Workshop discussion: Tracking - when bacteria pick up the scent
The conversation begins at the spot where Roman Stocker's research happens: under water. As a professor of environmental engineering, his goal is to decipher how the behavior of aquatic bacteria impacts the world's climate - in other words, how some of the smallest organisms have large-scale consequences.
He also has to think big as a member of the Swiss National COVID-19 Science Task Force, to balance the interests of science, business and politics during the pandemic. Learning the right lessons from the current situation is tremendously important - for example also in relation to how we approach climate change.
While emergency measures such as a lockdown are available in a pandemic, they are hardly available when it comes to climate change.
It thus becomes even more important to prepare adequately ahead of time.
