Prof. Mike Burrows: A career in climate change

About this episode

Prof. Mike Burrows discusses his career in climate science and the impact of ocean temperature on marine species distribution as he approaches retirement.

He is one of the world's most cited climate scientists and is part of the research collaboration that defined the term 'marine heatwave', but after 35 years at SAMS Prof. Mike Burrows is sailing into retirement. In this special episode, host Euan Paterson sits down with Prof. Burrows to find out how his research has been guided by the theme of climate change and why ocean temperature is changing the distribution of marine species. We also hear a confession of how he almost lost a new company...

People in this episode

Host: Euan Paterson

Guest: Prof. Mike Burrows

Topics covered

• climate change
• marine heatwave
• ocean temperature
• marine species distribution
• retirement

Keywords

• climate scientist
• marine heatwave
• ocean temperature
• marine species
• retirement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scottish Association for Marine Science

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