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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
The conversation continues this week about the future of the Arctic. In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will argue that now is t...
- Added: Nov 24, 2015
- Length: 05:31
In late September Royal Dutch Shell announced it has terminated oil exploration and drilling efforts in the Arctic, citing disappointing explorator...
- Added: Oct 06, 2015
- Length: 05:12
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
The global water crisis and the prospects for future water resources is forcing adjustments for how we measure the water that is used, how it is va...
- Added: Jun 22, 2015
- Length: 05:09
As the world population has grown, the demand for food has increased, technologies for more efficient harvest have evolved, and our natural systems...
- Added: Dec 29, 2014
- Length: 05:46
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that the energy industry has transformed the American landscape and cannot be tru...
- Added: Nov 11, 2014
- Length: 05:18
The distribution of fresh water to meet growth and increased demand has historically relied on massive planning structures. The impacts of climate ...
- Added: Oct 27, 2014
- Length: 05:22
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill uses lyrics composed by a 20th century musical legend to reflect upon the challenges we face...
- Added: Aug 25, 2014
- Length: 04:39
In Part 3 of a multi-part series on the final report released by the Global Ocean Commission, From Decline to Recovery, A Rescue Package for the Gl...
- Added: Jul 21, 2014
- Length: 05:39
In Part 2 of a multi-part series on the final report released by the Global Ocean Commission, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill explains the first...
- Added: Jul 16, 2014
- Length: 05:36
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
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill describes what a transformed Arctic might look like, and suggests that we should be encourag...
- Added: Jun 16, 2014
- Length: 05:27
What do we see in a single drop of ocean water? A recent image captured by David Liittschwager for National Geographic reveals an impressive abunda...
- Added: Jun 09, 2014
- Length: 04:14
Researchers have presented a paper on the concept of floating nuclear power stations, the results of which are outlined in a recent article in The ...
- Added: May 27, 2014
- Length: 05:22
No place on Earth is immune from strategic oil. Technological advances have aided us in our objectives toward growth at all cost, and our capacity ...
- Added: Mar 31, 2014
- Length: 05:31
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
Pollution is an excess of any given thing: waste, pesticide, acid, carbon—-any one thing in extreme which tips the scales, compromises stability, s...
- Added: Mar 10, 2014
- Length: 05:08
Vast amounts of resources are being consumed due to the increasing demand for electrical products and devices. This has led to mining of the ocean ...
- Added: Mar 03, 2014
- Length: 05:10
Bloomberg Philanthropies recently announced its Vibrant Oceans Initiative, a $53 million, 5-year effort to boost fish populations in Brazil, the Ph...
- Added: Feb 25, 2014
- Length: 05:34
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will discuss a number of small, local projects which apply management and sustainability conc...
- Added: Dec 16, 2013
- Length: 04:11
This week's broadcast is the 250th edition of World Ocean Radio. We wish to thank all our listeners, broadcasters and partners in the United States...
- Added: Dec 03, 2013
- Length: 05:05
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
The "silk road" of Marco Polo's 13th century journey to the East is being revived, as is its ocean parallel, the "maritime silk road" which is fast...
- Added: Oct 28, 2013
- Length: 05:11
