NOAA's National Ocean Service: Making Waves
by National Ocean Service · 87 episodes
ScienceMedicineNatural
Making Waves is a weekly audio program bringing you the latest National Ocean Service news and information.
Latest episodes
-
12 min ↗
Japanese Tsunami Marine Debris (Episode 88)
The powerful Japanese earthquake and resulting tsunami in March, 2011, washed untold tons of marine debris into the Pacific Ocean. Carey Morishige, Pacific Islands Regional Coordin…
-
11 min ↗
New Red Tide Research (Episode 87)
NOAA is providing grants totaling over $1.6 million dollars to create seasonal and weekly toxic algal bloom forecasts that are more accurate and provide better early warning of tox…
-
5 min ↗
The value of Hawaii's Coral Reefs (Episode 86)
A peer-reviewed study commissioned by NOAA shows the American people assign an estimated total economic value of $33.57 billion for the coral reefs of the main Hawaiian Islands.
-
13 min ↗
Building a Better Geoid (Episode 85)
Figuring out the exact location of a point on the Earth's surface in three dimensions is what the science of geodesy is all about. Thanks to the network of satellites in space know…
-
6 min ↗
Cosco Busan Settlement (Episode 84)
State and federal trustee agencies will use most of the funds from a $36.8 million settlement of natural resource damages to restore natural resources injured by the Nov. 7, 2007 o…
-
16 min ↗
Arctic Sea Inventory; Whale of a Partnership (Episode 83)
Join us this week for two stories and an Ocean Fact: Arctic Sea Floor Inventory. NOAA scientists are collecting environmental data off the coast of Alaska in the Chukchi Sea to get…
-
15 min ↗
NOS Hurricane Response (Episode 82)
Join us this week to take a look at the many roles and activities of the National Ocean Service when hurricanes threaten our coasts.
-
9 min ↗
Surveying the Arctic (Episode 81)
The NOAA Ship Fairweather is surveying remote areas of the Arctic in places where ocean depths haven’t been measured since 1867. We talk with the NOAA Corps Capt. David Neander, co…
-
6 min ↗
NOS Assists with Oil Spill; New El Nino Study; Ocean Fact (Episode 80)
In this episode: NOS Responds to Yellowstone River Oil Spill. NOS is on hand to assist with last month's oil spill on the Yellowstone River in Montana. NOAA Study May Help East Coa…
-
13 min ↗
Human Health and Climate Change (Episode 79)
Climate Change and Harmful Algal Blooms. In a recent study, researchers from NOAA's West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health used cutting-edge technologies to model future oce…
-
6 min ↗
Marine Protected Areas (Episode 78)
In this video episode, we take a look at the National Marine Protected Areas Center and preview one of four new videos available on the MPA.gov website.
-
7 min ↗
Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone and Red Tide News (Episode 77)
In this episode: Major Flooding on the Mississippi River Predicted to Cause Largest Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Ever Recorded. The Gulf of Mexico's hypoxic zone is predicted to be the…
-
3 min ↗
World Ocean Day 2011 (Episode 76)
It's World Ocean Day! In this episode, we bring you a special video from NOAA's Ocean Today and preview a gallery of photos sent in by NOS Facebook fans and Twitter followers.
-
7 min ↗
Marine Mammals Help Collect Ocean Info; New Marine Debris App (Episode 75)
In this episode: Collecting Ocean Data with Marine Mammals. Scientists are enlisting marine mammals with electronic tags to collect critical ocean data from around the nation. NOAA…
-
8 min ↗
Centroid of the U.S. Population (Episode 74)
Do you remember filling out a 2010 census form from the U.S. Census Bureau? In this episode, we tell you about the '2010 centroid of the U.S. population' -- a very interesting piec…
-
13 min ↗
Human Health and Climate Change (Episode 70)
Climate Change and Harmful Algal Blooms. In a recent study, researchers from NOAA's West Coast Center for Oceans and Human Health used cutting-edge technologies to model future oce…
-
8 min ↗
Deepwater Horizon, one year later (Episode 73)
Last year, on April 20, an explosion on the Deepwater Horizon MC252 drilling platform in the Gulf of Mexico killed eleven people and caused the rig to sink. Then, oil began leaking…
-
7 min ↗
Harmful Algal Bloom discovery; U.S. Caribbean News (Episode 72)
Three stories: (1) A new NOAA-funded study links algae to a harmful estrogen-like compound; (2) a new 'marine etiquette' video is launched for visitors to the U.S. Virgin Islands a…
-
12 min ↗
Seamounts Revisited (Episode 71)
This week, we revisit a May 2010 interview with marine biologist Peter Etnoyer. Etnoyer and colleagues published a study last year that found that seamounts -- underwater mountains…
-
9 min ↗
Marine Debris Conference; Historic 19th-Century Whaler Found; Civil War-era Map Unveiled (Episode 69)
International Marine Debris Conference. The Fifth International Marine Debris Conference is set to take place next month from March 20-25 in Honolulu, Hawaii. The event is bringing…