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Giant East African land snails are wreaking havoc in South Florida.
- Added: Apr 30, 2013
- Length: 01:00
We revisit our conversation with biological anthropologist James Holland Jones, who explains how diseases typically spread from animal to human pop...
- Added: Apr 23, 2013
- Length: 27:52
Anthony, no stranger to faraway places himself, tells the harrowing history of the search for the Northwest Passage in "The Man Who Ate His Boots."...
- Added: Mar 17, 2013
- Length: 10:11
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
The Twa people of Uganda climb trees with ease. A new study suggests that the trait may be the result of practical necessity.
- Added: Jan 05, 2013
- Length: 01:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill will outline five of the major ocean events for the year 2012.
- Added: Jan 03, 2013
- Length: 06:26
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
Scientists have isolated a potent painkiller from the venom of the deadly black mamba snake.
- Added: Nov 21, 2012
- Length: 01:00
Deforestation can lead to droughts hundreds of miles away.
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 01:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will explain what fracking has to do with the ocean: from toxic emissions which increase oce...
- Added: Sep 25, 2012
- Length: 05:25
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, he'll discuss all manner of things that float: from the natural to the man-made, from the obvious modes of tr...
- Added: Sep 09, 2012
- Length: 05:17
In this episode of World Ocean Radio we'll assert that we must embrace best management practices now and use new management tools to renovate and b...
- Added: Aug 20, 2012
- Length: 06:02
George Adamson could think like a lion and be like a lion. David Coulson describes a terrifying experience with George and Maggie and Dennis? Maggi...
- Added: Aug 14, 2012
- Length: 05:19
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will suggest that scientists and organizations should advocate through responsible research ...
- Added: Aug 06, 2012
- Length: 05:34
Where does water come from? We know from science that water evaporates from the ocean reservoir, is captured in clouds, fog and rain, descends to s...
- Added: Jul 16, 2012
- Length: 05:00
In this episode of World Ocean Radio, Peter Neill will assert that our security is synergistically linked to natural security and that the ocean wi...
- Added: Jun 11, 2012
- Length: 05:51
Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.
- Added: Jun 05, 2012
- Length: 01:56:29
n June 8 we celebrate World Oceans Day to recognize our relationship with the ocean through global connection. A recent survey conducted by The Oce...
- Added: Jun 04, 2012
- Length: 05:46
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: 06:16
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: 06:18
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: 05:13
One of this century's great challenges will be mitigating the effects of our steadily warming planet. In this episode we explore the consequences o...
- Added: Jan 16, 2012
- Length: 12:53
A conversation with naturalist Mike Fay (Q&A).
- Added: Oct 26, 2011
- Length: 03:46
According to NASA, over 135 million pieces of man-made metal debris orbit the Earth. While the space race may be over, someone's got to do the clea...
- Added: Oct 11, 2011
- Length: 02:00
A sewage revolution breaks ground in Ghana this fall. In the capitol city of Accra, sanitation engineers aim to turn fecal waste into a new profit ...
- Added: Sep 28, 2011
- Length: 05:19
