Episode #38: Jamie Woodward - Understanding climate change during the Quaternary and microplastic transport and storage in river catchments

This week John spoke to Professor Jamie Woodward from the University of Manchester about two key global issues; our developing understanding of climate change during the Quaternary and microplastic transport and storage in river catchments. Both are major examples of how physical geography research has impacted on national and global policy. Jamie’s research on microplastics in rivers is now feeding directly into the Parliamentary Inquiry into Water Quality in Rivers. Jamie Woodward is Professor of Physical Geography at the University of Manchester.   Thanks to Collins for sponsoring series 6 of GeogPod. Links from the pod The Ice Age: A Very Short Introduction Microplastics in Rivers Jamie's Ted Talk, 'Changing Rivers' Free resources Quaternary ice age poster from Geography Review   Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere - the Keeling Curve and the carbon cycle   Full text view-only version of the Nature Sustainability paper   This work was discussed on the BBC Radio 4 programme Inside Science   Film clip here from the BBC News report   Guardian article   Policy at Manchester blog that explores some of the policy implications of this work