The Ocean Is Us #1 : Teens4Oceans – Marine Science Education
high school students measuring a juvenile green sea turtle off of Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin IslandsPhoto courtesy of Mikki McComb-Kobza Teens4Oceans (starts at 9:15): Today, we’re kicking off...
View ArticleThe Ocean Is Us #2 : Endocrine Disruptors in Drinking Water
Dr. Alan Vajda (CU Denver) and Dr. David Norris (CU Boulder) dissecting fish from Boulder Creek to evaluate effects of wastewater effluent exposure.Photo courtesy Alan Vajda Endocrine Disruptors and...
View ArticleThe Ocean Is Us #3 : Marine Sanctuaries
Marine Sanctuaries (starts at 5:18) This is the third feature interview In the Ocean Is Us series, which explores how we in land-locked Colorado are connected to the oceans, why they matter so much to...
View ArticleThe Ocean is Us #4: Sustainable Seafood
MSC-certified “Chilean sea bass” filets and other fish displayed at a Whole Foods market in Boulder, Colo.Photo courtesy Susan Moran Sustainable Seafood: (start time 5:10) This is the fourth feature...
View ArticleThe Meaning of Wilderness // The Ocean Is Us #5: Living Underwater
Dr. M. SanjayanPhoto credit Ami Vitale The Meaning of Wilderness (starts 4:30): Fifty years ago last week, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law the Wilderness Act. It was then, and remains today,...
View ArticleSTEM Research // Sex in the Sea
High school researchers in CU Boulder program observing photo-origami model. Photo credit: Stacey Forsyth Today’s show offers two features: High School STEM Stars (start time: 5:00): Developing...
View ArticlePledge Drive//Interview with Ed Yong
This week’s pledge- drive show features a teaser introduction to Ed Yong’s new book I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life. We play segments from the interview that...
View ArticlePlastic Pollution in Ocean
Photo credit: Conserve Energy Future In today’s show we offer two related features: Plastic Pollution in the Arctic, Green Chemistry (start time: 7:48) Try to wrap your brain around this statistic: by...
View ArticleOcean Conservation: MPAs
Papahānaumokuākea Marine National MonumentCredit: James Watt/NOAA This week’s show brings you the following feature interview: Protecting Ocean Biodiversity (start time: 2:42) In honor of World...
View ArticleOctopus Wild
Craig Foster with his octopus teacher This week we review the hit movie “My Octopus Teacher,” the story about a man who goes diving in a kelp forest off the Western Cape of South Africa, and becomes...
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