Oceanography | Marine Science and Ocean Stories

Ocean science only matters if people can connect with it. Science communicator Anabelle Chaumun explains why marine biodiversity is difficult to make visible, why misinformation can outpace evidence, and how ocean storytelling can stay accurate while still feeling human. The episode also introduces EMBRC's network of European marine stations and explores documentary photography, ethics, representation, and science communication as ways to connect research with public life.

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Episode Guests: Anabelle Chaumun

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Visit the European Marine Biological Resource Center (EMBRC) website

Communications: for science and society, Ministère de l'Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Espace by Anabelle Chaumun

Artists residencies as part of the TREC expedition

EMBRC's latest annual report 2024

EMBRC's website

A few examples of applications of EMBRC research:

Portugal: Preventing a deadly dinner: How EMBRC Portugal’s marine research is keeping dinners safe

Greece: Innovative disease control strategies in marine aquaculture

EMBRC Political Recommendations

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Microplastics research has reshaped the questions. Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones reviews what ocean microplastics science now shows about sources, movement, accumulation, and effects on marine food webs. The conversation also maps the major unknowns, including nanoplastics, fragmentation rates, and thousands of chemicals associated with plastics. It closes by connecting marine pollution research with policy and negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty.

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Episode Guests: Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones

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Find the article 20 Years of Microplastic Research: What have we learned?

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Explore artwork by Benjamin Von Wong

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Plastic Podcast: The Truth about Biodegradable Plastics

Plastic Podcast: Busan and Beyond - A UN Treaty on Plastics 

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A marine heat wave can make the land even hotter. Japan Meteorological Agency scientist Hirotaka Sato explains how the 2023 marine heat wave near northern Japan amplified record-breaking summer temperatures onshore. The episode traces ocean-atmosphere heat transfer, cloud and humidity feedbacks, and weakened sea-breeze cooling to show how unusually warm water can intensify extreme heat and complicate climate forecasting and coastal adaptation.

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Episode Guests: Mr. Hirotaka Sato

Find the article we discussed, Impact of an unprecedented marine heatwave on extremely hot summer over Northern Japan in 2023.

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JMA Annual Report on Extreme Cliamte Events

JMA Report on Climate Change in Japan 2025

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Oil-spill science starts long before a disaster. Marine microbial oceanographer Dr. Alice Ortmann explains why baseline ocean data are essential for detecting change around offshore oil and gas activity near Newfoundland. Learn what counts as an oil spill, how oil and methane move through the water, and how marine microbes help researchers assess deep sea ecosystem health, pollution risk, and environmental response before and after an incident.

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Episode Guests: Dr. Alice Ortmann

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Visit the Marine Microbiome Forum

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For 50 years, one ship carried ocean science to sea. As the R/V Endeavor retires, operations manager Brendan Thornton and veteran captain Chris Arminetti look back on the people, expeditions, and practical work that kept a floating laboratory running. The conversation follows the research vessel's final voyage, its role in training generations of oceanographers, and what its legacy means for the next generation of ocean research infrastructure.

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Episode Guests: Brendan Thorton and Chris Armanetti

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Meet the next chapter: the Narragansett Dawn

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COP30 exposed the distance between promises and power. Clark Marchese closes the Belém reporting arc with a broader analysis of climate policy, scientific reports, carbon markets, emissions, China's energy transition, the United States' absence, and the meaning of a just transition. With Carola Mejía of Latindadd, the episode examines the Tropical Forest Forever Facility and the tensions among climate finance, Indigenous stewardship, international power, and forest protection.

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10 New Insights in Climate Science

Nation article

No mention of fossil fuels

1600 + fossil fuel lobbyists at COP 30

Indigenous Flotilla

Climate Home News Indigenous access to COP30

Climate Tracker Report

Episode Guest: Carola Mejía

Latindadd

TFFF: A False Solution

Asamblea Against the TFFF

Devex: TFFF Origin Story 

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The ocean took center stage at COP30. This episode of Oceanography explores how ocean science, policy, and lived experience shaped the climate conversations at COP30 in Belém, Brazil. From marine carbon dioxide removal and blue carbon ecosystem restoration to funding gaps and governance challenges, the episode traces how the ocean is increasingly framed as both a climate solution and a site of urgent risk. It also examines what COP30 delivered for the ocean, where progress was made, where ambition fell short, and why adaptation, ocean climate finance, and follow-through remain unresolved. Grounded in reporting from the Ocean Pavilion and informed by broader analysis, this episode reflects on what it really means for oceans to rise on the global climate agenda.

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10 New Insights in Climate Science for 2025 by Future Earth 

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Voices from Belém COP30 brought global climate negotiations to Belém, a city where the Amazon meets the sea. This episode offers a grounded introduction to the conference by centering the people who live there. Activist Catarina Nefertari and artist and event producer Danilo Pontes share what the event meant for their communities, the environmental challenges facing Pará, and how local experiences shape the wider climate conversation.Their perspectives connect Amazon conservation, coastal communities, culture, inequality, and environmental policy, grounding COP30 in the city and region hosting it rather than in conference language alone. This is the first part of a three-episode COP30 series, providing essential context on the host city before turning to ocean science and international negotiation dynamics in the episodes ahead.

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Episode Guests: Catarina Nefertari and Danilo Pontes

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Kelp forests support wildlife, coastlines, and culture. Scott Bohachyk of Ocean Wise and James LaFlamme of the Tseshaht First Nation discuss kelp forest restoration on Vancouver Island. Learn how seaforestation supports biodiversity, buffers shorelines, and participates in carbon cycling, as well as why Indigenous stewardship shapes where and how restoration happens. The episode treats kelp as an ecosystem and a relationship, not a simple climate technology.

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Episode Guests: Scott Bohachyk and James LaFlamme

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The cause of wasting disease, discovered by the Hakai Research Institue

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A film festival can turn a screening into action. Julie Anderson of Plastic Oceans International explains how the Trees & Seas Film Festival links environmental storytelling with community participation. Through participatory film activism and the Blue Communities model, screenings become starting points for local dialogue, education, cleanups, and longer-term conservation work. The episode asks how science communication can move audiences from awareness to involvement..

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Episode Guest. Julie Anderson

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