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Soil. We treat it like dirt, yet it holds vibrant communities of microscopic organisms that affect public health. Join Food Sleuth Radio host and ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 28:00
Caption: Underwater Robotics Competition, Credit: Marine Advanced Technology (MATE)
"Citizen Science" is a relatively new term used to describe non-specialist research carried out by pioneering teams of private individuals, foundat...

  • Added: Sep 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:04
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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
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WTIP's Ann Possis spoke recently with Evan Chinoy, a grad student at the U of Colorado-Boulder, who does most of his work in their Sleep & Chronobi...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Aug 13, 2013
  • Length: 12:18
  • Purchases: 1
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
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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
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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
Caption: Pinball the Humpback whale, Credit: Craig Shank
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...

Bought by WJCT


  • Added: Jul 18, 2013
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: A humpback whale surfacing, Credit: Craig Shank
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...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Hark!, KALW, New Hampshire Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Jul 15, 2013
  • Length: 07:00
  • Purchases: 6
Caption: A marine counterpart to actinomycetes: a new genus, Salinosporamide A, a compound isolated from one of the strains that proved most potent against cancer cells. , Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography
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
Caption: High Tide book cover, Credit: jacket design by Kata Jancso
One week before super storm Sandy hit, oceanographer John Englander released his book about the short, medium and long term scenarios we can expect...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Jun 25, 2013
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: India to Africa: Living in Hand-Me-Downs, Credit: Valerie Tarico | Awaypoint
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
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Dr. Martin M. Kaufman and Dr. Kent S. Murray author of Urban Watersheds: Geology, Contamination, and Sustainable Development discuss that most esse...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
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On June 8th we celebrate World Ocean Day to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection. In this episode of World Ocean Rad...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2013
  • Length: 05:18
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Dr. Frank R. Spellman, author of Environmental Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing talks to us about the topic of his book. He discusses all aspects o...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:36
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: Jun 04, 2013
  • Length: 03:30
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Every spring, river herring return to the rivers and ponds of Cape Cod to spawn. They are met by a group of volunteers who, come rain or shine, sho...

Bought by Radio Newark and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 07:58
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Man throwing cast net , Credit: Mangrove Action Project | MarinePhotobank.org
In the last edition of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill suggested reciprocity as a value on which to build our response to the environmental deg...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2013
  • Length: 05:13
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Prof. Michael Wilson, assistant professor of anthropology and of ecology, evolution, and behavior at the U of Minn., joined WTIP's Buck Benson rece...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 21, 2013
  • Length: 21:04
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Shark fins drying in the sun cover the roof of a factory building in Hong Kong, Credit: AFP
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
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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
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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
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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
Caption: Global Ocean Commission
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
Caption: Sea Orbiter, Credit: http://seaorbiter.com/home/
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