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Exploring the topic of ocean pollution and the multiple solutions currently being developed. Cover art photo provided by Daniele Levis Pelusi on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@yogidan2012

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    The Silence Beneath the Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2026 13:39


    A few thoughts on the silence beneath the waves.

    Memory - What the Ocean Remembers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2026 11:21


    What the Ocean Remembers

    Patience - How the Ocean Operates on Timescales Beyond Us

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2026 11:50


    How the Ocean Operates on Timescales Beyond Us

    Invisible Currents

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2026 9:30


    A few words on understanding the importance of what we do not see.

    Ocean & Culture — How the Sea Shapes Who We Are

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2026 7:09


    Further thoughts on the previous recordings.

    Proximity – The Ocean Is Closer Than You Think

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 10:27


    A few thoughts on the proximity of the ocean.

    Scale – How Small Actions Connect to a Global Ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2026 11:46


    A few thoughts on adopting a new perspective on scale.

    Restoration – What Can Actually Be Repaired?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2026 10:03


    A few thoughts on ocean restoration.

    The Deep Ocean – Time, Pressure, and Irreversibility

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2026 8:09


    A few words on the deep ocean.

    The Ocean We Don't See – Sound, Silence, and Noise

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2026 7:54


    Revisiting the dimension of sound within the ocean.

    Time, Climate, and the Ocean's Hidden Rhythms

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2026 9:29


    inspired by an article in SciTechDaily.

    The Ocean Never Changes All at Once.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2026 9:59


    Based on an article from Earth.

    What Lies Beneath

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2026 11:30


    inspired by an article authored by Imogen Folkes.

    What the Ocean Remembers

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2026 11:06


    Inspired by the military waste from world war 2 dumped into the Baltic sea.

    The Ocean's Enforcement Gap: Why Protection Isn't Protection

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2026 8:20


    inspired by an article by Rhett Ayers Butler.

    The Machines Exploring Our Last Unknowns

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2026 5:48


    From single drones to systems.

    The AUV That Went Under the Ice… and Didn't Come Back

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2026 6:38


    A few words on when innovation falls short.

    From Ice to Stone — The Hidden Ocean Legacy of Douglas Mawson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2026 8:43


    Based on an article found on Mawson, reminding us where the ocean also was.

    Ancient Warnings: Climate Change Before Modern Science

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 7:20


    Rogue Waves — The Ocean Myth That Turned Out to Be Real

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2026 8:39


    inspired by an article on the topic un phys.org.

    Tsunami Risks in the Mediterranean.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2026 8:35


    A few words following the read of an article on the topic in phys.org

    One Ocean.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2026 9:59


    A few words...

    Switzerland — The Country of Four Seas

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 9:03


    Based on an article found in the SRI.

    Bridgers: The Leadership the Ocean Has Been Teaching Us All Along

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2026 9:33


    Based on an article found in the HBR.

    Blue Carbon: What It Is, and Why It Matters

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2026 7:09


    a short note on blue carbon.

    David Attenborough, Wonder, and Learning Not to Look Away

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2026 8:16


    A reflection based upon an article in the Guardian.

    Ocean Matters Podcast, 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2025 10:47


    A few words on 2025 based on impressions and the wrap-up report from Spitify for the year 2025.

    Europe's Changing Climate: Between Storms, Hope, and the Shape of Tomorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 7:34


    As authored by Phil Plumley

    Europe at the Crossroads: Innovation or Inertia?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 7:28


    As authored by Phil Plumley

    Can Singapore Keep the Lights On While Cutting Carbon?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 11:25


    As authored by Phil Plumley.

    The Law of the Sea and the Power of Accountability

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 11:17


    As authored by Phil Plumley

    Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 6:51


    Something is working': UN climate chief optimistic about green transition.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2025 12:40


    As authored by Fiona Harvey.

    Edinburgh is first Scottish council to make Ocean Declaration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 6:28


    As authored by Rob Hutchins.

    Who Invented the Trireme, the Famous Warship of the Ancient Greeks?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2025 7:27


    As authored by Caleb Howells.

    Experimental ocean climate fixes move ahead without regulation

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2025 3:58


    Greenland's unexpected discovery could change everything, scientists say

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2025 4:49


    Clearing the Air by Hannah Ritchie review – practical climate optimism

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2025 6:15


    As authored by Stephen Poole.

    We've done it before': how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 28:18


    As authored by Kate Marvel.

    Frozen and unknown — Scientists confirm Earth has a new ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2025 6:33


    As authored by Beatriz T.

    The Ancient Wanderers of the Deep

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2025 7:43


    As authored by Phil Plumley

    The Forecasts That Came True

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 10:07


    As authored by Phil Plumley.

    Athy's new Shackleton Museum welcomes its first overseas visitors

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2025 6:20


    As authored by Frank Taaffe.

    How spending two minutes picking up plastic on the beach can make a big difference

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2025 6:25


    How Sylvia Earle fell in love with the ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2025 12:37


    As authored by Avery Schuyler Nunn

    Blue sky thinking: why we need positive climate novels

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2025 16:57


    18 years of sea wave records analysed to learn how destructive ‘rogue waves' form

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2025 10:09


    As authored by Francesco Fedele.

    How Ancient Athens Became a Dominant Sea Power

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 9:55


    As authored by Alexander Gale.

    The Smelly Beaches of Ancient Greece

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2025 9:26


    As authored by Phil Plumley

    The beach is a popular summer destination, but for ancient Greeks it was a different story

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2025 9:49


    As authored by Marie Claire Beaulieu.

    Sea-Fever by John Masefield

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2025 9:11


    As authored by Carol Rumens.

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