Discipline: Biology
The Prince’s Predictions, Part I
Twenty years ago, an environmental disaster rocked Prince William Sound in Alaska. Today, a team assembled from science, government and beyond is trying to help make sure it never happens again.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/09/og17.mp3]
Antarctica melting
Climate change is impacting even one of the most remote places on Earth: Antarctica. Krill numbers are down, salp numbers are way up, and the entire food web down there is in the balance.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/09/og16.mp3]
Dungeons and Darwins
Sometimes understanding the vastness of the ocean means understanding the wee strands of DNA packed into the tiniest of cells, and how that DNA gives those cells some very special abilities.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/08/og14.mp3]
A gust of energy
A lot of people are talking about capturing the wind’s energy. But Jim Miller’s pointed his ears underwater, and it turns out that harnessing the wind kicks up a different kind of pollution.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/07/og12.mp3]
Penguins in the hot seat
The temperature in Antarctica is rising, and Hugh Ducklow is watching an entire ecosystem change before his eyes. What happens if the ice just keeps on melting?
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/06/og11.mp3]
Of bonds and blooms
Sometimes the ocean can be a threat to human health. Barb and Gary Kirkpatrick, a wife and husband scientist team, describe what they’re doing to notify the Florida public about red tides and harmful algal blooms.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/06/og10.mp3]
The glide of a lifetime: Part I
Oscar Schofield and Scott Glenn pilot underwater robots all over the world, sampling the ocean half a world away and saving lives in the process, but they never have to leave Rutgers University in New Jersey.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/05/og07.mp3]
Sonar in the sea
Kelly Benoit-Bird works on all kinds of ocean animals ranging from zooplankton to whales. And ocean observatories could make her science even more exciting.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/03/og04.mp3]
Coral concerns
Chris Martens is alarmed by the global disappearance of corals. To learn more, he lives at the bottom of the ocean on Conch Reef off Key Largo, Florida for up to 2 weeks at a time.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/03/og03.mp3]
Seeing the small
Heidi Sosik and Rob Olson describe how a shared frustration led them to develop a special underwater camera that takes pictures of tiny cells in the ocean. It has revolutionized how the ecology of the ocean is studied. [audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/02/og02.mp3]
