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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646 Pieces

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


Pieces

Caption: A sample of corallimorphs collected by ROV Jason and photographed under a blacklight to demonstrate florescence., Credit: NOAA
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-four of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode: the myriad ways that UNESCO World Heritage Si...

  • Added: Feb 09, 2021
  • Length: 05:40
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-two of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss the history of resource extraction o...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2021
  • Length: 04:54
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-one of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we introduce listeners to the concept of ocean ...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:19
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss natural capital and the true cost of thi...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2021
  • Length: 05:26
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part nineteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss the financial tools such as subsidies,...

  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:09
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Our annual gift to fellow ocean lovers: a reading of "At the Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from 1955 that distills Bishop's seaside medit...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: Dec 28, 2020
  • Length: 04:38
  • Purchases: 1
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This week, as we lean into the holiday season of giving and gratitude, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill asks us to consider the concept of recipr...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Dec 22, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part eighteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we discuss the concept of blue bonds and a new Na...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 05:29
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part seventeen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we ask a series of questions that challenge the ...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
Caption: Manhattan Beach Pier, New York, Credit: Nathan Dumlao
This week on World Ocean Radio: part sixteen of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about the blue and the green economy in th...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2020
  • Length: 06:09