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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
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
A scientific paper published in May 2019 states that eight urgent, simultaneous actions are needed to head off potential ecological disaster in the...
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- Added: Nov 05, 2019
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Increasingly, people around the world are experiencing a fresh water crisis. More than 17 countries are under high water stress, and one fourth of ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2019
- Length: 05:25
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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we call upon the Canadian government to amend and expand their June 2019 legislative action--the Wild Animal a...
- Added: Aug 27, 2019
- Length: 05:12
Earth Overshoot Day marks the date when humanity's annual demands on Nature exceed the capacity for Earth's ecosystems to regenerate those resource...
- Added: Aug 13, 2019
- Length: 05:14
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
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
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
There has never been a better time to be a citizen scientist--those individuals interested in the collection of data toward solutions, the expansio...
- Added: Apr 19, 2019
- Length: 04:49
Food webs describe who eats whom in an ecological community. In the aquatic food web, humans feed down the food chain, consuming lesser and lesser ...
- Added: Apr 09, 2019
- Length: 05:27
Invention and management of energy systems have led to increased efficiency and less reliance on unsustainable supplies of fossil fuels. In this ep...
- Added: Apr 02, 2019
- Length: 05:02
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
Antarctica, terra nullius--nobody's land, has long been a place apart, once explored only by intrepid and resourceful individuals willing to risk f...
- Added: Feb 26, 2019
- Length: 05:16
How do we protect ourselves and our properties from storm surge and sea level rise? Last week we discussed the hard edge strategy of dikes, dams, g...
- Added: Jan 15, 2019
- Length: 05:28
The Catalog of Life is an online database of the world's known species of animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms. It holds the essential inform...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
"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: Oct 02, 2018
- Length: 05:10
"The ocean and humans are inextricably interconnected."
So states the sixth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us b...
- Added: Sep 24, 2018
- Length: 05:10
"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: Aug 28, 2018
- Length: 05:04
There has long been public opposition to deep sea mining, a technology that extracts resources from the ocean floor. In this episode of World Ocean...
- Added: Jul 24, 2018
- Length: 05:23
In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects that are integral to the evolution of ocean policy and s...
- Added: Jul 09, 2018
- Length: 05:38
Carbon offsets offer ways for retailers and consumers to help meet the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and can be an e...
- Added: Jul 05, 2018
- Length: 05:11
A recent video showing a torrent of plastic rushing down a river in Guatemala prompted World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill to respond this week with...
- Added: Apr 03, 2018
- Length: 05:23
Ocean technologies and exploration are expanding at a remarkable pace, giving scientists and casual observers more data by which to learn more abou...
- Added: Feb 26, 2018
- Length: 05:04
