Making Waves is a weekly audio program bringing you the latest National Ocean Service news and information.
Latest episodes
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The New NOAA Ocean Podcast
The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper pods into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe in your…
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27 sec
Subscribe to the New NOAA Ocean Podcast
The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper pods into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe in your…
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ANNOUNCEMENT: New NOAA Ocean Podcast
The Making Waves podcast has retired, but have no fear! We combined our Making Waves, Ocean Shorts, and Diving Deeper podcasts into one NEW podcast called NOAA Ocean. Subscribe to…
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14 min
Listen up: What you need to know about ocean noise. (Episode 138)
What is ocean noise and what is NOAA doing to reduce this threat in our national marine sanctuaries? Many marine organisms, including marine mammals, sea turtles, fish and inverteb…
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13 min
Bringing Wetlands to Market: the Power of Blue Carbon in a Changing Climate (Episode 137)
Money does not grow on trees, but it could be growing in our coastal salt marshes and sea grass beds. A team of researchers is working at Waquoit Bay Research Reserve on Cape Cod i…
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4 min
Charting New Waters: Video
Boaters rely on NOAA's nautical charts for depth measurements so they don't accidentally ground on sandbars or other underwater obstructions. Take three minutes out of your day to…
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16 min
Connecting the Dots Between Corals and Humans (Episode 135)
Coral reefs are under intense pressure from climate change, pollution, and unsustainable use. So what can we do about it? To answer that question, we need to better understand the…
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16 min
Alaska: Marine Debris in the Wilderness (Episode 134)
Alaska—the largest and most remote state in the United States—is filled with wilderness and beauty, and unfortunately with marine debris. With a longer coastline than all the other…
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4 min
Data Makes a Difference (Episode 133)
Take a virtual journey to Penobscot Bay, Maine, to see how harbor pilots use U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) data for real-time ocean and weather conditions. This in…
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13 min
Vertical Mapping and Atomic Clocks (Episode 132)
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, are developing atomic clocks that are so accurate that the effects of the general theory of relativity co…
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2 min
World Ocean Day (Special Feature)
What do you know about our ocean? We bet you'll learn something new in this short video. Episode permanent link and show notes
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15 min
Trash Talk (Special Feature)
Ocean Today is premiering this 15-minute TRASH TALK special feature for World Ocean Day. It is specially designed to be part of your World Ocean Day festivities and beyond. In addi…
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2 min
Mapping an Ocean Ecosystem (Episode 131)
Creating a habitat ecosystem map of the seafloor is a tricky process, but it's a key tool that scientists use to better understand our ocean. Learn more in this two-minute video. E…
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21 min
Exploring the Unknown (Episode 130)
Join us for an interview with oceanographer Tim Battista about mapping coral reef ecosystems in the U.S. Caribbean. Episode permanent link and show notes
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20 min
Shipwreck Detectives (Episode 129)
A NOAA "shipwreck detective" talks about a two-year study to locate and document shipwrecks in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary and the surrounding area. Episode pe…
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Measuring Water Levels with Microwaves (Episode 128)
In this episode, we visit a research station perched at the end of a long pier in Duck, North Carolina, to get a close-up look at the microwave radar water level sensor--a revoluti…
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11 min
Arctic Shield (Episode 127)
As sea ice continues to shrink in the Arctic, we’re likely to see more shipping, more oil exploration, more tourism, and more fishing. And all of this activity means that in the fu…
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9 min
Great Pacific Garbage Patch (Episode 126)
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of many areas in the ocean where marine debris naturally concentrates because of ocean currents. In this episode, an expert from the NOAA Mar…
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3 min
Storm Surge (Episode 125)
This is Making Waves from NOAA's National Ocean Service. Hurricane season runs from June 1 - November 30. You know that powerful winds are destructive and can be deadly during a hu…
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Coastal Blue Carbon (Episode 124)
Coastal Blue Carbon. Heard of it? A NOAA environmental scientist explains how certain small coastal areas play an outsized role in reducing climate change. Episode permanent link a…