Tropical marine ecologist Dr Ian Hendy discusses how he’s working with Spaceport Cornwall to combat climate change
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The first launch of satellites from British soil is expected later this year at Spaceport Cornwall and one of those will be used to monitor coastal ecosystems.
In this short podcast, Dr Ian Hendy from the University of Portsmouth’s School of Biological Sciences, talks about how satellites will be used to gather data from different coastal habitats like saltmarshes, seagrass and kelp forests.
Dr Hendy said: “These habitats are so important because they draw down CO2 from the atmosphere and lock away greenhouse gases, therefore reducing the impact of climate change.
“The more data we have to inform us how we can restore coastal ecosystems, the better able we’ll be to reduce climate change, offset rising sea levels, improve the economy through global fisheries and purify the water.”