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Blue Earth
by Future Frogmen
The Blue Earth podcast is a show focused on ocean awareness and conservation. Season One's host is Future Frogmen's Founder, Richard E. Hyman, former Cousteau diver, ocean lover and conservation activist. Guest speakers include explorers, scientists. ocean farmers and more. They discuss their work and issues facing our ocean. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blueearth/support
Episodes
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Exploring the Scientific Potential of An Ancient Underwater Forest
Today Dan Distel comes on to discuss the Underwater Cypress Forest, an impressive new discovery that could lead to new medicines and scientific discoveries. Distel is a researcher and scientist that works with Shipworms, another topic we discuss heavily. Listen in to see what Dan has to say!…
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Sculpture Reefs: Underwater Art That Help to Save Our Coral
This week we interview Jolyon Collier, an artist and co-founder of Counting Coral, a non-profit that works hard in an attempt to preserve and spread awareness about Coral Bleaching and the destruction of an important aquatic resource. His team creates beautiful sculptures that act as artificial...
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Sandra Clopp Talks Extreme Diving, Shark Tooth Hunting, and Adventuring in the Modern Era
Today's episode introduces Sandra Clopp to the Blue Earth podcast! She talks about her wide range of skills, from her amazing diving stories to her fascination with Megalodon Teeth and the business of discovering them. Sandra is a fun conversationalist and a great diver and we're incredibly lucky...
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Underwater Robots and the Impact of Biological Intelligence
Today we sit down with Mark Patterson to discuss his autonomous underwater robots and how they're benefiting the world of science. We get into the interconnection of Engineering and Science, the concept of Biological Intelligence, and more! Check out the Marine Science Center here. Follow us on...
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Living in the Deep: Fabien Cousteau Discusses His Underwater Research Station
In this episode we're joined with Fabien Cousteau, a researcher and explorer who has explored the ocean for his entire life. Fabien has been working hard to get funding for Proteus, which he claims will be the "ISS of the Ocean". He is working on a long-term living facility that would put...
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Aquatic Education: A New School of Thought
Peter Solomon joins us today to discuss the Sound School, a specialized high school that focuses on providing young people with a unique and quality education to prepare them for the world of water. The students learn about what it means to work in an aquatic environment and are prepared for a…
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Wasted Water: The Impact of Human Waste on Marine Environments
Today's episode features Dr. Stephanie Wear, a marine ecologist and spokesperson for the Nature Conservancy. She has spent her career researching and developing new strategies to reduce threats to coral reefs and ocean ecosystems and paying special attention to how the fates of reefs and people…
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A Human's Footprint: Bringing Our Ecological Impact Down to Size
Brian Helmuth joins us today to discuss the impact of humankind on the creatures and habitats of our ocean. Brian is a professor at Northeastern University and a researcher that focuses on exactly how climate change is affecting those who live in and around the water. Today's topics cover...
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Making New Waves: Introducing the Connecticut Scuba Academy
Today’s episode ushers in a new age for the Blue Earth Podcast, bringing back former host Richard Hyman to discuss the podcast and Future Frogmen as the Connecticut Scuba Academy takes over both as a parent nonprofit. Tom Montuori, CSA President, speaks on the future of the show and more. Today’s...
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Dr. Kathryn Mengerink : Sustainable Ocean Management
Hear how Dr. Kathryn Mengerink and her team at the Waitt Institute work in partnership with governments, NGOs, and ocean experts across the globe to develop and implement comprehensive, science-based, community-driven solutions for sustainable ocean management.
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Sound Family Ties: A Multi-Generational Oyster Farm
Jonathan Waters and his daughter, Emilie Waters Harris are renowned Oyster Farmers from the Thimble Islands in Connecticut. Hear the story of how they both moved away for a period of time, but were both drawn back to the beauty of the Sound.
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Citizens of the Ocean
Peter Neill is an author and an editor on environmental and ocean issues, and the founding Director of the World Ocean Observatory, a web-based place for education and information exchange on the health of the ocean. Hear Peter’s commitment to building an expansive global community of Citizens of...
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Mapping Resilience – Coastal Communities in Iceland
What does it take for individuals, communities and systems to adapt to change? Hear Dr. Matthias Kokorsch’s community resilience framework that lays out six key parameters for community and social resilience. Find us on social media @FutureFrogmen or on our website www.futurefrogmen.org
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The Path To A Smaller Carbon Footprint
Hannah Bacon is walking over 2,000 miles from California to Virginia Beach because she was terrified after reading, The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells. After evaluating her own carbon footprint, Hannah is on a mission to raise awareness about climate change and to support the Sunrise...
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Diving Into Happiness with Brendan De Grim
Brendan De Grim, Dive Safety Officer for The Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, Connecticut was fascinated by diving at an early age. Learn about his journey when he decided to follow his heart and turned his passion for diving into his occupation.
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Cottage City Oysters: A Labor of Love
Brothers Dan and Greg Martino are on a mission to grow the best oysters in the most eco-friendly, sustainable way. Come hear their story and why their work growing Cottage City Oysters is a labor of love.
