Vloedgesprek: Veranderende zeeën

Starting from the microscopic life that settles on ships, docks, and within Marjolijn Boterenbrood’s installation Marine Migrants, this is a conversation about great movements: changes in our seas driven by human activity, climate, and time. Together with Katja Philippart, we look at the shifting sea. How does marine life show us that the oceans are interconnected and constantly changing? What can a barnacle tell us about climate change? A conversation about the big picture, sparked by the small—and the question of whether the tide can be turned.

Katja Philippart is a coastal ecologist who has dedicated half a lifetime to studying shellfish, marine mammals, migratory birds, and the relationship between microscopic marine life and environmental change. When changes occur in the climate and the Wadden Sea, short-lived microalgae—and consequently the shellfish that feed on them—are the first to respond. Philippart works as a professor at Utrecht University and as a researcher for the Wadden Academy and NIOZ (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research).

Program maker and moderator: Kees Foekema

This Vloedgesprek (High Tide Conversation) is linked to the work Marine Migrants by Marjolijn Boterenbrood.