Ocean Science Radio

Come hear the story of Kamau Sadiki, President, National Association of Black Scuba Divers, lead diving instructor for Diving with a Purpose and a member of the team that identified the Clotilda, the last-known ship to bring slaves from Africa to the USA AND of Gabrielle Miller, an archeologist specializing in the African Diaspora and a trainer who came up in the ranks of Diving with a Purpose.  

It is October and the white sharks are flocking to the west coast again. It is time for the annual episodes highlighting the cool shark and elasmobranch stories, SHARKTOBER! 

On this episode, we chat with shark scientist and science writer Melissa Cristina Márquez speaking about Whale Shark Eyes, Skinless Sharks, Pink Mantas, and the relationship between Sharks and COVID-19. 

In this episode the team chats with Dr. Yi Chao, CEO, and Senior Engineer Michael Zedelmair about the Seatrec technology. This is a game-changing technology harvests the heat and pressure difference in the ocean to generate electricity for drones, research facilities, and possibly even small communities.  

From Boaty Mc Boat Face to current cycles to pocket sharks and CITES, Francis and Andrew have a discussion on some of the ocean stories that impacted us over the last year. 

The Ocean Science Radio Team speaks with caver and robotics systems designer Vickie Siegel  and CEO of Stone Aerospace Bill Stone about the groundbreaking underwater autonomous vehicle which changes the game when it comes to underwater mapping, artificial intelligence, and robotic exploration. 

Be sure to check out this video of the Sunfish in action. 

In this episode, we explore the relationship between renewable energy and our cell phones, the perpetually nascent deep-ocean mining industry, and the Coronavirus. We also learn how working together before the industry has started extracting resources that stakeholders, industry, and conservation interests are in a key position to minimize impact.

The team meets with Dr. Andrew Thaler - CEO of Blackbeard Biologic and Dr. Diva Amon - founder of SpeSeas, a non-profit that supports marine research in the Caribbean.

In the final episode of 2020's Ocean Lovin' Series, Andrew Kornblatt, Frances Farabaugh, and Skylar Bayer speak with marine biologist and photographer  Alexander Semenov and Associate Professor of Biology at College of Charleston, Andrew Clark to talk about sex lives of Sea Angels and Hagfish. 

It's Valentines Day and with it comes our next installment focusing on reproduction in the ocean. Join us this time as we highlight the insane "fishing" schemes of freshwater mussels.

From specialized lures to suicide larvae bombs the freshwater mussel has found unique ways to spread their parasitic spawn to JUST the right fish species.

Join Andrew Kornblatt, Francis Farabaugh, and Dr. Skylar Bayer as we chat with a SLEW of scientists specialized in this species.

Guests include:

Dr. Tim Lane, Southwest Virginia Freshwater Mussel Recovery Coordinator at Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries
Dr. Carla Atkinson, University of Alabama
Dr. Louise Lavictoire, The Freshwater Biological Association
Karen Thompson, New Zealand National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
Nicole Hanrahan, Masters student at the University of Ottawa and New Zealand.
Michel Melchior , a PhD student at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

60 years ago today the Trieste made the historic trip to be the first manned vehicle to go to the deepest part of the ocean and come back up again. Join the team as we chat with Don Walsh who made the incredible journey. 

Over 35,000 feet below the surface of the ocean the historic voyage came with its challenges, turmoil, and gasoline filled metal balloons.  Come learn about the science behind the dive and some of the terrifying stories of their descent into the deep!

Music from https://filmmusic.io
"Expeditionary" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
"The Descent" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Hitting the pages of the SROCC (the last IPCC Report), the UN Climate Summit and even the pages of the New York Times, the rising loss of oxygen in our ocean due to heat and chemistry change has huge implications for our climate and our food from the ocean.  Ocean Science Radio sits down with Dr. Mandy Joye and Dr. Sylvia Earle 

Additional music: https://www.purple-planet.com