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Plant KingdomAuthor: Catherine Polcz
Plant Kingdom is a conversation series about plants, nature and environment featuring scientists, artists, researchers, writers and healers.We release two conversations each month, and hear from people who have an intimacy with plants and nature. We discuss their work, stories and reflections from the field.We record in Sydney, Australia on the lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation, and pay respect to their elders - past, present and future.Hosted and produced by Catherine Polcz. Our music is by Carl Didur.Visit us at plantkingdom.earth Language: en Genres: Natural Sciences, Nature, Science Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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20 Emma Camp: Vital reefs
Friday, 15 May, 2026
From her Future Reefs lab at the University Technology Sydney, coral reef expert Dr Emma Camp looks at how science can help restore and future proof Australia’s threatened coral reefs. With a practice founded in conservation and community collaboration we spoke about the world of coral – their ecology, reef restoration and her search for naturally heat tolerant super corals.Bio:Associate Professor Emma Camp is a marine biologist and the Team Leader of the Future Reefs Team at the University of Technology Sydney. Her teams research ranges from organism scale molecular signatures to broad scale ecological interactions, and specialise in advancing technical solutions to help preserve and re-build healthy reefs. In 2018, Emma co-Founded Coral Nurture Program, a science-tourism partnership to repopulate corals on the Great Barrier Reef. She is a leading coral expert, with her research recognised through numerous awards, including being names a 2024 World Economic Forum Young leader, the 2021 Macquarie University Eureka Prize for Outstanding Early Career Researcher and in 2020 was named a Next Generation Leader by Time Magazine.Hosted and produced by Catherine Polcz with music by Carl Didur.
