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 Apr 10, 2025
Thursday Apr 10, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins interviews leading author and PhD student Zoe Storm to explore the correlations between sharks populations and coral reef health.
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, investigates a historic 'unusual mortality event' in which 8% of Florida's Indian River Lagoon bottlenose dolphins starved to death.
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Tuesday Apr 08, 2025
Rob Hutchins, raises fears over the safety of marine life in areas along the south coast of the UK after a study found "worrying" levels of chemicals derived from pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and recreational drugs within the waters at two UK harbours.
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, deep dives into the world of microplastics. After shockingly high levels have been discovered in the vital organs of both male and female loggerhead sea turtles, with the highest concentrations found in the male reproductive system. It's a discovery scientists say "could spell disaster" for the population.
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
Thursday Mar 20, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins investigates the Sussex Kelp Recovery Project and the introduction of the Sussex Nearshore Trawling Byelaw, as researchers and locals are celebrating the encouraging signs of local marine life and seabed ecosystems now on the mend.
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, dives deep into the hard-fought deal that will see fishing restrictions put in place across six key breeding colonies for African penguins off South Africa; marking a significant first step in reversing the fortunes of a species on the brink of extinction.
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
Tuesday Mar 18, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins uncovers a groundbreaking study that found sea snails are evolving thicker shells to fend off invasive predators, but are losing their 'on-demand defence mechanism'.
Monday Mar 17, 2025
Monday Mar 17, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, dives deep into the newest updates from the International Seabed Authority (ISA) Council meeting in Jamaica as negotiations continue on controversial deep-sea mining under the new leadership of Secretary General, Leticia Carvalho.
Cover Image: G.Mannaerts / CC BY-SA 4.0
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins, dives into TWO of the top stories this week. From the Trump administration reconsidering critical greenhouse gas findings to a new advance in AI technology that may pave the way to saving the world’s coral reef ecosystems.
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
News Editor, Rob Hutchins explores the recent news of a collision between an oil tanker carrying jet fuel on a short-term charter with a cargo ship in the North Sea, triggering deep concern for vulnerable marine life across two nearby marine protected areas.
PHOTOGRAPHS: COURTESY OF METRO