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Our Ocean World (Environment)

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Host: Marilyn Cooley
Daily radio feature that brings listeners around the world news and information about issues related to the ocean. The show presents solutions to shared problems and suggestions on how listeners can help preserve our most vital natural resource.
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Genres: Environment
Location: Riverside, CA
Language: English

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Antifreeze fish

today Listen

Antarctic cod come equipped with their own natural antifreeze. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Whale song

Fri, Nov 20 Listen

Whales from different oceans sing different songs. But while migrating, one group of whale immigrants gave singing lessons and the resident whales changed their tunes. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Making waves

Thu, Nov 19 Listen

Waves are generated by wind blowing over the water. The more wind, the bigger the waves. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Oxygen from the ocean

Wed, Nov 18 Listen

The ocean supports life on land by producing tiny ocean algae called phytoplankton, which in turn produce oxygen. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Submarine safari

Tue, Nov 17 Listen

Each year more than 2 million people are treated to views of the underwater world that are normally reserved for scientists and professional divers. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Beebe's bathysphere

Tue, Nov 17 Listen

In 1930 zoologist William Beebe invented the bathysphere, a steel ball five feet wide with two quartz windows. From inside, he was one of the first to explore the depths of the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Slug farm

Fri, Nov 13 Listen

At most farms you have your chickens, cows, a pig here a sheep there. But at this farm the stables are stocked with sea-slugs. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Coral flypaper

Thu, Nov 12 Listen

A new tool for coral conservation, coral flypaper doesn't attract flies, but it does attract young corals giving them a better chance to survive. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Manatees brain

Wed, Nov 11 Listen

A 3,000 pound manatee with a brain the size of a grapefruit may seem to be a biological mismatch. But the issue of brain size and intelligence in animals is literally a gray area. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Manatees and motor boats

Tue, Nov 10 Listen

Manatees are covered with sensitive hairs that act like sense organs that detect movement underwater, but they are still killed or injured by speeding motor boats. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Manatee hair

Mon, Nov 9 Listen

Manatee hair is as important to manatee survival as smell, taste or even vision. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Whipnose angler fish

Fri, Nov 6 Listen

In a deep sea world of perpetual darkness whatever gets you through the night is all right. Including living upside down with your own fishing pole. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gray whale recovery

Thu, Nov 5 Listen

Migrating between summers in Alaska and Winters in Baja California, Mexico, gray whales are now thriving. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gasping in the Chesapeake-2

Wed, Nov 4 Listen

When nutrients like sewage and fertilizer end up in Chesapeake Bay, algae grow. The result is low oxygen levels for fish. But it’s a different scenario for jellyfish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Gasping in the Chesapeake-1

Tue, Nov 3 Listen

Each summer excess nutrients make algae grow in the Chesapeake Bay. That's a problem for fish and fish larvae. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Oil slicks without spills

Mon, Nov 2 Listen

The Gulf of Mexico region has a vast supply of fossil fuel that sometimes seeps out through the mud on the sea floor. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Tubeworms

Fri, Oct 30 Listen

These animals live two hundred years or more, behave more like a plant than an animal, and survive in the dark on a chemical diet. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Ecosystem foundation

Thu, Oct 29 Listen

There's more to ocean life than just the popular species like dolphins, sharks, and sea turtles. Smaller unknown creatures also play an important role in the food chain. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Fish count

Wed, Oct 28 Listen

Biologists are using a complicated mathematical technique to count Florida’s coral reef fish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Triggerfish feeding

Tue, Oct 27 Listen

The protective armor of hard-shelled lobsters and spiny sea urchins is no match for the triggerfish. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Jellyfish

Mon, Oct 26 Listen

Juvenile jellyfish rest in stacks on the ocean floor during the winter, waiting until they are mature before drifting into the open ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Bioluminescence

Fri, Oct 23 Listen

Ocean animals produce light to attract prey and distract predators. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Water striders

Thu, Oct 22 Listen

Most species of water striders live on bodies of fresh water, but five species have adapted to life on the ocean. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Saving the sawfish

Wed, Oct 21 Listen

The fierce looking sawfish is endangered due to over-fishing, by-catch, and habitat destruction. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Mercury munchers

Tue, Oct 20 Listen

Hi-tech bacteria are being used to remove toxic mercury from wastewater. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Salmon sharks

Mon, Oct 19 Listen

Most sharks are cold-blooded, but the Salmon shark has heat-generating muscles to keep it from freezing in the Antarctic waters it calls home. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Louisiana sea level

Fri, Oct 16 Listen

The state of Louisiana has lost an expanse of land larger than Rhode Island since 1930. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Shipworms

Thu, Oct 15 Listen

Shipworms have been invading and destroying man-made wooden structures for as long as man has been making them. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Deep ocean oases

Thu, Oct 8 Listen

Hydrothermal vents provide a heat and food source for deep ocean critters. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!

Threatened loons

Wed, Oct 7 Listen

Loons nest on lakes in northern woods, but in the fall they head to the coast. Do you like the Our Ocean World podcast? Please help spread the love! Send an email to info@flpradio.com, tell a friend, or write a review in a podcast directory. Thanks!