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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has no central "ocean" theme, but many of its myriad studies, project...
- Added: Jan 07, 2014
- Length: 05:23
2013 was an incredible year for the World Ocean Observatory. We celebrated many successes and reach a wider audience than ever before. In this epis...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 05:10
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 05:09
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss a number of small, local projects which apply management and sustainability conc...
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 04:11
A recent legal case involving a man from Kiribati claiming refugee status from the impacts of climate has captured world media attention. In this e...
- Added: Dec 11, 2013
- Length: 05:33
This week's broadcast is the 250th edition of World Ocean Radio. We wish to thank all our listeners, broadcasters and partners in the United States...
- Added: Dec 03, 2013
- Length: 05:05
The most serious, debilitating circumstance affecting the ocean today may be acidification, the changing pH or acid balance in the water column wit...
- Added: Nov 25, 2013
- Length: 05:55
The fresh water cycle is ever-changing and in increasing demand due to growing populations, changing weather patterns, industrialization and the pu...
- Added: Nov 13, 2013
- Length: 04:55
World Ocean Radio often touches upon "values," principles which guide our social, political, financial and communal interests. Value shifts such as...
- Added: Nov 04, 2013
- Length: 04:59
The "silk road" of Marco Polo's 13th century journey to the East is being revived, as is its ocean parallel, the "maritime silk road" which is fast...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 05:11
"Globalization" is a term embroidered in meaning and often misunderstood. Is globalization a modern phenomenon or a function of history? In this ep...
- Added: Oct 14, 2013
- Length: 04:55
Maritime Museums are one of the key conduits for modern day understanding of maritime history, yet many are struggling. In this episode of World Oc...
- Added: Oct 07, 2013
- Length: 05:19
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will assert that there is nothing to be gained from our short-term avoidance and denial of o...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 05:10
In the past decade, dams have been targeted as outdated, inefficient energy providers with serious impacts for the immediate and downstream environ...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 05:15
Today we live with the weather as never before. Access to weather information is all around us. The news is continuously driven not just by more s...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 05:05
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill offers an observation on the essential nature and power of light in our lives. He suggests t...
- Added: Aug 26, 2013
- Length: 04:40
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 05:06
Recent studies by a collaboration of research scientists, institutions and vessels have discovered a new ecological habitat: microbes colonizing an...
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 05:07
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss Russia's changing maritime presence: inter-regional trade on the Baltic, a seeming lack of coope...
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 05:20
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll share approaches, discussions and consensus from the Ocean Exploration 2020 Forum on a number of ocean s...
- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 05:15
Atlantic Memory is a concept which includes every aspect of maritime culture in order to inspire greater public understanding of maritime endeavors...
- Added: Jul 01, 2013
- Length: 05:10
Reduce, reuse, recycle. The words "reduce" and "recycle" are common in our modern society, but what does it mean to reuse? In this episode of World...
- Added: Jun 24, 2013
- Length: 05:12
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...
- Added: Jun 03, 2013
- Length: 05:13
On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 05:42
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...
- Added: Dec 18, 2012
- Length: 05:10
