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The person behind the conversation
Bio & achievements
Dr. Steve Emslie is introduced as a professor in the Department of Biology and Marine Biology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. His research uses penguin remains and evidence preserved in Antarctic colonies to investigate environmental change through time.
- Biologist and Antarctic researcher
- Uses penguin remains to investigate environmental history
Meet the guest
Dr. Steve Emslie
A penguin colony out of time
Dr. Steve Emslie explains the Cape Irizar penguin remains and how radiocarbon dating reveals Antarctica’s past.
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When fresh looking remains are centuries old
Antarctic penguin history
Why did a penguin colony in Antarctica look recently abandoned when its remains were centuries to thousands of years old? Dr. Steve Emslie describes the Cape Irizar observations and how radiocarbon dating helped reveal their age.
The conversation explores what preserved bones, feathers and eggshells can tell us about penguins and Antarctica’s past, alongside ancient DNA, the marine reservoir effect and a New Zealand giant penguin fossil comparison.