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What are the five areas of our collective existence on earth where the ocean matters most? If we are looking for a context to drive motivation and ...
- Added: Apr 11, 2024
- Length: 04:48
Brian Dunning examines some interesting beliefs around food and whether or not they are supported by science.
- Added: Apr 09, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Brian Dunning separates fact from fiction as he examines the talking points made by the many people who hate electric cars.
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Brian Dunning examines the evidence that humans are warming the earth.
- Added: Jan 27, 2024
- Length: 59:00
Need some pumpkin pi to go with that leftover turkey? Jess highlights her favorite reasons to be thankful for science in this season of gratitude.
- Added: Nov 28, 2023
- Length: 18:00
Science fictions are widely held dangerous beliefs that are not supported by science. Jess explores a few of these in anticipation of the continued...
- Added: Oct 03, 2023
- Length: 29:00
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with an outline of the four technological focus areas of the recently announced Ocean Climate Ac...
- Added: Apr 12, 2023
- Length: 10:38
This week we continue the multi-part RESCUE series with a highlight of UNCLOS, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a major example...
- Added: Mar 08, 2023
- Length: 05:04
The 'Akiapōlā'au is one of Hawaii's rare and endangered birds, living exclusively on the Big Island.
- Added: Feb 08, 2023
- Length: 01:30
This week on World Ocean Radio, part two of a multi-part series entitled RESCUE, outlining a new plan for the ocean and a new perspective to enable...
- Added: Jan 19, 2023
- Length: 05:27
The fossil fuel industry has been promoting hydrogen as a reliable, low carbon, next-generation fuel to power cars, heat homes, and generate electr...
- Added: Jan 09, 2023
- Length: 58:00
This week on World Ocean Radio we discuss the disruption and potential sabotage of the Nord Stream Line, the underwater natural gas pipelines in th...
- Added: Oct 12, 2022
- Length: 04:57
This week, part two of a two-part series laying out steps with examples that represent a coherent and provocative way forward toward a plastic-free...
- Added: Sep 15, 2022
- Length: 05:11
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. This week we are discussing an...
- Added: Aug 31, 2022
- Length: 05:19
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we discuss two...
- Added: Aug 23, 2022
- Length: 05:06
This summer we are revisiting some of our favorite World Ocean Radio episodes that highlight optimism for the ocean. In this episode we highlight T...
- Added: Aug 17, 2022
- Length: 05:04
Our one flowering wildflower on this wonderful day was the very pretty perennial called penny cress or candy tufts. It is the former Thlaspi fendl...
- Added: May 04, 2022
- Length: 04:36
The Amazon is one of the most productive and important ecosystems on the planet. What will continue to be lost if we fail to protect the last great...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 05:18
This week we're referencing a recent post entitled The Knowledge-Implementation Gap in Conservation Science: Exploring the Space Between Knowing an...
- Added: Mar 31, 2022
- Length: 05:39
Millions of people worldwide do not have access to adequate water supply for drinking, cooking and basic sanitation. According to a February report...
- Added: Mar 24, 2022
- Length: 05:04
This week we introduce listeners to World Ocean Explorer, a new, revolutionary and immersive 3D virtual aquarium project the W2O team has been deve...
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 05:17
This week on World Ocean Radio we're discussing the importance of ocean literacy and ocean education to transform our understanding of the ocean's ...
- Added: Mar 09, 2022
- Length: 05:15
There are around 30 species of Porophyllum, the majority of which are found in Mexico and southward. Around me in the borderlands of Arizona Sonora...
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 04:52
Xanthisma gracilis is an annual and found all over the southwest and into Mexico as well. Duh. A common name is slender goldenweed or spiny zinnia....
- Added: Jan 13, 2022
- Length: 05:03
This week on World Ocean Radio we introduce listeners to a word many may have never heard before: xenobiotic--defined as a chemical substance found...
- Added: Dec 22, 2021
- Length: 05:10