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Advocating for Ocean Literacy
Dr. Syma Ebbin explains why it is important to build Ocean Literacy and why we should bring science and the humanities together so we can embrace different perspectives in order to make progress in our fight against climate change.
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Student Spotlight: An Ocean Ambassador and Future Leader
Who volunteers at Future Frogmen? Students like Halle Berger who was chosen this year for Sea Grant’s John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. Having received her Master’s in Oceanography from UCONN she is now going for her Ph.D. Come hear her story and how Future Frogmen fosters future...
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Pivoting in a Pandemic: Project Oceanology's Shift During COVID-19
Dr. Molly Jacobs from Project Oceanology talks about how pivoting activities to adapt to Covid-19 has helped her organization reframe how to nurture student and public interest for marine sciences while capitalizing on new opportunities for outreach.
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Finding a New Frontier with a Kelp Farmer
Today we speak with Jonathan McGee, who created New England Sea Farms after a tv show sparked his interest in growing kelp. Jonathan talks about his kelp farming business and background, as well as why Kelp production is so important. Follow us on social media @futurefrogmen!
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Paths Converge to Purpose: Mitigating Climate Change
This episode follows Dr. Emma Cross, a marine scientist who grew up in the United Kingdom and has traveled the world researching the impacts of climate change on marine organisms. Her story is one that demonstrates how the paths we take in life can lead to our purpose. Hear how she is exploring...
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The Next Generation of Ocean Stewards: Lauren Brideau
We finally return with a new episode of the Blue Earth Podcast, which will be airing every week starting with this episode! We have a new host, Dr. Colleen Bielitz, and today we'll be interviewing a recent college graduate as part of our once-a-month episode that focuses on students: the next...
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An Inclusive Approach To Ocean Sustainability
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast features Dr. Colleen Bielitz, who oversees strategic initiatives and outreach for Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut. On January 4th, 2021 Colleen will take the helm as our new host, for season two of the Blue Earth podcast. She...
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Climate Change Impact On Marine Species
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is from our video vault. We’ve repurposed it for you to hear. The virtual panel of graduate students and postdocs from Northeastern, Stony Brook and UConn discuss their research on how climate change impacts the species that they personally study, e.g....
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Predicting the Ocean’s Future
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast features Dr. Samantha Siedlecki of the University of Connecticut’s Department of Marine Sciences. Dr. Siedlecki works in the Coastal Biogeochemical Dynamics Laboratory at UConn’s Avery Point Campus. A beautiful waterfront campus in Groton, Connecticut…
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How Does A Town Ban Single-Use Plastics?
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a story about a young man, a lifeguard, who didn’t like seeing the trash on his beautiful beach and decided to do something about it. Andrew Colabella, a driven individual, explains how he teamed with others to propose and enact ground-breaking…
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Solving Environmental Issues With Economic Tools
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast features Dr. Patrick Heidkamp, Professor of Geography, and the current Chair of the Department of the Environment, Geography and Marine Sciences at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, CT. Southern has a new Werth Center For Coastal and Marine...
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Biodiversity In The Living World
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Dr. Wade Worthen, Professor of Biology at Furman University. As a community ecologist he uses insect communities as model systems. His views on biodiversity are important and enlightening. It’s the story of a man who in his youth...
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Inspiring Hope For Coral Reefs
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Ken Nedimyer, a CNN Hero for “Defending The Planet”. It’s a story about a former commercial fisherman who proactively worked with state and federal groups to ensure a sustainable future. His observations about reefs in jeopardy led to...
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The Art of Eco-Friendly Yachting
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Andy McNab. Andy’s youth was in New Zealand, by the ocean, where he frequently surfed and sailed. In 1979, aboard a 36-foot lightweight trimaran, he and some friends departed New Zealand on a five-month sail to San Francisco. Along the...
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"Into The Planet": With Jill Heinerth
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Jill Heinerth, a world famous underwater explorer. Jill’s specialty is cave diving. She photographs, films and writes about her journeys “Into The Planet”. https://www.intotheplanet.com Her awards and recognitions include the William...
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Future Water Resources: From a Climatology Perspective
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Alexandre Tuel. It’s audio from a previous conversation that our host, Richard Hyman had with Alex. The two met when in 2019, when Alex invited Richard to be the Keynote at MIT Water Night. At that time Alex was the President of the…
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Where Diving Can Take You: The Career Of A Diving Doctor
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Dr. Nicholas Bird. Nick takes us inside the intriguing world of hyperbaric medicine. Essentially born for the treatment of divers’ decompression sickness, today it goes way beyond diving, to treating diabetes, wounds and other…
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Diving Into Life: Talking To A True Adventurer
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Clay Wilcox. He’s a friend of our podcast host, Richard Hyman, Clay is an accomplished SCUBA diver, U.S. mountain bike champ, commercial aviation pilot, and he’s quite the chef! Get this...as a teenager he spent a summer working in...
