World Ocean Observatory

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World Ocean Radio provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. World Ocean Radio, a project of the WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY, is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide. Hosted by longtime host Peter Neill.

The WORLD OCEAN OBSERVATORY is dedicated to information, education and public discourse about the ocean defined as an integrated global social system. We believe that informed citizens worldwide can unite to sustain the ocean through mitigation and change of human behavior on land and sea. Our focus is the full spectrum of ocean issues: climate, fresh water, food, energy, trade, transportation, public health, finance, governance, security, recreation and culture. It is our belief that the sea connects all things.

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658 Pieces

5-minute audio essays on global ocean topics by Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory


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It has been nearly twenty years since the Ocean Literacy Principles and Framework were first adopted by classroom educators to promote the ocean as...

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  • Added: Sep 06, 2024
  • Length: 05:14
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Eustacy is a word used to describe worldwide changes of sea level. This is a new word for us: even though it seems we live in a eustatic world. We'...

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  • Added: Aug 29, 2024
  • Length: 05:10
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This week on World Ocean Radio: synopsis of a recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission entitled "Call to All Voices of th...

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  • Added: Aug 14, 2024
  • Length: 05:43
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This week we're taking listeners to the shore, to be reminded of the importance of silence, solitude and renewal in our lives, and of the healing p...

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  • Added: Aug 07, 2024
  • Length: 05:10
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Caption: The Spilhaus Projection World Ocean Map based on the Spilhaus projection, developed in 1942 by Dr. Athelstan Spilhaus. Centered in Antarctica, the world oceans come together to form a singular, connected, contiguous body of water. , Credit: StoryMaps ArcGIS
Visualization is a powerful tool for understanding beyond data, opening our minds and enabling transformative change through a new way of seeing. T...

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  • Added: Aug 02, 2024
  • Length: 05:16
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This week: two technological innovations—both bright ideas, that could have huge impacts for useful, sustainable change for the future. The first i...

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  • Added: Jul 24, 2024
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As we review the state of climate change challenge and response, it becomes clear we are not succeeding. Is it possible to craft a new economic sys...

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  • Added: Jul 17, 2024
  • Length: 05:07
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Plastic is ubiquitous. It is everywhere in our lives, in our air, bodies, and water, yet we do not possess the cycle or recycle to continue product...

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  • Added: Jul 10, 2024
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How old is water? Where on earth is water found? How is it circulated, cycled, and recycled? We know where water is distributed on the planet down ...

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  • Added: Jul 04, 2024
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World Ocean Observatory is ever in search of new systems that convert knowledge into action, especially as they relate to ocean education and commu...

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  • Added: Jun 27, 2024
  • Length: 05:18
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