Southampton Professor Rachel Mills joins presenter Jim Al-Khalili to discuss her fascination for exploring the sea floor on the next episode of BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Life Scientific’ today (Tuesday 19 June).
‘The Life Scientific’ can be heard on BBC Radio 4 from 09:00 today. The programme is repeated at 21:30 today and will then be available online via the BBC iPlayer. Please note, you will need a valid TV license to use BBC iPlayer, and programs will only be available to watch for a limited time.
Professor Jim-Al-Khalili and Professor Rachel Mills
Rachel, who is the Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences, is an ocean chemist who studies the deep floor and its impact on the whole ocean. She is particularly interested in hot vents and the way the vents form, change over time and are dispersed into the deep ocean.
Earlier this year, she joined a group of researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Liverpool aboard the Royal Research Ship (RRS) James Cook on an expedition to sample the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
Her conversation with Jim is wide ranging; she reflects on early influences, and experiences and on the huge progress in oceanography from the first Atlantic vent discovery just 33 years ago to the present day expeditions, through to the future of the seas.
