Research Fellow
Division of Biosciences
Expertise: Conservation, Geography, Oceanography, and Ecology
I use computer models and maps to understand how the wider environment, and we as humans, affect the diversity of life on the planet.
![Abbie Chapman](https://www.ucl.ac.uk/culture-online/sites/culture_online/files/styles/small_image/public/abbiechapman-id.jpg?itok=W_Z7YOb1)
More about Abbie:
I am currently investigating the impacts of agriculture on biodiversity in Africa, to try to find ways to balance the needs of changing societies, growing economies, and threatened wildlife. Previously, I studied creatures living in deep-sea hydrothermal-vent habitats.
Questions answered by Abbie:
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Is taking A-Level Geography worth it?
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If the ocean pressure can break human bones, why don't whales and other species die?
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What do marine biologists do?
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Why can't a diver go to Mariana trench? We're going to space, yet this part of ocean isn't explored
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What career path/degrees/A level would I need to take to become a vet/marine biologist?
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Why can't a diver go to Mariana trench? We're going to space, yet this part of ocean isn't explored
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How much pressure builds up at the deepest point in the ocean?
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When whales collapse their lungs there is still lung matter present. Why doesn't that get crushed?