Ocean Science Radio

Ocean Science Radio heads to Austin, Texas for the annual green tech event; SXSW Eco. There they spoke with keynote speakers, presenters and even one of the founders, Scott Wilcox about how the organization began. Join Andrew and Samantha as they chat with Robert F. Kennedy Jr of the Waterkeeper Alliance, Melina Formisano of Conservation International, Dianna Cohen of the Plastic Pollution Coalition, Shayna Skolnick of Navteca, and Zenia Tata of Xprize. Websites: http://sxsweco.com/ http://waterkeeper.org/ http://www.xprize.org/ http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/ http://navteca.com/

Alex Rose reports from MACNA, The Marine Aquarium Conference of North America and chats with some incredible ocean and aquarium groups.

Ocean Tech is a world first collaborative marine research project, global education program and international media campaign. The project is bringing together the world’s top marine scientists with unique submersible technologies that are set to revolutionise the way scientists study marine life all over the planet. We sat down with Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley and Executive Director Andrew Smith to talk about the technology they use and the data the generate. http://www.oceantech.global/ https://twitter.com/OceanTechGlobal https://www.facebook.com/oceantechglobal/

The Society for Conservation Biology's International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC) brings together conservation professionals and students to develop new and powerful tools to further marine conservation science and policy. This year the Ocean Science Radio was able to chat with a few of the organizers and speakers covering outreach, equity, inclusiveness, and poop. On this podcast, you'll hear from: Kat Middleton--Science Communication Specialist at Lawrence University Andrew Wright--Policy Officer for Marine Section of Society for Conservation Biology and Affiliate Professor at George Mason University Katie Matthews--Deputy Chief Scientist for Oceana Asha de Vos--Founder of the Sri Lankan Blue Whale Project

The OSR team sits down with two different NASA projects that are monitoring our ice. Come join us with Oceans Melting Greenland and Operation IceBridge.

Ocean Science Radio chats with the people behind NASA's ocean monitoring satellites and with a nonprofit using that data, and other satellite data to help watch over sea level rise, oil spills, and even illegal fishing.

One of the biggest issues that is keeping the green energy revolution from truly soaring is the battery problem. One company looks to the ocean for a unique answer to that problem. www.hydrostor.ca

Special Report from Alex Rose of Ocean Geographic from the annual diving trade show, Beneath the Sea. Interviewees include Megan Cook of Ocean Exploration Trust, Dr. Sylvia Earle, Stream to Sea, Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research and Education, Reef Environmental Education Foundation, artists and jewelers, Leslie Leaney of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame and the Historic Diving Society, and Rebecca Ziegler of Discovery Deep

The Ocean Science Radio crew takes on soft robotics and ocean exploration with National Geographic Explorer David Gruber and Harvard Robotics Scientist, Robert Wood.

Almost every year a small island off the coast of Java is flooded with crabs. The local National Park staff came up with a unique solution to help nature and humans to live in harmony.

New interactive and immersive 360 degree videos are taking over the internet and changing the way we explore our world. For the Catlin Seaview 360 imagery - https://www.facebook.com/seaview360/?fref=ts For the Anthony Walsh Surfing Video - https://www.facebook.com/gopro/videos/10153420825181919/

Ocean Science Radio sits down with the founders of OpenROV to talk about their founding, their community, and the hugely successful launch of their latest ocean exploration DIY robot. For more information, check out http://www.openrov.com/ or https://openexplorer.com/home

In the very first episode of the Ocean Science Radio program, we have a chat with the Xprize who recently awarded almost $2 Million to a team trying to create ways of monitoring the changing pH levels in our ocean. For more information, please visit http://oceanhealth.xprize.org/ and http://www.sunburstsensors.com/