BBC Radio Featured Penn State Deep-Sea Scientist

Penn State's Charles Fisher, professor of biology, was a featured guest on the BBC World Service Radio weekly discussion program, The Forum, on Saturday, 22 September 2012. Fisher joined Australian author M. L. Stedman and German conductor Alexander Liebreich for a wide-ranging discussion on Isolation. In the program, Fisher focuses on isolation of ecosystems around hydrothermal vents in the deep sea, and personal experiences with lengthy research cruises and explorations on the sea floor. The program, titled "Isolation," will be archived online on Sunday, 23 September, at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p004kln9. The Forum is heard weekly by 180 million listeners worldwide.