The Cambridge Prisms Podcast Dr Chris Smith

This month the connections that human inhabitants have to the coast, why we're still in the middle of a worsening extinction crisis despite international laws and treaties designed to protect nature, the promise of pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine, the plastic pollution problem and how to tackle it, and why water management in the face of a changing climate needs more than just a single solution. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

In this episode, delivering mental health help in the community, what seabirds can reveal about ocean plastic pollution, how plants are affected by mass extinction events, involving indigenous people in plastic pollution govenance, and why fieldwork can be a problem for some coastal scientists... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

Better awareness of the precious resource that is water, getting a grip on coastal ecosystems and the impact of pollution, why recycled plastics are a threat for food packaging and kitchen utensils, how we can help humans to step up in extreme environments, and the opportunity offered by "lived experience" when it comes to mental health all go under the microscope in this episode of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast. Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

This time we hear how many species are being driven to extinction by human trade, why clinical psychology needs an update for the 21st Century, how non-specialists can help to plug the gap in mental health services, what art can do for science and conservation of coastal habitats, and the role of epigenetics in medicine... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website

This is the launch episode of the Cambridge Prisms Podcast series, showcasing cutting-edge science from Cambridge University Press. In this edition, Chris Smith asks if we should be sequencing the genetic code of every human newborn, if we in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, how to conserve a species we know nearly nothing about. Plus we talk about blue justice: how marginalised coastal communities can fight back... Get the references and the transcripts for this programme from the Naked Scientists website