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"Our Ocean World" is a 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. "Our Ocean World" is hosted by Marilyn Cooley, a top radio host in Washington, D.C., and airs on hundreds of radio stations around the world.



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Date Added 12-Aug-2005 Hits: 4483 Rating: 5.00 Votes: 1

 

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Our Ocean World Episodes -

Whale song
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!
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Making waves
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!
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Oxygen from the ocean
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!
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Beebe's bathysphere
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!
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Submarine safari
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!
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Slug farm
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!
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Coral flypaper
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!
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Manatees brain
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!
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Manatees and motor boats
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!
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Manatee hair
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!
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Whipnose angler fish
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!
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Gray whale recovery
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!
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Gasping in the Chesapeake-2
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!
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Gasping in the Chesapeake-1
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!
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Oil slicks without spills
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!
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Tubeworms
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!
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Ecosystem foundation
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!
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Fish count
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!
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Triggerfish feeding
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!
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Jellyfish
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!
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Bioluminescence
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!
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Water striders
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!
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Saving the sawfish
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!
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Mercury munchers
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!
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Salmon sharks
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!
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Louisiana sea level
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!
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Shipworms
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!
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Sea monster myths
Some legends of sea monster sightings are still a mystery, but many have logical explanations. 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!
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Hydrothermal vents
Spreading tectonic plates on the seafloor create hydrothermal hot vents that have been found in water from the tropics to the arctic. 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!
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Ultrasound for Whales
New research shows that undernourished female right whales cannot reproduce. 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!
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Deep ocean oases
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!
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