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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
In light of a recent all-night vigil on the House floor (see #Up4Climate), World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill was inspired to write this week’s epi...
- Added: Mar 17, 2014
- Length: 05:13
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
This is a continuation of a conversation with sociologist Jerry Lembcke. His book, -PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-empire America.
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- Added: Feb 26, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
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
"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In the past decade, dams have been targeted as outdated, inefficient energy providers with serious impacts for the immediate and downstream environ...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
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
Reduce, reuse, recycle. The words "reduce" and "recycle" are common in our modern society, but what does it mean to reuse? In this episode of World...
- Added: Jun 24, 2013
- Length: 05:12
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will ask, "Who is the top predator here?" and, "If certain endangered species do in fact con...
- Added: May 20, 2013
- Length: 04:57
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will provide multiple references to opinions and data relative to water rights, disputes, fi...
- Added: May 02, 2013
- Length: 06:49
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
On a recent visit to Kauai host Peter Neill had some chance encounters that prompted this reflection of what it means to be connected to real, mean...
- Added: Mar 18, 2013
- Length: 05:42
Science and aesthetic engagement, experimentation and participation
- Added: Mar 03, 2013
- Length: 29:59
The maritime industry is a major index of the health of the global economy and is a significant economic contributor to employment the world over. ...
- Added: Feb 13, 2013
- Length: 06:40
Author, radio host, and scientist David Suzuki has spent a lifetime working to protect the environment. But he says that work is failing, and a pa...
- Added: Feb 11, 2013
- Length: 29:00
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
SUSO co-host Jodie Buller talks by phone with one of the organizers behind Label It WA, Chris McManus, about ballot measure initiative I-522: "The ...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 27:09
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss not only of the prominent conservation-based NGOs, governmental organizations a...
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 06:34
In this episode, host Peter Neill will discuss the ocean as the central element in our lives. He will explain why the ocean is essential to human s...
- Added: Dec 06, 2012
- Length: 04:41
