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In a continuing conversation about the future of the Arctic, host Peter Neill shares his concerns about the disconnect between a strong commitment ...
- Added: Nov 10, 2015
- Length: 05:26
The Arctic Circle, an assembly founded by the President of Iceland and held annually to help define the deliberations of the Arctic Council, was he...
- Added: Nov 03, 2015
- Length: 05:35
Fresh water shortages are making headlines everywhere. Issues large and small are adding up to a global water crisis which threatens all of us, ric...
- Added: Oct 26, 2015
- Length: 05:17
As a lead up to the Climate Summit in Paris scheduled for December (COP21), World Ocean Radio will highlight some encouraging signs of climate prog...
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 05:27
The Pope's recent visit to the United States sparked much conversation and debate about the environment. Pope Francis has been very clear in his vi...
- Added: Oct 13, 2015
- Length: 05:19
In late September Royal Dutch Shell announced it has terminated oil exploration and drilling efforts in the Arctic, citing disappointing explorator...
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 05:12
Oysters have had a history of ebb and flow, plenty and scarcity, and in New York Harbor there was a time when the waters were so polluted that oyst...
- Added: Sep 29, 2015
- Length: 05:14
The climate is changing: changing moisture, increased temperature, accelerated growth and distribution of pollen, increased allergic reactions. Sci...
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- Added: Sep 29, 2015
- Length: 05:23
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World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently witnessed a beautiful full moon rise from an island perch in Maine. The silent, stealthy way that it ro...
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 05:11
The effects of leaking radiation have long raised concerns as a cause for many inexplicable natural events at sea. Since 2004 Ken Buesseler and his...
- Added: Aug 31, 2015
- Length: 05:17
A recent series of investigative stories entitled "The Outlaw Ocean" by Ian Urbina of the New York Times exposes the dark side of the deep sea, des...
- Added: Aug 24, 2015
- Length: 05:21
A San Diego County Water Authority project to construct a 6-acre desalination plant, the largest of its kind in the United States, comes at a time ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 05:20
After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand has grown exponentially in the last two decades a...
- Added: Aug 17, 2015
- Length: 05:30
This week marks the 350th episode of World Ocean Radio, a weekly program of five-minute audio essays on a wide range of ocean issues from science a...
- Added: Jul 28, 2015
- Length: 05:30
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure its use, how it is valued, and how (...
- Added: Jul 21, 2015
- Length: 05:22
In last week's edition of World Ocean Radio we urged listeners to measure their water footprint using the WaterFootprint.org water calculator. In t...
- Added: Jul 13, 2015
- Length: 05:34
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jul 06, 2015
- Length: 05:19
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jun 29, 2015
- Length: 05:41
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jun 22, 2015
- Length: 05:09
The Next System Project was developed to identify alternatives, foster conversations, evaluate fresh ideas, and propose solutions that will help us...
- Added: Jun 15, 2015
- Length: 05:26
A Public Service Announcement For Neurotransmitters
- Added: Jun 12, 2015
- Length: 05:14
The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership has been causing conflict of late, with a broad range of disagreements over key provisions and debates inte...
- Added: Jun 02, 2015
- Length: 05:45
Arctic opportunities and territorial claims are on the rise as temperatures change and the ice melts. Once impassable, the Arctic is now increasing...
- Added: May 26, 2015
- Length: 05:31
Well, in my state the Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting published a lengthy article about a veteran lawmaker who is strongly supporting a ...
- Added: May 20, 2015
- Length: 03:23
The Rasuwaghadi Dam project in Nepal, severely damaged by the recent earthquake, is mired in controversy. One of many mega-projects along the Tishu...
- Added: May 18, 2015
- Length: 05:33
