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Caption: A sample of corallimorphs collected by ROV Jason, photographed under a blacklight to demonstrate florescence., Credit: @NOAA
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we outline the myria...

  • Added: Aug 10, 2022
  • Length: 05:16
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This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean episodes that highlight optimism in ocean news, science and advocacy. In this episod...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2022
  • Length: 05:03
Caption: Turtle on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Credit: Credit: Jordan Robins / Ocean Image Bank Special thanks to The Ocean Agency for their generosity theoceanagency.org
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the ways we are connected through shared ocean memory and experiences. This episode offers reflecti...

  • Added: Apr 06, 2022
  • Length: 04:43
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This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:39
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This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 05:17
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This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2022
  • Length: 05:15
Caption: visualcapitalist.com/countries-by-share-of-earths-surface, Credit: Virtual Capitalist: Visualizing Countries By Share of Earth's Surface
This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-five of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode: the importance of ocean literacy and ocean ed...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 05:15
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This week on World Ocean Radio: part nine of the multi-part BLUEprint series. Myriad organizations, environmental groups and fervent individuals ar...

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  • Added: Oct 13, 2020
  • Length: 05:45
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: From the High Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy Blue Paper: "Towards Ocean Equity"
This week on World Ocean Radio: part three of a multi-part series entitled "BLUEprint: How the Ocean Will Save Civilization". In this episode, WHAT...

  • Added: Sep 01, 2020
  • Length: 04:51
Caption: Lines of sargassum can stretch for miles along the surface of the Sargasso Sea. The clumps of floating algae are often concentrated by the strong winds and wave action associated with the Gulf Stream, Credit: Ocean Explorer | NOAA
This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the Sargasso Sea--a verdant, vital, biodiverse ecosystem that supports a great diversity of life, provide...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2020
  • Length: 05:25
Caption: Taken during the November 2015 run of the Sally Ride EarthKAM aboard the International Space Station. Students on Earth programmed the camera aboard the orbiting laboratory to snap pictures around the globe., Credit: NASA/EarthKAM.org
This week concludes the nine-part ocean literacy series, a framework for formal and informal education to help us better understand the ocean's inf...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 04:35
Caption: Deep ocean research off the Western Coast of Hawaii: the first time this species of squid was spotted in its natural habitat, Credit: NOAA Okeanos Explorer
"The ocean is largely unexplored." So states the seventh and final Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better und...

  • Added: May 05, 2020
  • Length: 04:52
Caption: Coral Reef of Marsa Shagra in the Red Sea (Egypt) , Credit: Francesco Ungaroon Unsplash | @francesco_ungaro
"The ocean supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems." So states the fifth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to he...

  • Added: Apr 20, 2020
  • Length: 04:39
Caption: The Lena River, some 2,800 miles (4,500km) long, is one of the largest rivers in the world. The Lena Delta Reserve, an important refuge and breeding ground for Siberian wildlife, is the most extensive protected wilderness area in Russia. The Lena empties , Credit:  @USGS
"The ocean makes Earth habitable." So states the fourth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better understand the...

  • Added: Apr 13, 2020
  • Length: 04:20
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"The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate." So states the third Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us ...

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  • Added: Apr 08, 2020
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Mendenhall Glacier, Juneau Alaska, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
"The ocean and life in the ocean shape the features of Earth." So states the second principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundame...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:44
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"The Earth Has One Big Ocean With Many Features." So states the first principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundamental concepts ...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2020
  • Length: 04:21
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This week's episode of World Ocean Radio kicks off a multi-part series on the key principles of Ocean Literacy. The next eight episodes will provid...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2020
  • Length: 04:14
Caption: Youth Climate Strikes (aka Fridays for Future, Youth for Climate) is an international activist movement born of one teenager's staged protests each Friday outside of Sweden's parliament building in August 2018. Greta Thunberg began striking for climate an, Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The climate is in crisis, and the next generation is committed to and has been successful in raising awareness, demanding political action, seeking...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:31
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reflects on the coming of winter and the collection of the last of the harvest to sustain us-...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 04:41
  • Purchases: 1
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There has never been a better time to become a citizen scientist: curious individuals interested in collecting data to build toward solutions, expa...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2019
  • Length: 04:49
Caption: 500 Episodes, Credit: World Ocean Radio
This week marks the 500th episode of World Ocean Radio! For more than 10 years, World Ocean Radio has been engaging in dialogue about ocean issues,...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2019
  • Length: 05:17
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An audio postcard featuring the northern harrier. Formerly called a marsh hawk, naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history about this easily id...

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
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This segment of Sound Ecology celebrates the white-tailed kite. Naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history and behavior of this "angel hawk".

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  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 01:59
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Yale Climate Connections 2018 Report, Credit: Yale Climate Connections
A recent report from the Yale Program on Climate Change, measuring public awareness and political views on issues related to climate, shows that op...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2019
  • Length: 05:19