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episode 5: Butterflies, bees, and climate change with Peter Soroye (Conservation Biologist)
In this episode, I speak with U of Ottawa PhD candidate Peter Soroye about living in Northern Ontario, the great outdoors and how the bees and the butterflies can tell us a lot about climate change! Join Julie’s World for additional content! Go to https://www.patreon.com/juliesworld
Timestamps:
- Peter’s educational background (01:01)
- The Northern Ontario connection (02:20)
- Peter’s background with nature (03:24)
- Growing up in nature influenced Peter’s career choice (04:28)
- Moving to Ottawa from a rural community (05:53)
- The Ontario Rangers (06:57)
- How Peter’s family instilled a strong work ethic (08:50)
- Adolescent rebellion (09:52)
- The enjoyment of grad school (11:45)
- Peter’s educational path and future (12:58)
- What is ‘macroecology’? (13:55)
- Peter’s research focus (15:51)
- Invertebrate research, and catching butterflies (16:32)
- Monitoring the butterfly population (17:51)
- What can butterflies tell us about climate change? (20:39)
- Monarch butterflies (22:13)
- Monarch migration and climate change (23:47)
- Red flags based on current data (24:23)
- What’s going on with the bees? (25:56)
- The decline of bumblebees (28:07)
- How to make your property more welcoming to bees (30:09)
- How to bypass bylaw issues by creating gardens (31:46)
- The other pollinators that Peter studies (32:32)
- Moths are often overlooked (33:00)
- Moths and global change research (33:49)
- What tools are used to predict the rise of extinction? (35:08)
- When do scientists ring the alarm bells? (37:33)
- Do scientists get heard by policy-makers? (39:28)
- Bee messaging has been very successful (40:54)
- Peter is the “cool guy” among friends (41:47)
- Peter’s passion for photography (42:37)
- Learning about birds during quarantine (43:50)
- Morale during a pandemic (44:36)
- Peter’s passion for music (46:10)
- Old school vs new school rap (55:21)
- Creating rap tracks (49:33)
- Quick chat about basketball (50:50)
- Travel for research and conferences (52:19)
- Calling Ottawa, “home”. (53:49)
- Final remarks (54:18)
Peter Soroye’s website: https://www.petersoroye.com/ Peter Soroye on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeterSoroye
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