A Northern Illinois University professor contributed to a docuseries that is now available on PBS.
The six-part series, "Life Unearthed with Ariel Waldman," is streaming on PBS and has been picked up by numerous affiliate stations.
Wesley Swingley is a microbiologist and NIU professor. He said he was not involved in the Antarctica portion of the series, but he used grant funding to help support the segment about prairies.
"I earned funding through a supplement to the National Science Foundation," he said. "And then I also acquired funding through NIU, just through flipping over couch cushions and finding money wherever I could to get enough funding to do the film."
He said he also helped with some other things.
"On the film shoot," Swingley added. "I was doing a lot of help in writing scripts and research background, you know, providing science advice. So, I think I'm listed as a science advisor as well. And then really small fun jobs, like holding a boom mic."
The series focuses on ecosystems, microscopic organisms and other environmental subjects.
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