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Caption: Plastic pollution "confetti" mixes with baby blue velellas in the northern pacific plastic gyre., Credit: Karin Malmstrom, Marine Photobank
In this issue of World Ocean Radio we ask who benefits from current solutions to ocean acidification, co2 emissions, and plastic pollution, and if ...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2017
  • Length: 05:13
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As a follow up to a World Ocean Radio episode from mid-May, we offer an overview of the Ocean Conference in New York last week which sought to reac...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2017
  • Length: 04:46
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, written during a blizzard raging off the Maine coast, host Peter Neill reflects on the vulnerability of the o...

  • Added: Mar 20, 2017
  • Length: 05:21
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This week we continue the Earth Optimism Series, a 24-episode project in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Ocean Portal, to celebrate ...

  • Added: Mar 07, 2017
  • Length: 05:16
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Waste and the management of it are new challenges in recent decades. How do we dispose of toxic waste, plastic packaging, electronics, and other di...

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  • Added: Feb 22, 2017
  • Length: 05:12
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Sampled water from the north pacific garbage patch, Credit: Dale Selvam
Billions of pounds of plastic can now be found on about 40 percent of the world’s ocean surfaces. In this radio documentary, KVNF's Ali Lightfoot...

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 28:04
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks about current efforts to recycle and re-purpose trash in efforts to slow contribution ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2015
  • Length: 05:28
Caption: The Delray Beach, Florida ocean outfall discharges 13 million gallons per day of treated sewage, up-current of a coral reef. , Credit: Steve Spring | Marine Photobank
Externality refers to a disconnected or unconsidered consequence. Hydrofracking, mountaintop removal, filled wetlands, carbon emissions, and plasti...

  • Added: Dec 01, 2014
  • Length: 05:05
Caption: In praise of fresh water, which in some places has more value than gold. Marine Photobank 2009 "Humans & the Ocean: Impacts & Solutions" Photo Contest , Credit: Csaba Tokolyi, Bali, Indonesia | Marine Photobank
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: Aug 11, 2014
  • Length: 05:18
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss how pervasive plastics have become by describing microbeads, particulates found ...

  • Added: Jun 23, 2014
  • Length: 05:12
Caption: World Oceans Day is June 8th
On June 8th we celebrate World Oceans Day to recognize and celebrate our relationship with the ocean through global connection. In this episode of ...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2014
  • Length: 05:14
Caption: Plastic pollution on the shores of Isla Taboga, Panama, Credit: J.M. van Coutren | Marine Photobank
Of all the types of waste in the marine ecosystem, plastic is perhaps the best known: it shows up on beaches, in the stomachs of shore birds, fish ...

  • Added: Mar 24, 2014
  • Length: 05:27
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest a number of strategies to engage us to take action for the world ocean, especia...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 04:45
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill offers an observation on the essential nature and power of light in our lives. He suggests t...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2013
  • Length: 04:40
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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
Caption: Samples of plastic debris in the ocean., Credit: E. Zettler, Sea Education Association
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
Caption: An Indonesian collecting plastic goods amidst a pile of rubbish.  Ciliwung River, Jakarta, Indonesia., Credit: Ardiles Rante
Today, one of the most startling manifestations of waste is the vast accumulation of petroleum-plastic thought to be no longer useful enough to eve...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2012
  • Length: 05:39