Utility Management

Talking Under Water Episode 69: Exploring the ocean’s future with bluetech

June 2, 2023

In this interview, explore bluetech innovations and how they are playing into the ocean’s impact on climate change.

In this episode of Talking Under Water, co-host Katie Johns interviews Eric Hines, a professor at Tufts University. The two discuss the upcoming Tufts’ Bluetech Innovation Day, why the ocean is essential to fighting climate change and how bluetech technologies are playing into this. Hines also shares examples of bluetech projects that emphasize why collaboration across industries, including energy and oil and water, is so important. ,

Show Notes

Time Stamps

Introduction | 0:00
Interview starts | 0:32
Eric Hines' role at Tufts University | 1:24
New technologies and innovations | 2:29
Hurdles for innovations to combat climate change | 5:36
Securing research funding to accelerate innovation | 7:08
Breaking down silos to solve problems | 9:37
Why the ocean is essential to climate change | 11:44
Collaboration is vital | 15:05
Examples of recent research | 16:06
Final thoughts | 17:43
Housekeeping | 20:26

Resources

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About the Podcast

Talking Under Water is the premier podcast for the water industry, including municipal and industrial water and wastewater, residential water treatment, storm water management and erosion control. It is produced in coordination between Water & Wastes Digest (WWD), Water Quality Products (WQP) and Storm Water Solutions (SWS). The podcast covers topics under the One Water movement including the municipal and industrial water and wastewater, point of use, point of entry, residential, storm water and erosion control markets. Talking Under Water highlights news, trends, new technologies, industry discussions and on-site interviews with experts for WWD, WQP and SWS. New episodes of the podcast are released on the third Friday of every month. Logo Images: Anatoly Tylayshia / Romolo Tavani / stock.adobe.com.

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About the Author

Katie Johns

Katie Johns, editor-in-chief of Storm Water Solutions and Water Quality Products, graduated from the University of Missouri in 2016 with a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish. Johns joined the Storm Water Solutions team in September 2019. Johns also helps plan the annual StormCon conference and co-hosts the Talking Under Water podcast. Prior to entering the B2B industry, she worked as a newspaper reporter and editor in Sarasota, Florida, and a magazine assistant editor in the Chicago suburbs. She can be reached at [email protected]