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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
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
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
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
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
An audio postcard featuring the northern harrier. Formerly called a marsh hawk, naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history about this easily id...
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- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
This segment of Sound Ecology celebrates the white-tailed kite. Naturalist Ken Burton shares some life history and behavior of this "angel hawk".
Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark
- Added: Mar 12, 2019
- Length: 01:59
- Purchases: 2
JPL founder Jack Parsons and his fellow magician L. Ron Hubbard opened up a stargate to Hell in the Mojave Desert. Nothing has ever been quite the ...
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- Added: Mar 10, 2019
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
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
Estuaries are ecologically rich and important components of our coastal ecosystems. Fish biologist Katherine Osborn wrote this segment of Sound Eco...
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- Added: Feb 25, 2019
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 2
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
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to two women who are planning to embark on an unsupported exploration in the Arctic: 270 days...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Dec 04, 2018
- Length: 04:46
- Purchases: 1
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...
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- Added: Nov 27, 2018
- Length: 05:07
- Purchases: 1
For the past eight weeks we have been discussing the concepts of ocean literacy, a framework for formal and informal education to help us better un...
- Added: Oct 09, 2018
- Length: 05:08
"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 supports a great diversity of life and ecosystems."
So states the fifth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to he...
- Added: Sep 20, 2018
- Length: 04:58
Psychotherapists and trauma researchers can contribute to the understanding of how and why sexual assault victims remain silent and why that silenc...
- Added: Sep 19, 2018
- Length: 07:00
"The ocean makes Earth habitable."
So states the fourth Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us better understand the...
- Added: Sep 11, 2018
- Length: 04:42
"The ocean is a major influence on weather and climate."
So states the third Ocean Literacy principle, a series of fundamental concepts to help us ...
Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio
- Added: Sep 04, 2018
- Length: 05:06
- Purchases: 1
"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
"The Earth Has One Big Ocean With Many Features"
So states the first principle of the ocean literacy curriculum, a series of fundamental concepts t...
- Added: Aug 20, 2018
- Length: 04:38
This week's episode of World Ocean Radio kicks off a multi-part series on the Ocean Literacy Principles. The next eight episodes will provide an an...
- Added: Aug 14, 2018
- Length: 04:27