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Wavelengths Ocean Podcast
by Betsy Brown
Wavelengths explores the environmental, social, and economic issues affecting the oceans. Episodes are presented in a storytelling form. Follow host Betsy Brown as she learns what’s happening to the seas around her and what people are doing about it.
Episodes
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Impacts of Tourism: Philippines Special Part II
Wavelengths visits Malapascua island in the Philippines where tourists come from all over the world to experience the thrill of diving with Thresher Sharks.
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Impacts of Tourism: Philippines Special Part II
Wavelengths visits Malapascua island in the Philippines where tourists come from all over the world to experience the thrill of diving with Thresher Sharks.
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Sharks and Typhoon Yolanda: Philippines Special Part I
*This is a new version of "How Sharks Helped an Island Recover from a Devastating Typhoon"with corrected audio levels.* As the Philippines recovers from another devastating typhoon - Wavelengths Ocean Podcast looks back at 2013 when Typhoon Yolanda struck the central Philippines. We hear from a...
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Sharks and Typhoon Yolanda: Philippines Special Part I
*This is a new version of "How Sharks Helped an Island Recover from a Devastating Typhoon"with corrected audio levels.* As the Philippines recovers from another devastating typhoon - Wavelengths Ocean Podcast looks back at 2013 when Typhoon Yolanda struck the central Philippines. We hear from a...
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Teaser: How a tiny island recovered from a devastating typhoon
Wavelengths returns with a two-part special from the Philippines October 9th.
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Teaser: How a tiny island recovered from a devastating typhoon
Wavelengths returns with a two-part special from the Philippines October 9th.
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Hawaii's Dangerous Sea Creature
If I told you a translucent blob with long flowing ribbon-like tentacles could kill you would you believe me? A sting from a Chironex Fleckeri Box Jellyfish can stop your heart in just five minutes but it looks harmless. That species of jellyfish isn't in Hawaii, but it's cousin the Alatina Box...
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Hawaii's Dangerous Sea Creature
If I told you a translucent blob with long flowing ribbon-like tentacles could kill you would you believe me? A sting from a Chironex Fleckeri Box Jellyfish can stop your heart in just five minutes but it looks harmless. That species of jellyfish isn't in Hawaii, but it's cousin the Alatina Box...
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Danger in the Ocean (tease)
A preview to the next episode of Wavelengths. Coming 9 days after the last full moon. (Feb. 9)
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Danger in the Ocean (tease)
A preview to the next episode of Wavelengths. Coming 9 days after the last full moon. (Feb. 9)
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Super Coral: Getting Ahead of Climate Change
On a tiny piece of land in the middle of Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii a group of scientists is working hard to save coral reefs. It's a multi-layered project using several approaches to train and modify coral so it can survive heat stress. The project is led by Dr. Ruth Gates and gained momentum after...
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Super Coral: Getting Ahead of Climate Change
On a tiny piece of land in the middle of Kaneohe Bay in Hawaii a group of scientists is working hard to save coral reefs. It's a multi-layered project using several approaches to train and modify coral so it can survive heat stress. The project is led by Dr. Ruth Gates and gained momentum after...
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Social Media and Monk Seal Monitoring
Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild. This is a Wavelengths "Surface Interval" - or programming break between regular episodes. Watch for the next regular length episode January 16. To report a monk seal sighting To report...
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Social Media and Monk Seal Monitoring
Learn how scientists are using social to monitor endangered monk seals and the people who see them in the wild. This is a Wavelengths "Surface Interval" - or programming break between regular episodes. Watch for the next regular length episode January 16. To report a monk seal sighting To report...
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White as Snow: Coral Bleaching in the Pacific
Something happened to one of my favorite places. This week on Wavelengths I take you to the island of Guam where coral bleaching has impacted reefs four times in the last five years. We'll explore what bleaching does to coral and what it means for the future of the reef. This episode's guests are...
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White as Snow: Coral Bleaching in the Pacific
Something happened to one of my favorite places. This week on Wavelengths I take you to the island of Guam where coral bleaching has impacted reefs four times in the last five years. We'll explore what bleaching does to coral and what it means for the future of the reef. This episode's guests are...
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Plastics in Paradise: Marine Debris in the Hawaiian Islands
When you imagine a remote beach what do you picture? This week on Wavelengths we take you to Pearl and Hermes Atoll, one of the most isolated islands in the world. We hear about the beauty of this place and how trash from thousands of miles away is destroying it. We also meet a group of high…
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Plastics in Paradise: Marine Debris in the Hawaiian Islands
When you imagine a remote beach what do you picture? This week on Wavelengths we take you to Pearl and Hermes Atoll, one of the most isolated islands in the world. We hear about the beauty of this place and how trash from thousands of miles away is destroying it. We also meet a group of high…
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Episode 1 Trailer: Plastics in Paradise
A preview for the first Episode of Wavelengths: Plastics in Paradise. We take you to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument where we learn how litter is harming wildlife in the largest protected area of Ocean in the United States.
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Episode 1 Trailer: Plastics in Paradise
A preview for the first Episode of Wavelengths: Plastics in Paradise. We take you to Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument where we learn how litter is harming wildlife in the largest protected area of Ocean in the United States.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Wavelengths explores the environmental, social, and economic issues affecting the oceans. Episodes are presented in a storytelling form.
Follow host Betsy Brown as she learns what’s happening to the seas around her and what people are doing about it.
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Betsy Brown
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