The Ocean News Podcast

"Every key climate indicator is FLASHING RED" - The UN's startling climate report

The Earth’s climate is more out of balance than at any time in observed history. That is the stark conclusion of the World Meteorological Organisation’s State of the Global Climate report for 2025 – a document that confirms the unprecedented speed and scale of planetary change now underway with consequences that will outlast every living generation.Access the full report here.

A pathway for the future: Cutting the Ropes to Save the whales - The Ocean News Podcast

Climate change has been driving whales closer to shore and into the lines of California's crab fishermen. Now, a technology born from top secret Navy operations offers a fruitful solution for both
In this episode of the Ocean News Podcast, editorial assistant Eva Cahill sits down with Dr Geoff Shester, Oceana’s Senior Scientist and Fishery Innovation Director, to discuss this technology.

We can UNLOCK Green Energy Sector WITHOUT Deep-Sea Mining - The Ocean News Podcast

Deep-sea or critical ecosystems on land do not need to be sacrificed to limit global warming to 1.5°C, according to a new report from Institute for Sustainable Futures (UTS), in collaboration with Greenpeace International.

MYSTERY Marine Die-off Triggers Health CRISIS...But What Can WE Do? - The Ocean News Podcast

Coastal communities in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, have been facing a growing environmental and public-health crisis since December 2025. Thousands of fish and other marine organisms have washed ashore dead, while hundreds of residents – many of them children – have fallen ill. Four months later, authorities have yet to identify the cause.
A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support relief efforts.

CHILE protects ONE MILLION square kilometres of its OCEAN - The Ocean News Podcast

Once fully implemented, the designation will bring the total fully protected area in the region to 946,571km², making it the third largest fully protected marine area in the world, behind the Ross Sea and the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.

Bad Faith in the Abyss: Deep-Sea Mining and the Case Against The Metals Company - The Ocean News Podcast

In this episode, Eva Cahill examines a formal dossier of evidence submitted by Greenpeace International to the International Seabed Authority (ISA).
The evidence alleges that The Metals Company (TMC) has been operating in bad faith, utilising exploration data gathered under international licenses to bypass global frameworks for a unilateral U.S. mining permit.

Will New Zealand move to PROTECT this VULNERABLE marine ecosystem and its ANCIENT CORALS? - The Ocean News Podcast

Scientists have discovered ANCIENT CORALS and fragile deep-sea life on a previously unexplored seamount on Lord Howe Rise, confirming it as a Vulnerable Marine Ecosystem and strengthening calls for a permanent bottom trawling ban.

A SYSTEMIC patriarchal issue: How is society influencing the sector - An Ocean News Podcast special episode

Listen to the concluding episode of our special mini series on Women in Marine STEM, celebrating International Women's Day on Sunday 8th March. In this episode, Eva Cahill sits down to talk with Dr Elvira De Eyto from the Marine Institute about her 20 year career in the marine science sector.

DIRTY BUSINESS: Channel 4 puts human face on UK's sewage crisis

After Channel 4’s Dirty Business exposed the human toll of sewage pollution, public outrage has surged, with campaigners demanding urgent government action to reform Britain’s privatised water industry.

Are CANNIBAL Killer Whales a sign of EVOLUTION in action? - The Ocean News Podcast

In 2022, a Russian whale researcher made a startling discovery on Bering Island off Russia’s Pacific coast: a severed killer whale fin marked with the teeth of another killer whale. Two years later, it happened again, just two kilometres from the original find.