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Brain Food: The Chemical Finding Its Way Into Your Food And Beverages
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Brian Adams, President and CEO of the Brain Institute of America. He simplifies an explanation of developing biomarkers for neurological disorders and malignancies of the brain, and ties the risks of BPA and other chemicals found in...
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Deep-Sea Stories From a Shadow Diver
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Richie Kohler. He’s an explorer, technical wreck diver, shipwreck historian, filmmaker, and author. Richie was featured in Robert Kurson’s incredible book “Shadow Divers”. It’s a thrilling true story about Richie and John Chatterton’s...
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Finding Your Own Voice
This episode is a conversation with John St. Augustine, one of America’s top talk radio hosts with over 14,000 episodes and 5,000 guests. He’s an accomplished author, public speaker and environmentalist. Today John’s work includes the Life 2.0 podcast, which can be found on Podbean and wherever…
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Dark Water & Indigenous Vision
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with Souta Calling Last, The Executive Director of Indigenous Vision and an environmental justice advocate, Souta is a Native American, of the Blackfeet and Blood tribes. She shares amazing influential stories from when she was a child and how they...
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Hair of a Mermaid, Soul of a Gypsy
That’s how Breezy Grenier describes herself. This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with Breezy. She’s on the go but we caught up with her just after she got her new 200 ton Captain’s license, and before the Downeast Challenge sailing race from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Boothbay Harbor,...
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Pure and Plentiful Water: Maintaining Hope For A Cleaner Tomorrow
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with Father Andrea Vicini, S.J. of Boston College. He is Professor of Moral Theology and Professor of Bioethics. He holds numerous degrees including an M.D. from the University of Bologna and a Ph.D. from Boston College. His research interests include...
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Helping Aquaculture Farmers Sea Crystal Blue
This episode of Blue Earth features a Southern Connecticut State University Masters student, who pitches a technology-based service that helps kelp farmers. Kelp grows in underwater forests, in shallow oceans, including in this case, Long Island Sound. Future Frogmen hosted this Shark Tank-like...
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Brewing A Kelp-Based Revolution
This episode of Blue Earth features two Southern Connecticut State University students, who each pitch an early stage business idea for a product that uses kelp. Kelp grows in underwater forests, in shallow oceans, including in this case, Long Island Sound. Today's ideas include an all-inclusive...
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Kelp: Creating Green Products From Our Blue Ocean
This episode of "Blue Earth" features two Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) students, who each pitch an early stage business idea for a product that uses kelp. This is the first of three episodes being released this week that all focus on blue ways to make some green. This episode...
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Predatory Plastic: How the Same Stuff That Pollutes Our Water Pollutes Your Body
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with John Scott, Senior Chemist at the University of Illinois’, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center. He is focused on emerging contaminants such as microplastics, and is member of the Center’s Applied Research on Industrial and Environmental Systems...
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Environmental Action & Activism in 2020
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with David Helvarg, an author, journalist, and environmental activist. He is also the founder and president of the Blue Frontier Campaign. David shares positive constructive thoughts and ideas about topics including “50 Ways To Save The Ocean”, the…
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Ocean Cleanup: A Classroom Conversation
This episode of Blue Earth is a Q&A between Demi Fox, the NOAA Marine Debris Program’s Northeast Regional Coordinator, and an 11 th grade science class at The Grauer School in Encinitas, CA. Topics include the sources of marine debris, zero waste initiatives, recycling, the value of taking...
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Conserving and Restoring Migratory Fish Habitats
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation with Steve Gephard, a Supervising Fisheries Biologist with the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Fisheries Division. He manages: 1.) The Diadromous Fish Program: Promoting conservation and restoration of fish that migrate...
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The Scourge of Plastic: A Conversation with Dianna Cohen, CEO of the Plastic Pollution Coalition
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Ms. Dianna Cohen, the Co-Founder and CEO of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, a nonprofit organization. Dianna is also a visual artist, who primarily uses plastic bags as material. She has spoken at the United Nations and numerous...
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Ecological Restoration in the Long Island Sound Region
This episode of Blue Earth is a conversation about Ecological Restoration in the Long Island Sound region. The Sound is a 120-mile long tidal estuary between Long Island, NY to the south and Connecticut to the north. It’s fed by both fresh water tributaries and saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean....
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Dungeness Crabs: Predicting Vulnerability to Climate Change
This episode of the Blue Earth Podcast is a conversation with Ms. Halle Berger. Halle is a valuable volunteer at Future Frogmen. She will soon graduate from the University Connecticut with a Masters in Marine Science. Her undergraduate studies were in Marine Biology at Northeastern University....
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The Blue Earth podcast is a show focused on ocean awareness and conservation. Season One's host is Future Frogmen's Founder, Richard E. Hyman, former Cousteau diver, ocean lover and conservation activist. Guest speakers include explorers, scientists. ocean farmers and more. They discuss their work and issues facing our ocean. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/blueearth/support
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