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In these three episodes of World Ocean Radio we are exploring a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marine Biomim...

  • Added: Dec 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:07
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Over the next few editions of World Ocean Radio we will be discussing a recent publication entitled “A Forgotten Element in the Blue Economy: Marin...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of the World Ocean Explorer virtual aquarium project of the W2O, an innovative ...

  • Added: Aug 09, 2023
  • Length: 05:10
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with a turn toward the topic of finance. This episode lays out a plan for future editions that foc...

  • Added: May 11, 2023
  • Length: 05:02
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with an examination of familiar products derived from the ocean that we use to support our ways of...

  • Added: May 03, 2023
  • Length: 05:04
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This week the multi-part RESCUE series continues with an advancement of the sub-theme of technology. We're talking about the pitfalls of modern agr...

  • Added: Apr 26, 2023
  • Length: 05:11
Caption: Photo by Tim Foster on Unsplash, Credit: @timberfoster
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with the topic of seafood consumption. While more than 3 billion people worldwide rely on wild-c...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2023
  • Length: 05:05
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with an outline of the four technological focus areas of the recently announced Ocean Climate Ac...

  • Added: Apr 12, 2023
  • Length: 10:38
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This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with defined programs and relationships that apply technologies toward public good, such as a un...

  • Added: Apr 05, 2023
  • Length: 05:27
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A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts, in association with SYSTEMIQ, finds that without immediate and sustained action, the annual flow of pl...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2022
  • Length: 05:14
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we discuss two...

  • Added: Aug 23, 2022
  • Length: 05:06
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we highlight T...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2022
  • Length: 05:04
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This week on World Ocean Radio, we're discussing the final declaration of the climate pact post-COP26, in which the ocean was finally acknowledged ...

  • Added: Dec 15, 2021
  • Length: 05:13
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing energy present and energy future, and the ways that alternative energy technologies are changing th...

  • Added: Nov 24, 2021
  • Length: 05:19
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In this brief series we're exploring disruptive technologies for aquaculture, specific initiatives and other advancements to improve efficiency and...

  • Added: Oct 19, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
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This week on World Ocean Radio: an idea to confront the big polluters of the fossil fuel industry for their indifference to redress, by attaching r...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2021
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Manganese nodules on the Atlantic Ocean floor off the southeastern United States, discovered in 2019 during the Deep Sea Ventures pilot test, Credit: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-seven of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about a carbon-free future: one that ...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 05:39
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part twelve of the multi-part BLUEprint series. As we embark on our collective quest for a sustainable future, we a...

  • Added: Nov 03, 2020
  • Length: 05:30
Caption: GEBCO Seabed 2030 Project aims to bring together all available data to produce a General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean by 2030, Credit: GEBCO
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2020
  • Length: 05:13
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Carbon offset programs offer ways for retailers and consumers to help address the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and ...

  • Added: Feb 11, 2020
  • Length: 10:51
Caption: Fresh drinking water from brackish seawater in Kiunga, Kenya , Credit: © GivePower
In the middle ages, alchemists for a time believed they could turn base metal into gold. This early endeavor may be the origin story for modern inv...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2020
  • Length: 04:31
Caption: Wolf Schram for Unsplash
How often do we think about what lies below the surface of the land, below the sea floor? This week on World Ocean Radio we're thinking about water...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2019
  • Length: 05:33
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio we look back at the most egregious actions and decisions taken by individuals, corporations and governments th...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2019
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Desalination plant in Hamburg, Germany, Credit: World Atlas | worldatlas.com/articles/can-we-make-drinking-water-out-of-ocean-water.html
This week on World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill gets us thinking about seawater: as a resource for fresh drinking water, as a means for robust rene...

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 05:12
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Solar energy has emerged worldwide as a serious and viable alternative to fossil fuels, and can now be found in many places around the world. In th...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 04:52