Ocean Science Radio

Frances and Andrew let their hair down and do a quick review of some of the stories that made the ocean news pipeline in 2021. Stories include, but are not limited to, the UN Decade of the Ocean, 30 by 30 ocean protection, the circling hellhole of the ocean on fire, the Netflix shockumentary "SeaSpiracy," and more! Join us on the last show of the year! 

The team speaks with two experts from The Nature Conservancy; Steven R. Schill - Lead Scientist and Valerie McNulty - Spatial Ecologist about their work developing multi-layered and rich Caribbean benthic maps. Learn about how these maps are created and why they are so important in policy and conservation decision-making. Be sure to visit http://caribbeanmarinemaps.tnc.org/ to see them in action!

We speak with ocean entrepreneur and writer David Lang about a new project funding science: Experiment Foundation. 

Welcome to the miniepisode where we give you a few updates for the month! Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at OceanSciRadio@gmail.com. 

Frances and Andrew sit down with Dr. Jamie Goodall, military historian, expert on golden age piracy, and author of the book Pirates of the Chesapeake Bay: From the Colonial Era to the Oyster Wars. We learn about our misconceptions of pirates, go over some lesser-known pirates, and talk about what elements and behaviors of pirates have remained to this day. Come for the bad pirate impressions, stay for the terrible pirate puns!

A familiar voice returns to the show, our former co-host shark scientist Vicky Vásquez comes at us with a live report from the New Mexico Museum of Natural History. There she gets introduced to one of the best-preserved examples of ancient sharks the world has seen. In addition, our own Francis Farabaugh tells us about the SharkCon, an annual event in Florida where she gave a talk about her experiences and research.

 Every year off the coast of California, Oregon, and Washington, approximately 18 blue whales, 22 humpbacks, and 43 fin whales are hit and killed by ships.  On the east coast of the United States, it is estimated that nearly a third of all right whale deaths are caused by vessel strikes.We speak to two groups who are trying to find solutions to this issue. Join us now for this whale of a tale of Saving Whales in the Digital Age. The University of California Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Initiative's Whale Safe, and Ship Speed Watch - a project from Oceana and Global Fishing Watch.Guest include:Morgan Visalli, a Marine scientist at the Benioff ocean initiative at the University of California, Santa Barbara Briana Abrahms, an assistant professor at the University of Washington who studies how climate change and environmental variability, and human activities impact top predators on land and in the ocean. Whitney Webber, I'm the campaign director for responsible fishing at Oceana.Stressful animation shows blue w

Welcome to the miniepisode where we give you a few updates for the month! Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at OceanSciRadio@gmail.com.

We speak with Angelo O'Connor Villagomez - senior officer of Marine Protection at Pew Charitable Trusts, Laure Katz - Senior Director of Blue Nature at Conservation International, Ashland and Philippe Cousteau of Arctic 2020, and Susana Waqainabete-Tuisese - Senior Director Pacific Region at Conservation International. The conversation covers the need for real marine protected areas, why the Antarctic needs to be protected, and the importance of indigenous knowledge and collaboration in conservation.Be sure to check out the hashtag #CallOnCCAMLR Listen to Angelo O'Connor Villagomez on our sister program, Marine Conservation Happy Hour. 

Got an idea for the podcast? Want to ask a question? Email us at OceanSciRadio@gmail.comCheck out the Virtual Early Career Ocean Professional Conference here. 

The team sits down with  Douglas Mughan - the NSF office head for the convergence accelerator, Chris Sanford -  a program director with the accelerator, and Clea Harrelson -  2021 Knauss Marine policy fellow, to talk about what the National Science Foundation is hoping to achieve with this new program. We also speak with Fadel Adib - Doherty Chair of Ocean Utilization and Associate Professor at the MIT Media Lab and EECS and Seth Zippel - an assistant scientist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution who generated the idea. Letters of intent are due May 5th for this huge opportunity, learn more here.

Over the last four years, ocean policy in the United States shifted from one focusing on stewardship, science, and conservation, to resource exploitation and defense. By the end of 2020, marine protected areas had been opened up for fishing, restrictions on oil extraction practices were relaxed, scientific bodies took climate change down off of their websites, the National Ocean Council had been restructured to remove regional planning bodies, and official charts were altered with… sharpies. We speak with Miriam Goldstein - Director of Ocean Policy at the Center for American Progress and Jean Flemma - director of the Ocean Defense Initiative and the co-founder of the Urban Ocean Lab for their take on the changing nature of policy and politics around the ocean in America. 

WARNING - this episode deals with sex. On our 50th Episode, the team interviews Lynn Bonomo, a Graduate Student Researcher at the California Academy of Sciences, and Vanessa Knutson, a Graduate Student at the Giribet Lab at Harvard University, to talk about nudibranchs and the crazy sexual behaviors these beautiful creatures get up to. P.S. you learn what the term "penis fencing" means. Featuring Andrew Kornblatt, Frances Farabaugh, and Dr. Skylar Bayer. 

For more about Reubens work, check out thisvideo that accompanies this research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8sANI2aZlU

Andrew and Frances interview Taylor Goelz, the outgoing Knauss fellow who has been working on the UN decade of Ocean Science for sustainable development, a 10-year initiative to transform ocean science and more!

The team interviews Dr. Tiara Moore: environmental ecologist, diversity influencer, founder of A WOC Space, co-host of the We Danglin podcast, and co-founder of Black in Marine Science week about why and why the event came together and her experiences as a Black person in STEM. We also interview Romaric Moncrieffe, a master's student in the Aquaculture, Environment, and Society program at the Scottish Association of Marine Sciences, and Jaida Elcock a grad student at UW who studies movement ecology of elasmobranch and co-founder of MISS. They discuss their experiences in STEM and what the Black in Marine Science event means to them. Just as a heads up, y'all are going to want to check out the BiMS Roll Call hashtag.

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.