NOAA Ocean Podcast

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NOAA Ocean Podcast episodes

December 03, 2015 Exploring Hawaii's Coral Reefs
Dive into our latest Diving Deeper audio podcast as we explore the importance of Hawaii's coral reefs and what makes these reefs so unique.

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23 min
November 24, 2015 Marine Debris Movement
Dive into our latest Ocean Shorts podcast as we explore how marine debris moves in our environment and what causes it to move.
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5 min
October 29, 2015 A Healthy Eelgrass Meadow is Restored
An effort to restore eelgrass beds along Virginia's eastern shore began with people painstakingly planting 200 acres of eelgrass seeds by hand. Today, these eelgrass meadows have grown to 6,195 acres — providing a home for an estimated 240,000 bay scallops!
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5 min
October 22, 2015 Nuisance Flooding
In this episode, we talk with a NOAA oceanographer about nuisance flooding--what it is, where it's happening, and what drives it.

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16 min
September 24, 2015 Vertical Mapping and Atomic Clocks
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, are developing atomic clocks that are so accurate that the effects of the general theory of relativity come into play. That means if two of these clocks are at slightly different elevations—even a few centimeters—the higher clock runs noticeably faster. In this episode, find out why this is a problem for NIST, how the National Geodetic Survey helped to solve this problem, and how these amazing atomic clocks may someday play an important role in the science of geodesy.

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13 min
September 17, 2015 Coral Bleaching
What does it mean when a coral bleaches? Hear from NOAA's Jennifer Koss and Mark Eakin on the effects of coral bleaching in our latest Ocean Shorts audio podcast.
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5 min
August 27, 2015 Hurricane Katrina: 10 Years Later
Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, we’re speaking with two pollution responders from NOAA’s Office of Response and Restoration who were working in Louisiana in the wake of these destructive storms. First, we’re speaking by phone with Charlie Henry, who at the time was NOAA’s primary scientific advisor to the Coast Guard in New Orleans and who today serves as Director for NOAA’s Gulf of Mexico Disaster Response Center in Mobile, Alabama. Dive into our latest podcast.

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23 min
June 25, 2015 Ocean Economy
Dive into our ocean economy in our latest podcast. We talk with NOAA economist Jeff Adkins to understand how we all benefit from our ocean economy.

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14 min
June 18, 2015 Hypoxia
In this episode, hear about a condition known as hypoxia -- where oxygen levels drop so low that creatures in the water are stressed or killed.
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3 min
May 14, 2015 NOAA PORTS
NOAA PORTS® is an information system that delivers data that mariners need to navigate safely. Dive into our latest Ocean Shorts to learn more.
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4 min