{"id":167457,"date":"2025-06-03T10:58:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta-ukri.msappproxy.net\/?page_id=167457"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:58:06","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T09:58:06","slug":"john-mac-mcdonald","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/news-and-events\/101-jobs-that-change-the-world\/john-mac-mcdonald\/","title":{"rendered":"John \u2018Mac\u2019 McDonald"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who keeps ocean science afloat miles off the coast?<\/h2>\n<div class=\"videoholder\" title=\"Embedded video\">\n<p><span class=\"videowrapper embed-youtube-nocookie aspect_ratio_562\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ocean buoys, microscopic plankton and speed boats | 101 Jobs S3 Ep 5\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/j6gMfPKg1xA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span> <!-- \/.videowrapper --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"video-caption\">Video credit: UK Research and Innovation<br \/>\nVideo transcript and on-screen captions are available by watching on YouTube.<\/p>\n<p class=\"govuk-body-l\">Zoe meets Mac, a former Royal Marine turned ocean operations expert at Plymouth Marine Laboratory.<\/p>\n<p>With military precision and a deep love for the sea, Mac plays a crucial role behind the scenes helping scientists protect our oceans.<\/p>\n<p>Zoe heads out to sea to try out his job, even climbing aboard a floating research lab.<\/p>\n<p>She discovers how data is collected 24\/7, from weather sensors to baby crab larvae, and how it helps reveal the bigger picture of climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about the role the ocean plays in the health of our planet? <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fbtOLCaAL60?si=eScWpXyanNT357Pz\">Find out why the colour of the ocean matters (YouTube)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is season three of 101 jobs that change the world, our series on the people and roles that make research and innovation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLkjB0VcEl5P9yPj9tljiU1PMhadR7iU1C\">Watch them all in our YouTube playlist: 101 jobs that change the world<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who keeps ocean science afloat miles off the coast? Video credit: UK Research and Innovation Video transcript and on-screen captions are available by watching on YouTube. Zoe meets Mac, a former Royal Marine turned ocean operations expert at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. With military precision and a deep love for the sea, Mac plays a crucial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":23849,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"wf_page_folders":[],"class_list":["post-167457","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-ukri"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167461,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/167457\/revisions\/167461"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167457"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=167457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}