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Produce, consume, discard; we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used -- sometimes only once -- before tur...
Bought by WJCT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KWIT, WCQS, KSQD Santa Cruz and more
- Added: Jun 20, 2019
- Length: 58:55
- Purchases: 10
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
Global temperatures would be soaring even higher were it not for a powerful heat-trapping ally: oceans. From regulating the temperature of the plan...
- Added: May 09, 2019
- Length: 58:59
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
With the Green New Deal in the national spotlight, a vigorous debate is happening: how ambitiously and broadly must the U.S. act on climate? Are is...
Bought by WJCT, WCQS, NPR Now, MPR News Stations, KHSQ and more
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 9
With the Green New Deal in the national spotlight, a vigorous debate is happening: how ambitiously and broadly must the U.S. act on climate? Are is...
- Added: Apr 10, 2019
- Length: 58:59
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
The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...
- Added: Mar 19, 2019
- Length: 58:56
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
The last five years have been the hottest on record globally. But this past winter, plunging temperatures, snowstorms and torrential rains througho...
- Added: Mar 05, 2019
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 11
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
Many of us find it daunting to talk with our neighbors, colleagues and family members about climate change. But climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe ...
Bought by WJCT, WCQS, KBBI Alaska, KVMR, MPR News Stations and more
- Added: Feb 07, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 8
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
We all know about the environmental and physical effects of climate change. But what about its impact on our mental health? Therapists report that ...
- Added: Dec 12, 2018
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 6
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
Former Vice-President Al Gore, famed primatologist Jane Goodall, and TV scientist-turned-activist Bill Nye are three climate veterans who have lost...
Bought by KUSU and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Oct 04, 2018
- Length: 40:55
- Purchases: 2
"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
Science and environmental reporter Andrew Revkin has been writing about climate change since the 1980s, including 21 years for The New York Times. ...
Bought by WJCT, KZYX, KVNF, NPR Now, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more
- Added: Jul 19, 2018
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 7
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
