Discipline: Chemistry
Slick of oil
The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill lasted three months. In July 2010, the wellhead was capped, and the oil finally stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. But the repercussions and the science? They’re far from over.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2010/12/og49.mp3]
Liquid light
Pour light into liquid, keep a detector at the ready, and what do you get? Opportunities to keep constant track of the chemical and biological brew frothing in the ocean.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/og30v2.mp3]
A green ocean
What 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:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2010/01/og25.mp3]
Clearing a carbon catastrophe
We’re letting loose tons — literally — of carbon dioxide into our skies each day. And a good amount of that CO2 is finding its way into the ocean. Scientists from all over the world are rolling up their sleeves to try to avoid a global disaster.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/10/og19.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]
Autonomous, enormous, ingenious
Autosubs look like giant yellow torpedoes. They cruise the ocean silently. But they’re watching, listening, probing, and measuring everything as they go.
[audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/07/og13.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]
An internet portal into the ocean
Welcome to the first episode of Ocean Gazing, a podcast where we
look at, listen to and touch the ocean to unpack its secrets. On this week’s program, we’ll hear from University of Washington oceanography professor John Delaney. [audio:https://coseenow.net/podcast//2009/02/og01.mp3]
