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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
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
"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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will assert that there is nothing to be gained from our short-term avoidance and denial of o...
- Added: Sep 30, 2013
- Length: 05:10
In the past decade, dams have been targeted as outdated, inefficient energy providers with serious impacts for the immediate and downstream environ...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 05:15
Today we live with the weather as never before. Access to weather information is all around us. The news is continuously driven not just by more s...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 05:05
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share his practice of carrying blue marbles with him wherever he goes, gifting them to ...
- Added: Aug 19, 2013
- Length: 05:06
Why do farmers choose to produce food organically? And what are their challenges as neighbors plant genetically modified crops that are sprayed wit...
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 28:00
Recent studies by a collaboration of research scientists, institutions and vessels have discovered a new ecological habitat: microbes colonizing an...
- Added: Aug 12, 2013
- Length: 05:07
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll discuss Russia's changing maritime presence: inter-regional trade on the Baltic, a seeming lack of coope...
- Added: Aug 06, 2013
- Length: 05:20
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll share approaches, discussions and consensus from the Ocean Exploration 2020 Forum on a number of ocean s...
- Added: Jul 29, 2013
- Length: 05:15
Fresh water as a resource is under constant threat by over-consumption, toxins, pollutants and waste from industrial and agricultural production. I...
- Added: Jul 22, 2013
- Length: 05:06
52 Hz is the name given to a mysterious whale that vocalizes at a different frequency than other whales. Some refer to him as "The World's Lonelies...
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- Added: Jul 18, 2013
- Length: 15:17
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The ocean is a valuable resource for new medicines, treatment for present and future diseases, and is a potential major contributor for the future ...
- Added: Jul 08, 2013
- Length: 05:32
There is no single fix to deal with the many challenges facing the world ocean. The ocean community has identified various strategies such as mitig...
- Added: May 28, 2013
- Length: 05:13
Wind is of particular relevance to the ocean, as evidenced by the number of near and offshore wind turbine proposals currently projected and in mot...
- Added: May 13, 2013
- Length: 05:37
We continue to look for solutions to our most pressing future challenges: fresh water, food, energy, health, and security. In this episode of World...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 05:34
The crisis of water is an indisputable one, as evidenced by a public increasingly aware of the urgency of ocean and fresh water issues. In this epi...
- Added: Apr 29, 2013
- Length: 05:26
There are many organizations, conferences and commissions dedicated to ocean policy, research and education. Yet public perceptions of ocean issues...
- Added: Apr 12, 2013
- Length: 05:11
Advances in technology bring us new, visionary underwater devices to record and transmit observational data. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, ...
- Added: Apr 08, 2013
- Length: 05:20
Our traditional approach to protection from sea and surge has been the hard edge, with the mission to shield us from the encroachment of water. In ...
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 05:23
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill continues a discussion of the Global Environment Facility/ United Nations Development Progra...
- Added: Mar 11, 2013
- Length: 05:33
Civilization was built by the sea. The 20th century waterfront was an accumulation of functions that were best placed on or near the coast. As popu...
- Added: Feb 04, 2013
- Length: 05:45
The Ocean Health Index defines a healthy ocean as one that sustainably delivers a range of benefits to people both now and in the future. World Oce...
- Added: Jan 28, 2013
- Length: 06:14
The sea has been a source of storytelling and real-time adventure tales since the beginning of narrative and most every culture has its archetypal ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 06:18
