‘Ocean Gazing Podcast’ Archive
Ever gaze out onto the ocean and wonder what’s beneath the surface, what mysteries lurk below? In this podcast, we look at, listen to and touch the ocean to unpack some of its secrets. Find out how to take the ocean’s temperature, detect underwater earthquakes, take photos of some of the smallest ocean creatures, and much more. We use your comments and answers to our puzzles in the podcast, so have a listen and be in touch!
The Host of Ocean Gazing
Ari Daniel Shapiro produces the Ocean Gazing podcast for COSEE NOW. He received his Ph.D. in biological oceanography from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in 2008. Currently, Ari is an independent science radio and multimedia producer. His pieces have appeared on NPR, Radio Lab and The World. Ari lives in Somerville, MA, and likes to bake, bike, hike, act and travel.
Check out Ari's Web Site and the recent write-up on Ari in Science Magazine.
Contact Ocean Gazing
Have a question for Ocean Gazing? What to submit your guess for the Sonic Stumper? Or would you like to share your story about the ocean?
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- or simply email us at podcast@coseenow.net
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- Podcast of Life - Encyclopedia of Life Learning + Education Group
- New England Ocean Science Education Collaborative (NEOSEC)
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A 60-ton wake up callMarch 5th, 2010 by Ari Daniel ShapiroPlaying female right whale calls into the water, researcher Susan Parks suddenly finds herself at the center of attention of a group of males. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: Bay of Fundy, Encyclopedia of Life, eubalaena glacialis, Podcast of Life, right whale, scott kraus, susan parks No Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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Adroitly adriftFebruary 19th, 2010 by Ari Daniel ShapiroLittle floats with GPS units are coursing all over the eastern seaboard, and they’re rousing community college students and lobstermen from bed at the earliest of hours. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: brian tarbox, catherine chipman, drifters, drogue, gulf of maine, jim manning, kara la lomia, NOAA, portland, SMCC, southern maine community college, tom long No Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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Bobbing and bowlingFebruary 5th, 2010 by Ari Daniel ShapiroLiving 1000 miles from the ocean is no reason to keep from learning everything you can about the high seas. At least that’s what high schoolers all over Wisconsin are saying. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: clara mohammed high school, lake sturgeon bowl, milwaukee, national ocean sciences bowl, newman catholic high school, NOSB, WATER institute, wausau, wisconsin No Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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The Antarctic Circumpolar Current, composedJanuary 22nd, 2010 by Ari Daniel ShapiroThe Antarctic Circumpolar Current courses through the Southern hemisphere, cooling down and getting heavier all the while. And for the first time, this current gets its own musical scoring. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: antarctic circumpolar current, antarctic intermediate water, lynne talley, scripps No Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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A green oceanJanuary 8th, 2010 by Ari Daniel ShapiroWhat color would you paint the oceans on our planet? Blue? Try green. At least that’s what a NASA satellite 450 miles above our heads is telling us to do. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: chlorophyll, gene feldman, NASA, phytoplankton, SeaWiFS 3 Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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The little sub that couldDecember 25th, 2009 by Ari Daniel ShapiroLast April, a 6 foot, 120 pound robot called RU27 left the coast of New Jersey with a mission to be the first remote controlled vehicle to traverse the Atlantic Ocean underwater. Here’s the story of whether it made that world record. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: Atlantic Crossing, COOL room, David Kaminsky, Ethan Handel, Glider, investigador, Josh Kohut, RU27, rutgers university, Shannon Harrison 1 Comment | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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Keeping watch on a changing oceanDecember 11th, 2009 by Ari Daniel ShapiroWhen the tiniest of particles settle onto the deepest of ocean bottoms, they can have the biggest of influences. Fisheries collapse. Tsunamis. Ecosystem shifts. But how do you look at the ocean’s entire vertical swath at once? Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: biogeochemistry, kate larkin, national oceanography centre, observatories, outreach, porcupine abyssal plain, richard lampitt, southampton, water column 2 Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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Community organizing, ocean styleNovember 27th, 2009 by Ari Daniel ShapiroOcean observatories are radically changing not only the way scientists do their science, but also how they interact with one another and the wider public. It’s a vision as large as the Earth itself. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: Al Plueddemann, community workshop, Deborah Kelley, federal stimulus package, Heidi Sosik, Jack Barth, Julie Morris, Nancy Penrose, NSF, OOI, Xiaotong Peng 2 Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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Ocean voicesNovember 13th, 2009 by Ari Daniel ShapiroRecording voices and composing music around those voices is one of Halsey Burgund’s specialties. And he’s got a new project where he’s collecting stories and commentary on nothing less than the global ocean. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: halsey burgund, ocean voices, science and art, sound artist 5 Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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The final frontierOctober 30th, 2009 by Ari Daniel ShapiroThe Inner Space Center makes visiting the bottom of the ocean easier than going to the store. And by using some of the newest technology available, it’s allowing us to study our most ancient past. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. Tags: bob ballard, dwight coleman, inner space center, rhode island, shipwrecks, smithfield public schools, titanic 3 Comments | Filed in Ocean Gazing Podcast (1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5, rated) Loading ... |
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