to live on a ship? Today we learn from Sofya Pesternikova (she/they), a multimedia technician on board the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s R/V Falkor (Too)! Check out @schmidtocean on social media for videos of weird and wonderful deep-sea creatures, ship updates, and more. To learn more about Ship-to-Shore and other educational initiatives from the Schmidt Ocean Institute, visit https://schmidtocean.org/education/ . Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. If you have a question that you’d like answered by an expert, send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] and we might feature your question on the show! To learn more about STEM programs for youth at Dalhousie University, visit SuperNova’s website at supernova.dal.ca or email [email protected]

What can bird poop tell us about the environment? Are arctic birds ingesting plastics?And what is it like to study birds in remote places? Today we learn from arctic bird expert Julia Baak (she/her), who's working to understand how our changing environment is impacting seabirds! Follow Julia on Twitter @juliaellenbaak for baby bird pics, research updates, and more. Visit https://www.birdscanada.org/bird-science/christmas-bird-count to get involved in your local Christmas bird count! Questions? Looking for more science fun? Check out @scientistsdopod on Twitter or Instagram. Do you have a question you’d like answered by an expert? Send us an email or a voice recording at [email protected] ! Note: We're taking a break for the holidays, which means that the next episode of What Do Scientists Do? will be released Wednesday January 11th, 2023 . Take care, and we'll see you then!