Interview to Ana Vila-Concejo in radio SBS


Our member Dr Ana Vila (oceanographer from the University of Sydney) has been recently interviewed to talk about the Great Barrier Reef and climate change. You can find the interview in Spanish here: https://www.sbs.com.au/language/spanish/audio/cambio-climatico-es-la-peor-amenaza-para-la-gran-barrera

Ana believes that “if we don’t start taking additional measures at a local, national and worldwide level to fight against climate change threats,  the chances of the Great Barrier Reef ecosystem to survive are low, and that will have a huge impact on the future Australian legacy”.

Interview in SBS

La Gran Barrera de Coral tiene una salud “muy pobre” y el cambio climático mundial es su principal amenaza. La oceanógrafa de la Universidad de Sídney, Ana Vila Concejo, relata a SBS Spanish que salió “con los ojos llenos de lágrimas” al ver la destrucción de los corales, aunque cree que aún todos podemos aportar mucho para salvarla.

La Gran Barrera de Coral de Australia, declarada Patrimonio de la Humanidad por la Unesco y una de las principales atracciones turísticas del país, tiene un pronóstico de supervivencia “muy pobre”. Así lo alerta la Autoridad del Parque Marino de la Gran Barrera de Coral en un informe quinquenal emitido el 30 de agosto.

“Si no se toma una acción adicional a nivel local, nacional y mundial para hacer frente a las mayores amenazas, las perspectivas generales para el ecosistema de la Gran Barrera de Coral seguirán siendo muy pobres, con consecuencias continuas para sus valores patrimoniales”, señala este documento.

Para la oceanógrafa de la Universidad de Sídney Ana Vila Concejo, quien trabaja en la Gran Barrera, el cambio climático no tiene bandera política y cualquiera que esté en el gobierno debe tomar medidas para mitigar sus efectos. Asimismo los ciudadanos también tienen el deber de contribuir a que no se destruya esta maravilla natural ni el planeta.


Angel.Lopez-Sanchez

About Angel.Lopez-Sanchez

Dr Ángel R. López-Sánchez is an astrophysicist and science communicator working at the Australian Astronomical Optics (AAO) and the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the Macquarie University (MQ) in Sydney (NSW, Australia). His research is focused in the analysis of star formation phenomena in galaxies of the Local Universe, especially in dwarf starbursts and spiral galaxies, using multi-wavelength (UV, optical, IR, radio) data. He presented his PhD Thesis at University of La Laguna and the Instituto Astrofisica de Canarias (Spain) in 2006. In 2007 he joined CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science (Sydney) with a postdoctoral position. He then joined the AAO (formerly the Australian Astronomical Observatory) and MQ in 2011. In July 2018 he was appointed as Senior Lecturer at AAO-MQ. He has been providing instrument and observing support at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT, Siding Spring Observatory, NSW) since 2011, being the instrument scientist of several instruments: the multi-fiber spectrograph 2dF+AAOmega and the near-infrared imager and spectrograph IRIS2. He also has large experience with integral-field spectroscopy (IFS), being a very active member of the SAMI collaboration at the AAT and part of the HECTOR Science Team. He currently is the Instrument Scientist of KOALA+AAOmega at the AAT, and leads the international astronomy survey "HI KOALA IFS Dwarf and irregular galaxy Survey" (Hi-KIDS), that is getting unique, high-quality IFS data of a sample of 100 nearby dwarf and irregular galaxies for which 21cm H I interferometric data is available He has large experience teaching undergraduate and PhD students and giving lectures and classes about Astronomy. Dr. López-Sánchez is passionate science communicator who continuously gives talks and public lectures, writes popular science articles and organizes science communication events and stargazing activities. He is very active in social media, his Twitter feed is @El_Lobo_Rayado.