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Sharing ocean science with millions of people through the Blue Planet II TV series to stimulate public and political engagement with our oceans' health and influencing policy in the UK and Europe

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Submitting institution
The Open University
Unit of assessment
7 - Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
Summary impact type
Environmental
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Is this case study continued from a case study submitted in 2014?
No
Underpinning research subjects
  • Geochemistry
  • Oceanography
  • Ecology

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3. References to the research

4. Details of the impact

5. Sources to corroborate the impact

Additional contextual information

Grant funding

Grant number Value of grant
A grant number was not available for this. £67,472
NE/P019331/1 2017-2022 £108,417
NE/I019891/1 2012-2016 £73,769
NE/I006346/1 2011-2012 £51,144
NE/I006443/1 2011-2012 £46,636
NE/H017518/1 2011-2015 £529,634
40177 £297,254
ECF/2009/0478 £238,686
A grant number was not available for this. £244,740
A grant number was not available for this. £47,148
Countries
  • International
Formal partners
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography, USA and Cardiff University
  • Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences (BIOS) and Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar & Marine Research
  • University of Bristol, National Oceanography Centre (University of Southampton), Imperial College London and Cardiff University
  • National Oceanography Centre (University of Southampton)
  • University of Bristol
Funding programmes
  • Early Career Fellowship “Ventilation history of the ocean’s thermocline”
  • UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme “Abrupt ocean acidification events
  • Biodegradable Carrier Bag Feasibility Study – Phase 2
  • UK Ocean Acidification Research Programme Tied PhD Studentship “Understanding the impact of recent ocean acidification on bio-calcification
  • Integrated Ocean Drilling Program “Role of Ocean Biogeochemical Reorganisation in the Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation
  • Aquapak Plastics Phase 2 additional work
  • SWEET: Super-Warm Early Eocene Temperatures and climate: understanding the response of the Earth system to high CO2 through integrated modelling and data
  • EU Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship “Climate change, hydrography and the paradox of plankton extinctions” 2006-2009
  • UK Integrated Ocean Drilling Program “Orbital Modulation of Eocene Carbon Cycle and Climate
  • Integrating technological solutions to modernise the study and assessment of coral reefs
Global research identifiers
  • grid.8682.4
  • grid.452966.a
  • grid.452777.4
  • grid.270680.b
Name of funders
  • NERC
  • Leverhulme Trust
  • Operation Wallacea
  • Aquapak Polymers Limited
  • European Commission
Researcher ORCIDs
  • 0000-0002-9963-354X
  • 0000-0002-7779-0958
  • 0000-0003-2873-3989
  • 0000-0002-3159-0096