As part of Mapping Ocean Change through Art, photographer Daniel Tulloch photographed and interviewed people around Scotland who research, live and work in coastal and marine environments, to bridge scientific knowledge with lived experiences of climate-driven changes to marine ecosystems, environmental and socio-economic impacts, and concerns and hopes about our present and future.
Sally Ward from Nature Scot and East Sutherland Canoe Club
Iain Urquhart, Fisher, Portree, Isle of Skye
Skipper Ivor Thomas from the MV Pentland Venture, who leads wildlife tours between John O’ Groats and Orkney.
Physical Oceanographer Dr Neil Fraser from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban looks at ocean circulation and climate change.
Kaylee Tulloch, Secondary School Student, Shetland
Ciarán Hatsell, a ranger at St Abb’s Head Nature Reserve, talked about climate-driven impacts to coastal seabird and marine mammal populations.
Professor Frithjof Kuepper, Chair in Marine Biodiversity, Oceanlab, University of Aberdeen, and Marine Alliance for Science and Technology Scotland (MASTS), discussed the consequences of the need for ocean desalination, warming, increased carbon emissions, sea level rise, and climate-driven changes to both international marine ecosystems and local wildlife in the North East of Scotland.
Charlie Main, Oceanographer and Tutor, University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI), and Project Officer of the Seas of the Outer Hebrides (SotOH), part of the Creative Carbon Scotland - Làn Thìde - Climate Beacon.
Professor Michael Heath from the Mapping Ocean Change team spoke about his experience as a marine biologist and data scientist looking at local and international ecosystem connections, and climate-driven changes to marine ecosystems.
Dr Emma Tyldesley, a postdoc researcher at Strathclyde University, and part of the Mapping Ocean Change team, working remotely in Moray, and for the Atlantic Salmon Trust, looks at climate-driven changes to salmon migration routes.
Amanda Saurin who runs Temple Harris on the Isle of Harris spoke about climate-driven effects to local weather patterns, wildlife and foraging.
Janet Marshall from Clean Coast Outer Hebrides and the Làn Thìde, Creative Carbon Scotland Climate Beacon.
Adelaine and William Munro from Caithness Sea Coast spoke about changes to marine mammals and seabirds they have noticed over the years while running wildlife tours and working off the coast of Greenland.
Adelaine and William Munro from Caithness Sea Coast spoke about changes to marine mammals and seabirds they have noticed over the years while running wildlife tours and working off the coast of Greenland.
Professor Paul Thompson, Chair in Zoology at Cromarty Lighthouse Field Station, described changes to marine ecosystems.
Professor Paul Thompson, Chair in Zoology at Cromarty Lighthouse Field Station, described changes to marine ecosystems.
Professor Paul Thompson, Chair in Zoology at Cromarty Lighthouse Field Station, described changes to marine ecosystems.
Dr Chevonne Angus from Shetland UHI, and the Manager of the Aquaculture Research Network, talked about the complexities of ecosystems, separating climate change from natural fluctuations within ecosystems, northwards migrations, and making climate discussions less confrontational and more accessible.