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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
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
World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently returned home from a trip to Antarctica aboard MS Island Sky with scientists from Woods Hole and a film...
- Added: Mar 26, 2019
- Length: 04:52
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
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
The word 'indigenous' is used a lot these days, especially in terms of territorial rights to land and of invasive species of flora and fauna. In th...
- Added: Mar 05, 2019
- Length: 04:30
From fires and floods to heavy snow and hurricanes, recent years have brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of bill...
- Added: Mar 04, 2019
- Length: 58:58
From fires and floods to heavy snow and hurricanes, recent years have brought a raft of extreme weather disasters costing the U.S. hundreds of bill...
Bought by WJCT, WCQS, NPR Now, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and KVMR
- Added: Feb 27, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 5
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
Just ten years ago, an entire state running on 100% renewable electricity seemed fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the bac...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 58:58
Just ten years ago, an entire state running on 100% renewable electricity seemed fanciful. But this dreamy vision became reality when, with the bac...
- Added: Feb 13, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 4
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss the natural security provided by the ocean edge: the barrier effect of mangroves, beaches, cliffs, ...
- Added: Feb 04, 2019
- Length: 04:40
We have long enjoyed the ocean edge for leisurely ends: as a place to gather with family and friends to enjoy surf and sand, and to relax in the fr...
- Added: Jan 29, 2019
- Length: 04:35
This week we begin to present the ocean edge in thematic ways with The Working Edge, outlining the various social structures, industries, exchange,...
- Added: Jan 22, 2019
- Length: 05:12
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
In its infancy, the Paris Agreement carried the promise of a truly global climate solution. Supporters still say the Agreement is the first step in...
Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KZYX, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, NPR Now and more
- Added: Jan 03, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 6
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss The Earth Law Center, a New York-based environmental non-profit organization that is dedicated to t...
- Added: Dec 18, 2018
- Length: 05:19
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...
Bought by KMXT
- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we discuss publications, reports, and projects integral to the evolution of ocean policy and science, includin...
- Added: Nov 20, 2018
- Length: 05:17
On the heels of the Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland in October, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill offers some additional thoughts o...
- Added: Nov 13, 2018
- Length: 05:08
This week on World Ocean Radio we provide our annual observations on the Arctic Circle Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland. This year's report highlig...
Bought by WTJU, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and KMXT
- Added: Nov 06, 2018
- Length: 05:38
- Purchases: 3
The first Arctic highway was the sea: a moving, shifting, frozen system that allowed its inhabitants to be sustained for generations. Since 1974, t...
- Added: Oct 30, 2018
- Length: 04:57
Ships have long been used for exploration and trade, as well as for colonial expansion and conflicts at sea. We are using technological achievement...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Oct 22, 2018
- Length: 10:44
- Purchases: 1
