{"id":6213,"date":"2016-09-15T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T08:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2016-09-13T15:37:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:37:39","slug":"head-of-marine-scotland-science-inspires-next-generation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gov.scot\/marine-scotland\/2016\/09\/15\/head-of-marine-scotland-science-inspires-next-generation\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of Marine Scotland Science inspires next generation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Professor<\/a>Last week, Professor Colin Moffat<\/a> urged graduates from the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS UHI) to help convey key public messages about climate change, as they begin their research careers.<\/p>\n

Prof Colin Moffat was guest speaker at the SAMS graduation ceremony\u00a0when 12 BSc marine science students and seven PhD students from the Dunstaffnage institute gained their awards.<\/p>\n

Following his inspirational speech, in which he spoke passionately about the importance of marine science in helping us understand a fast-changing climate, Prof Moffat said:<\/p>\n

“We can\u2019t manage the environment; we can only manage people and human activity. These graduates will have to help people understand that we can\u2019t go on as we are. It is predicted that by 2050 nearly every seabird will have plastic in its stomach. That\u2019s not acceptable. What do we do now to make sure that doesn\u2019t happen? To make these changes and to take people with us we need evidence and we need the scientists to deliver.\u201d<\/p>\n

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