World Ocean Radio

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World Ocean Radio is a project of the World Ocean Observatory. It is produced in two formats: a 5-minute weekly essay and 30-minute interviews on a wide variety of ocean topics with researchers and activists around the world.

The World Ocean Observatory is an online exchange for information and educational services about the ocean defined as "an integrated global social system," thereby relating the ocean to fresh water, food, energy, public health, trade, transportation, international finance, tourism, governance, culture, recreation, and community development worldwide. W2O includes resources of the Cultural and Physical Ocean; a Directory of 18,500 ocean organizations; a quarterly newsletter on ocean issues; a daily international news digest; online exhibits; and listings for educational resources for students, teachers, home schoolers, and general inquiry.

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The U.S. House of Representatives voted this week to destroy the program that has enabled the recovery of six endangered species through a successf...

  • Added: May 21, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:25
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will share a recent article written by Joseph P. Kennedy II regarding the phenomenon of oil ...

  • Added: May 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:15
Caption: Climate Talks Durban (COP17), Credit: Courtesy inhabit.com
While many countries are at work analyzing the challenges for conservation and management, international and national governance of ocean issues ha...

  • Added: May 07, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:15
Caption: Tuna at market, Credit: Earth Times
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the relationship of fisherman and customer; market pressure and the necessity f...

  • Added: May 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:51
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: 00:05:39
Caption: Peaks Island in Casco Bay, offshore from Portland, Maine.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that we must begin thinking like an island--wherein communities of individuals ...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:29
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss outcomes and solutions from the World Water Forum which took place in Marseille...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:16
Caption: New York City's Green Infrastructure Plan and Sustainability Management
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will have us look no further than New York City and the Green Infrastructure Plan as a real ...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:19
Caption: Coastal mega-city Mumbai. Mumbai lies on the Arabian Sea on the west coast of India and is the most populous city in the country and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along, Credit: http://thegreatindian.tripod.com/mumbai.htm
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss these places of development, industry, and manufacturing and will argue that we...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:18
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss his recent trip to India and his meetings with leaders of the Indian Maritime F...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:52
Caption: Elk horn coral in the no take zone of Glover's Reef Marine Reserve. Renata , Credit: Ferrari Legorreta | Marine Photobank
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the key issues to be addressed by the Global Partnership for Oceans and will po...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2012
  • Length: 00:06:05
Caption: Middle school students learn about the ocean from Project Oceanology staff., Credit: Christine Sziabowski
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will assert that the time has come to gather teachers and administrators together to take th...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:21
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In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue for the ocean as the true commons, a reservoir of natural capital without which t...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:34
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With the ocean we are, in all likelihood, at the point of no return. We know it would take half a century to reverse the acid base in sea water if ...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:57
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Rachel Carson and Jacques Cousteau's legacies have driven decades of new investigation, research institutes, conservation action and programs in th...

  • Added: Feb 14, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:12
Caption: The Delray Beach ocean outfall discharges 13 million gallons per day of treated sewage up-current of a coral reef. , Credit: Steve Spring | Marine Photobank.
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will discuss the invisible impacts of our actions, will argue against the exploitation of Na...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:13
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We at the World Ocean Observatory use the belief "The Sea Connects All Things" as the basis for our work to inform citizens and unite to sustain th...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2012
  • Length: 00:05:09
Caption: Smog over Chongqing, China. , Credit: (Feng Li/Getty Images)
We often think of the ocean as a place apart, but it is not so. The ocean is as threatened by exhaustion as the land around us. As population incre...

  • Added: Jan 23, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:47
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As we enter into the new year, our thoughts turn to the strengths and weaknesses of the existing proposals and plans for future actions on behalf o...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:35
Caption: Environmental activists with flags on their backs bury their heads in the sand on Durban's beachfront, highlighting nations that are failing to effectively prevent climate change. , Credit: Mike Hutchings/Reuters) From TakePart.com: Ocean Gets No Respect From Durban
Climate change was in the news again recently, with reports from Durban, South Africa where another U.N. Summit took place. In this episode of Worl...

  • Added: Jan 09, 2012
  • Length: 00:04:22