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The National Flood Insurance Program has paid more than $38 billion in claims since 1978. It was meant to be a self-supporting system, but currentl...
- Added: May 07, 2014
- Length: 05:14
Fish supplies are being rapidly depleted due to overfishing, especially in the deep ocean outside of national jurisdiction. The EU has developed ac...
- Added: Apr 28, 2014
- Length: 05:20
Over the past few years, demand for seaweed has grown beyond its status as a long-lived local, seasonal harvest. Today it is used for fertilizer, h...
- Added: Apr 09, 2014
- Length: 05:18
No place on Earth is immune from strategic oil. Technological advances have aided us in our objectives toward growth at all cost, and our capacity ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 05:31
Of all the types of waste in the marine ecosystem, plastic is perhaps the best known: it shows up on beaches, in the stomachs of shore birds, fish ...
- Added: Mar 24, 2014
- Length: 05:27
Pollution is an excess of any given thing: waste, pesticide, acid, carbon—-any one thing in extreme which tips the scales, compromises stability, s...
- Added: Mar 10, 2014
- Length: 05:08
Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean ...
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 05:10
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a $53 million, 5-year effort to boost fish populations in Brazil, the Ph...
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 05:34
The world ocean is a sick sea. The symptoms are no longer deniable as we become familiar with stories of reported spills, leaks, dying reefs, warmi...
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- Added: Feb 17, 2014
- Length: 05:20
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Global positioning systems and other means of gathering, computing, and visualizing data have led to increased documentation, new tools for plannin...
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 05:16
Climate conditions are rapidly changing, opening sea routes to major development, shipping, and underwater cable systems. In this episode of World ...
- Added: Feb 10, 2014
- Length: 05:16
The ocean has served as a means of exchange for all manner of cargo: oil, chemicals, waste, arms, manufactured goods, raw materials, and human bein...
- Added: Jan 20, 2014
- Length: 05:06
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will introduce World Ocean Journal, a new bi-annual e-magazine on ocean culture, issues and ...
- Added: Jan 15, 2014
- Length: 04:55
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
"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
