Episodes

  • The Election, Project 2025, and Its Terrifying Impact on the Ocean

    The Election, Project 2025, and Its Terrifying Impact on the Ocean
    Oct 29 2024

    Additional music "Convicted Felon Cult" by John Lopker
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    20 mins
  • Mapping the Deep with ESRI's Deep Sea Dawn Wright

    Mapping the Deep with ESRI's Deep Sea Dawn Wright
    Sep 27 2024
    The Ocean Science Radio team chats with "Deep Sea" Dawn Wright, a geographer and oceanographer and Chief Scientist at ESRI (The Environmental Systems Research Institute) - one of the world's leading suppliers of GIS software, web GIS and geodatabase management applications. We cover why mapping the bottom of the ocean is important, some cool ocean mapping history, and her recently released book "Mapping the Deep: Innovation, Exploration & the Dive of a Lifetime" about her 2022 dive to the deepest part of the ocean, the Challenger Deep.
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    42 mins
  • Cetacean Opps - Cracking the Sperm Whale Alphabet

    Cetacean Opps - Cracking the Sperm Whale Alphabet
    Aug 29 2024
    Complex compositions made up of groans, moans, sighs, roars, and high-pitched squeals that can last for hours - The songs of whales are both beautiful and haunting. Humans have had a particular fascination with the sounds of cetaceans and the possible meanings behind it since Roger Payne, a marine biologist, first noticed the complex sonic arrangement of humpback whale sounds during a research expedition to Bermuda in 1967 But what if we could translate what they were saying? Really understand what the different clicks and codas actually mean? On this episode we're going to chat with the Cetacean Translation Initiative, also known as CETI, who is revolutionizing the latest advancements in cetacean research and discuss the potential implications of breaking the language barrier between humans and whales. Guests: - Giovanni Petri - Professor of network science at the Network Science Institute of Northeastern University and principal of research at project CETI - Shane Gero - A scientist in residence at Ottawa's Carlton University and the biology lead for project CETI
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    47 mins
  • Frances' Super Awesome Shark Paper

    Frances' Super Awesome Shark Paper
    Jul 30 2024
    A new paper just dropped on incorporating environmental factors when determining conservation baselines for sharks on coral reefs by our very own Frances! (That's right, it is a META episode!)
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    23 mins
  • In Memorium - Dr. Wallace J Nichols

    In Memorium - Dr. Wallace J Nichols
    Jun 28 2024
    In honor of the untimely passing of Ocean advocate, Turtle biologist, and author of the book "Blue Mind," Dr. Wallace J. Nichols, we are re-releasing our episode with him featuring the topic of "Blue Mind" and the benefits of being close to the ocean and other bodies of water.
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    15 mins
  • Opening a Can of (Fish) Worms)

    Opening a Can of (Fish) Worms)
    Apr 25 2024
    Today on the show we're diving into a story that might surprise you. It doesn't involve dazzling coral reefs or majestic whales, but something a little closer to home... canned salmon! In this episode, we’ll be discussing how Dr. Natalie Mastick - a postdoctoral associate at the Yale Peabody Museum and a marine ecologist - used this unusual technique of examining super super old canned fish to track changes in a salmon and their parasites.
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    27 mins
  • Underwater Superstructures for Beginners

    Underwater Superstructures for Beginners
    Mar 28 2024
    In this episode, we talk about ocean superstructures - a new scientific phrase that our guests hope start up some important conversations about how the bottom of the ocean was formed. Guests: Dr. Kevin Konrad -Assistant Professor of Geoscience and Director of the Nevada Isotope Geochronology Laboratory (NIGL) University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dr Val Finlayson - Postdoctoral Associate Department of Geology University of Maryland Dr. Andrea Balbas - Assistant professor at California State University Long Beach
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    21 mins
  • Ocean Lovin - Immaculate Shark-ception

    Ocean Lovin - Immaculate Shark-ception
    Feb 29 2024

    It is February and we once again have our seasonal episode of Ocean Lovin - covering cool and strange ways ocean creatures make little ocean creatures. We speak with Dr. Christine Dungeon, a senior research fellow at the University of Queensland and the University of the Sunshine Coast about sharks and a peculiar story of immaculate shark-ception.

    As with every year, we want to remind our listeners that Ocean Lovin episodes cover adult themes not meant for children without supervision, please listen to the episode before sharing it with youngsters.

    Guest co-host: Dr Skylar Bayer, a marine ecologist with expertise in shellfish population dynamics, invertebrate life history, fertilization ecology, and science communication.
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    34 mins