World Ocean Radio

Peter Neill, World Ocean Observatory
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World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for free syndicated use by college, community and public radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy, innovation and exemplary projects. More than 65 broadcast affiliates in the US and around the world. FMI: worldoceanobservatory.org/#work.

  1. 6d ago

    What the Ocean Remembers

    Does the ocean remember? Can we suppose the ocean records memory in the continuity of the marine life reliant on it for sustenance, in the energy it stores from the sun, in the voyages and explorations it has supported through time? The ocean stores energy and sustenance as both remembered and generated knowledge to come, and in its wisdom holds the opportunities for sustainability and for our survival.  WORLD OCEAN RADIOWorld Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college, community and public radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer host Peter Neill's perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects. Subscribe, rate and review: every share, star, and endorsement helps to sustain World Ocean Radio.

    What the Ocean Remembers

  2. Oct 13

    Electric War

    If war was once driven by oil, it has now become a function of electricity as its foundational resource, enabled by a grid which is currently unable to meet today’s ever-increasing demand. Where is all that new energy to come from?  WORLD OCEAN RADIOA weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college, community and public radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy, exemplary projects and innovation. Subscribe, rate and review: every share, star, and endorsement helps to sustain World Ocean Radio.

    Electric War

  3. Oct 6

    The Hard Reality of Our Time

    John Walter recently shared an "inventory of possibilities" to Substack describing conditions, in five regions of the United States, where vulnerabilities and a convergence of failures might trigger a cascade of disaster in which existing conditions could be forced beyond their limits. The susceptible regions and concerns discussed are: Northeastern density, California's agriculture, Florida's sea level rise, the heat of the desert Southwest, and the seasonal demands of the industrial Midwest. WORLD OCEAN RADIOWorld Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer host Peter Neill's perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects. Subscribe, rate and review: every share, star, and endorsement helps to sustain World Ocean Radio. Image: usgs.govLandsat 7 Captures Hurricane Ian Aftermath Detailed Description On October 2, 2022, this gap-filled Landsat 7 image captured brownish-black sediment runoff from rivers and streams on the southwest coast of Florida. These are the first Landsat images after Hurricane Ian devastated the area on Wednesday, September 28. Water runoff can carry away debris, fertilizers, metals, and other pollutants.

    The Hard Reality of Our Time

  4. Sep 29

    Floating Solar

    This week on World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill is discussing solar energy, in his opinion, a pure opportunity at every level of scale and application. He shares examples of floating solar projects around the world--arrays placed on the surface of reservoirs, abandoned sandpits, and other passive bodies of water--that are providing substantial contributions and annual outputs in places like India, China, the Netherlands, and Africa.   WORLD OCEAN RADIO World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer host Peter Neill's perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects. Subscribe, rate and review: every share, star, and endorsement helps to sustain World Ocean Radio.

    Floating Solar

  5. Sep 22

    Don't Need to Greenwash Anymore

    This week, inspired by a recent post by journalist Andrew Lewin for The Daily Ocean Brief, we are discussing the "greenwashing phenomenon” and the investigation and prosecution of more than 400 companies worldwide that have been found fraudulent in their product claims, deliberate and disingenuous compromise of the Environmental Sustainability Standards (ESGs) intended to protect consumers. And we share details of a resultant new phenomenon, corporate “green-hushing”, where product sustainability claims are being dropped rather than facing the risks of litigation over claims companies cannot prove. About World Ocean RadioWorld Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide. Peter Neill, Director of the World Ocean Observatory and host of World Ocean Radio, provides coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Visit https://www.worldoceanobservatory.org/ to learn more. World Ocean Radio16 Years, 800+ EpisodesOcean is climateClimate is oceanThe sea connects all things

    Don't Need to Greenwash Anymore

  6. Sep 14

    How to Describe Ocean Benefit

    ABOUT THIS EPISODEThis week on World Ocean Radio we are reading from a Scotland Nature Agency presentation that describes the benefits from Nature, defined by four actions: provisioning, regulating, supporting, and acculturating; and the benefits from the sea, actions defined similarly as provisioning, maintaining, and supporting.   WORLD OCEAN RADIO World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer host Peter Neill's perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects. Subscribe, rate and review: every share, star, and endorsement helps to sustain World Ocean Radio.

    How to Describe Ocean Benefit

  7. Sep 9

    Truth and Trends by the Numbers

    This week on World Ocean Radio we are revisiting the Global Footprint Network and the concept of "overshoot", the number of days by which citizens and corporations of any nation consume the natural resources that are sustainably available for that year. And we're describing numbers as measured through a series of graphs that visualize trends by category, up or down, of human enterprise worldwide.  World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects.

    Truth and Trends by the Numbers

  8. Sep 1

    Eustacy: A Word for the Ocean

    Eustacy is a word used to describe worldwide changes of sea level. This is a new word for us: even though it seems we live in a eustatic world. We're using this newly-discovered word to distill the five areas of our existence where the ocean matters most: fresh water, the ocean-fresh water continuum, energy, food, health, and exchange.   About World Ocean RadioWorld Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for syndicated use at no cost by college and community radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy and exemplary projects. Episodes of World Ocean Radio offer perspectives on global ocean issues and viable solutions, and celebrate exemplary projects.

    Eustacy: A Word for the Ocean
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World Ocean Radio is a weekly series of five-minute audio essays available for free syndicated use by college, community and public radio stations worldwide, providing coverage of a broad spectrum of ocean issues from science and education to advocacy, innovation and exemplary projects. More than 65 broadcast affiliates in the US and around the world. FMI: worldoceanobservatory.org/#work.

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  • Creator
    Peter Neill, World Ocean Observatory
  • Years Active
    2011 - 2026
  • Episodes
    557
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2026 World Ocean Radio
  • Show Website
    World Ocean Radio

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