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When I was surfing and fishing I'd
always look out to the ocean and wonder
more about it. I used to go snorkeling as a
child and that kind of created a bit of
an inquisitive nature towards what more
was out there for me.
So my name is Sophie Pryor and I am
studying anemone fish and their hosts
sea anemones in a changing climate.
Growing up as a young person in this day
and age it's pretty obvious that there's
a lot going on in our world that is
threatening the viability of our ocean
and the environment.
Currently there is limited information
on how fish distribution is going to be
affected by climate change. My research
will provide managers and policymakers
with a little bit more information about
how fish are going to change their range
as our oceans warm.
The National Marine Science Center is such a great place to study not only are we lucky enough to be
located right here where we've got the
solitary islands and great surfing
beaches the campus is right on the beach
but we also have this incredibly
supportive environment the academic
staff genuinely really care about the
students which is lovely like we have
quite often one of the staff members
will invite all students to get together
and they'll just give us a presentation
talking about a different aspect of the
research world and then I'm very lucky
to have Anna Scott as my supervisor she's
great like I would talk to her every day
and that's really lucky and unique in
the science world I think to have a
supervisor that's willing to give you
that much time.
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