09/06/2013

Worldwide Researchers Flock to Penguin Meeting

9:24 minutes

Researchers from around the world gathered this week in Bristol, UK to talk about some well-dressed birds. Peter Barham, one of the organizers of the Eighth International Penguin Conference, describes the meeting and some of the questions penguin researchers want to answer.

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Peter Barham

Peter Barham is the organizer of the 8th International Penguin Conference and a professorial teaching fellow in physics at the University of Bristol in Bristol, United Kingdom.

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About Charles Bergquist

As Science Friday’s director and senior producer, Charles Bergquist channels the chaos of a live production studio into something sounding like a radio program. Favorite topics include planetary sciences, chemistry, materials, and shiny things with blinking lights.