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Caption: A single drop of seawater, magnified 25 times, teems with life., Credit: Credit: David Liittschwager | National Geographic
A rebroadcast of a popular episode from August 2015: Life in a Drop About this episode: What do we see in a single drop of ocean water? An image ca...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 04:28
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e·thos / ??THäs noun. the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations. The environmental and...

  • Added: Aug 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
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"Are we training our best new minds in the worst ways?" In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill asks this question and more of...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2016
  • Length: 05:10
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A small asteroid has become a third partner in the Earth-Moon dance.

Bought by KRSC, WLPR , KUPR low power FM, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, Radio Newark and more


  • Added: Jun 30, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Caption: As sea levels rise, we may have to begin deciding which monuments and parks to save, and which to document and let go., Credit: NPS
Birthdays are a time to celebrate, but an opportunity to look forward as well. There are many challenges the national parks must face in the 21st ...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Environmental issues are mounting, and the stakes are huge. So how might big data be used to tackle the issues of sustainability, climate change, h...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2016
  • Length: 34:51
Caption: The iconic blue footted booby, Credit: Rod Mast | Marine Photobank
W2O Director Peter Neill recently spent time in the Galãpagos Islands and is back to share his observations from a long-anticipated trip to the UNE...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2016
  • Length: 05:14
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Simon Clydesdale of GPUK describes fugitive emissions and the prank GPUK pulled trying to frack the PM's house

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:47
  • Purchases: 1
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Design Editor at Treehugger.com, Llloyd Alter tells us what makes a building a LEED building. (Hint: bike racks help.)

  • Added: Mar 24, 2016
  • Length: 01:38
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Veteran forest campaigner Richard Brooks shows how easy it is to go green when renovating.

  • Added: Mar 18, 2016
  • Length: 04:04
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Gill Deacon hosts a CBC radio program and decided to write a book about toxins in makeup.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2016
  • Length: 02:17
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In this second of four episodes dedicated to outlining the complexities contained in the United Nations World Ocean Assessment, host Peter Neill ex...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2016
  • Length: 05:15
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In January of 2016 the UN General Assembly accepted a 1,752 page report entitled "The First Global Integrated Marine Assessment: World Ocean Assess...

  • Added: Mar 01, 2016
  • Length: 05:21
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Ocean campaigner Charlie Latimer tells us what a Fish Aggregating Device is and why using them to catch fish is ruining the oceans.

Bought by KUER


  • Added: Feb 18, 2016
  • Length: 02:01
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: SeaLab III, Credit: Naval History & Heritage Command | www.history.navy.mil
The US Navy's SEALAB initiative is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, with now three pioneering aquatic living experiments under their bel...

  • Added: Jan 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:04
Caption: Groks Science Radio Show
David Victor discusses the Paris climate agreement.

Bought by WMUU-LP and KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 14, 2016
  • Length: 24:11
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Mark Jacobson
Dr. Mark Jacobson, distinguished Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University, is on-air with us to explain the economic...

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Jan 13, 2016
  • Length: 59:24
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Andy Skuce
Former oil exploration geologist, Andy Skuce, talks with us about the science behind COP21 decisions and what the future will most likely look like...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2015
  • Length: 59:19
Caption: USCG cutter Healy in the Arctic , Credit: Courtesy of Mathis/NOAA
In a continuing conversation about the future of the Arctic, host Peter Neill shares his concerns about the disconnect between a strong commitment ...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 05:26
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Fresh water shortages are making headlines everywhere. Issues large and small are adding up to a global water crisis which threatens all of us, ric...

  • Added: Oct 26, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
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As a lead up to the Climate Summit in Paris scheduled for December (COP21), World Ocean Radio will highlight some encouraging signs of climate prog...

  • Added: Oct 20, 2015
  • Length: 05:27
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Oysters have had a history of ebb and flow, plenty and scarcity, and in New York Harbor there was a time when the waters were so polluted that oyst...

  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: A 2015 report on the impact of climate change on allergies in adults and children shows that increased temperatures, changing moisture patterns, and accelerated growth and distribution of pollen has generated symptoms of allergic reactions never before ex
The climate is changing: changing moisture, increased temperature, accelerated growth and distribution of pollen, increased allergic reactions. Sci...

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Sep 29, 2015
  • Length: 05:23
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The spots monitored for Fukushima radiation by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution., Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
The effects of leaking radiation have long raised concerns as a cause for many inexplicable natural events at sea. Since 2004 Ken Buesseler and his...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 05:17
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