The Ocean News Podcast
The Ocean News Podcast – Your Essential Ocean News Podcast 🌊💙 Stay informed with The Ocean News Podcast, the go-to ocean news podcast from Oceanographic Magazine, the world’s leading publication on marine conservation, ocean exploration, and underwater adventure. Hosted by editor Rob Hutchins and social media manager Ben Hartley, this daily ocean news update delivers the most important stories on marine life, climate change, sustainability, and global ocean policy—all in a quick, weekday format. Follow along now for your essential ocean briefing every weekday ☕️🌊
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Episodes
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Thursday Jun 05, 2025
Editor, Rob Hutchins, sits down with Alexandra Cousteau, ocean advocate and environmental leader, to explore her inspiring legacy and urgent mission to restore the world’s oceans amid escalating ecological threats and global climate challenges.
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Editor, Rob Hutchins, dives deep into the concerning findings and growing pressures faced by reef manta rays - a filter feeding species - now at growing risk of ingesting microplastics and suffering the, as yet, not-fully-determined physical consequences.
Thursday May 29, 2025
Thursday May 29, 2025
Social Media Manager, Ben Hartley, dives deep into a new analytical report from Oceana, showing that more than 100 bottom-trawling vessels appeared to spend over 17,000 hours fishing within France's protected areas, the equivalent to one vessel fishing non-stop, 24-hours-a-day for two years straight.
Original article by Rob Hutchins
Friday May 23, 2025
Friday May 23, 2025
Social Manager, Ben Hartley, dives into new research led by the University of Durham and the University of Bristol, which argues that the suggested target limit of global temperature rises ought to be closer to 1°C if we are to save the world’s ice sheets and prevent a further acceleration in sea level rise.
Thursday May 08, 2025
Thursday May 08, 2025
Editor Rob Hutchins and Social Media Manager Ben Hartley take a seaside stroll along the Solent as they share their thoughts on the newly released Ocean with David Attenborough, offering a fresh review, reflections, and their hottest takes.
Friday May 02, 2025
Friday May 02, 2025
Editor Rob Hutchins dives into the 400-year-old mystery of historical documents, eyewitness reports, and centuries-old diary entries all alluding to the 'Milky Seas' phenomenon.
Using modern satellite imagery, Justin Hudson and Steven Miller, researchers at Colorado State University, have compiled the most comprehensive database to better understand ‘milky sea’ events.
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
Tuesday Apr 29, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, chats with Mara Fischer, a PhD student at the University of Exeter and lead author of the study, as they discuss a process known as bioturbation.
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
Thursday Apr 17, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, and report author, Rosie Williams deep dive into today's story to find what was has been infecting dolphins across the UK coastline.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, interviews PhD student and author Jeremy Day about a new study casting doubt over belief that large predators such as are the primary control species of the long-spined sea urchin - a species mostly responsible for the spread of 'barrens' in New South Wales.
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Tuesday Apr 15, 2025
Social Media Manager, Ben Hartley, and Community Editor, Rob Hutchins, dive into the top ocean news stories of the last week.