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Caption: Image of the Encina Power Station, future site of the Carlsbad Project, a 6 acre desalination plant--the largest in the United States. , Credit: Courtesy of Poseidon Water
A San Diego County Water Authority project to construct a 6-acre desalination plant, the largest of its kind in the United States, comes at a time ...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:20
Caption: Chinese dredging vessels in the waters around Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands. Still shot is from video taken by a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft (May 2015). , Credit: REUTERS/U.S. Navy/Handout via Reuters.
After water, the largest volume of natural material used to support global growth is sand. Demand has grown exponentially in the last two decades a...

  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 05:30
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The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2015
  • Length: 05:19
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The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...

  • Added: Jun 22, 2015
  • Length: 05:09
Caption: Bujagali Falls, The Nile River, Uganda, Credit: Used courtesy of UNEP
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill continues a discussion about the most important issue facing the world today: the global wate...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 05:32
Caption: The Delray Beach, Florida ocean outfall discharges 13 million gallons per day of treated sewage, up-current of a coral reef. , Credit: Steve Spring | Marine Photobank
Externality refers to a disconnected or unconsidered consequence. Hydrofracking, mountaintop removal, filled wetlands, carbon emissions, and plasti...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that the energy industry has transformed the American landscape and cannot be tru...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:18
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The distribution of fresh water to meet growth and increased demand has historically relied on massive planning structures. The impacts of climate ...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
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In 1998, a private commission was assembled to create a framework for worldwide understanding of fresh water as an inalienable human right. In this...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2014
  • Length: 05:04
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill uses lyrics composed by a 20th century musical legend to reflect upon the challenges we face...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:39
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In this fourth and final episode of a multi-part series on the final report released by the Global Ocean Commission, From Decline to Recovery, A Re...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: Our Ocean 2014 Conference, Credit: State Department, Washington D.C.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will highlight some of the major announcements made during the Our Ocean 2014 Conference hos...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2014
  • Length: 05:56
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss how pervasive plastics have become by describing microbeads, particulates found ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill describes what a transformed Arctic might look like, and suggests that we should be encourag...

  • Added: Jun 16, 2014
  • Length: 05:27
Caption: The future of nuclear power? All at sea. , Credit: Jake Jurewicz/MIT-NSE
Researchers have presented a paper on the concept of floating nuclear power stations, the results of which are outlined in a recent article in The ...

  • Added: May 27, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Tuna purse seiner: illegal fishing by an Ecuadorian tuna boat in Panamanian waters., Credit: CONAMAR Foundation | Marine Photobank
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
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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
Caption: Plastic pollution on the shores of Isla Taboga, Panama, Credit: J.M. van Coutren | Marine Photobank
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
Caption: e-Waste Recycling, Credit: e-Waste Workshop: http://ow.ly/ubLhu
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
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The world's first open cut deep water mining operation in pursuit of silver, gold, and copper on the ocean floor has been granted license by the Ne...

  • Added: Feb 10, 2014
  • Length: 05:22
Caption: Arranmore Lighthouse, County Donegal, Ireland, Credit: © John Rafferty Photography | Marine Photobank
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
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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
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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
Caption: Free the Arctic 30, Credit: Greenpeace International
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
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"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