{"podcast":{"title":"The Nature Recovery Podcast","slug":"the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158","podcast_index_feed_id":6206158,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2135393.rss","website_url":"https://www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/7siz4dp6foy0qp3zwrl27k72rwqv?.jpg","author":"The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery","episode_count":38,"summary":"The Nature Recovery Podcast looks at some of the major challenges we face to global biodiversity. It takes a look at the various ways we are trying to halt the decline in biodiversity and the challenges inherent in these approaches. We also talk to a number of leading figures in the field of Nature Recovery and find out more about their work.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T16:18:50.121668+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158"},"episode":{"title":"Where the River Meets the Sea: Everything you wanted to know about estuaries but were too afraid to ask","slug":"where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask","published_at":"2026-04-29T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/19082250-where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/episodes/19082250-where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail For a long time, freshwater experts thought of estuaries as just \"the end of the river,\" while marine biologists dismissed them as \"the bit where the sea comes in.\" But today, scientists realize that estuaries are incredibly complex, dynamic ecosystems in their own right. In this episode of the Nature Recovery Podcast, Stephen is joined by world-renowned estuarine and coastal science expert, Professor Mike Elliott. They explore the fascinating, constantly fluctuating w...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail For a long time, freshwater experts thought of estuaries as just \"the end of the river,\" while marine biologists dismissed them as \"the b…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2764,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/episodes/where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nature-recovery-podcast-6206158/where-the-river-meets-the-sea-everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-estuaries-but-were-too-afraid-to-ask.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}