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Chris Parsons
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Ocean Science and Policy Communication Specialist, Marine Conservation Happy Hour Podcast
Washington, D.C., United States
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Biography
Chris Parsons has been involved in ocean science, conservation and communications for nearly three decades decades and has been involved in projects on every continent including Antarctica. He's currently a consultant for the Animal Welfare Institute. Prior to that he was the the Director of Communications content at Defenders of Wildlife, writing, managing and strategizing communications content on endangered species. Before this he was a communications specialist for the US National Science Foundation specializing in ocean science and policy, as well as a AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow. Prior to this, he was the Creative & Scientific Content Director for Speak Up For Blue productions – one of the biggest independent nature podcasting companies globally, for whom he hosted and produced several marine science & environmental podcasts. Before that he was an Associate Professor in the Dept of Environmental Science & Policy at George Mason University, as well as the Director of their undergraduate program in environmental science, where he taught ocean science, conservation and science communication techniques. He's also a senior correspondent for the #1 ocean science bog Southern Fried Science, the Executive Producer of the Sci on the Fly podcast and the co-host of the Marine Conservation Happy Hour podcast and Youtube series. His claim to fame is that science fiction writer Douglas Adams gave him his old typewriter on which he wrote The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
Marine Biology, Endangered Species , Ocean Science, Science, Conservation , Ocean Policy
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Content
Dugongs And Seadragons: Season 2 Halloween Special! – Manners and Madness Episode 2 – An Investigation on Apple Podcasts
By Chris Parsons| Apple Podcasts@ Halloween Special: Manners & Madness Episode 2 - An investigation"It's a truth, universally acknowledged that an investigator in possession of a mystery, must be in want of an eldritch horror!" For the spooky season, Dugongs and Seadragons is proud to present a special series set in Regency England. Join our investigators Lydia (Erin Anderson) and Alistair (Andrew Kornblatt) in 1790s England. After a midnight scare and a fitful night's sleep, the investigators play a visit to the village.
Dugongs And Seadragons: Season 2 Halloween Special! – Manners and Madness Episode 1 – An Invitation on Apple Podcasts
By Chris Parsons| Apple Podcasts@ "It's a truth, universally acknowledged that an investigator in possession of a mystery, must be in want of an eldritch horror!" For the spooky season, Dugongs and Seadragons is proud to present a special series set in Regency England. Join our investigators Lydia (Erin Anderson) and Alistair (Andrew Kornblatt) in 1790s England, as they receive an invitation to visit a friend at a nearby vicarage, for a pleasant holiday in the Somerset countryside...
By Angelo O’Connor Villagomez, Chris Parsons| Latrobe Bulletin Verified The bloated corpse of a humpback whale washed up on the New Jersey coast March 1. That was the 23rd whale or dolphin to have washed up on the Atlantic coast since December. Since 2016, 187 whales have washed up on the beach — 29 in Virginia, four in Maryland and eight in Delaware — in what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has deemed an “unusual mortality event.”Some groups — without evidence — have tried to blame offshore wind development.
Company Info
Marine Conservation Happy Hour Podcast