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Technology has helped the world survive, thrive, and stay connected through the COVID-19 lockdown. As countries look toward re-opening in a post-pa...
Bought by KIYU-FM, WDSE, WMUU-LP, KCPW Salt Lake City, KSQD Santa Cruz and more
- Added: Oct 01, 2020
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 9
In 2019 a partnership was announced between The Nippon Foundation and the International Hydrographic Organization to undertake the GEBCO Seabed 203...
- Added: Jun 02, 2020
- Length: 05:13
Carbon offset programs offer ways for retailers and consumers to help address the challenge of climate impacts and environmental consequences, and ...
- Added: Feb 11, 2020
- Length: 10:51
When it comes to cutting carbon pollution, where do we start? Today’s solutions are doable, but daunting: decrease global meat consumption, improve...
Bought by WJCT, KJZZ, KBBI Alaska, WMUU-LP, WMRA and more
- Added: Jan 23, 2020
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 10
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
How do we go about feeding a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? From a remote-controlled organic farm in Shanghai to famine-s...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 11
How do we go about feeding a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? From a remote-controlled organic farm in Shanghai to famine-s...
- Added: Jul 11, 2019
- Length: 58:58
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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we look back at the most egregious actions and decisions taken by individuals, corporations and governments th...
- Added: Jun 25, 2019
- Length: 05:25
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
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
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
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
From fires and floods to hurricanes and hot temperatures, 2018 put climate on the front page in ways it hadn’t been before. Yet amidst the disrupti...
Bought by WJCT, KZYX, WXXI Rochester, WKAR, NPR Now and more
- Added: Dec 06, 2018
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 11
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
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
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
We live in a time when environmental regulations are being rolled back in the United States and beyond. As such, many environmental groups are turn...
- Added: Jun 14, 2018
- Length: 05:42
Waste and waste management are new and increasing challenges in recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, a...
- Added: Apr 25, 2018
- Length: 04:55
In an emergency, we’re told to “break the glass” and grab the fire extinguisher. If we’re in the midst of a climate emergency, is there a firehose ...
Bought by WJCT, KPIP-LP, KUHF, KWIT, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more
- Added: Apr 19, 2018
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 9
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
World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently returned from the Economist World Ocean Summit in Cancún, Mexico where he gathered with 400 ocean leade...
- Added: Mar 20, 2018
- Length: 05:52
